Take one rust-free West Coast ’68 Nova with cloth seats, poverty caps and whitewalls, drop in a Corvette LS1 and what do you get? The ultimate sleeper? Motor is a ’03 5.3 LS with 75k miles mated to a ’04 4L60e tranny with 69k miles. Comes with new engine management harness, o2 sensors, MAF sensors […] More »
GM reported a net income of $865 million for Q1, a drop of 14 percent. Still, this is GM’s 13th consecutive quarterly profit since they came out of bankruptcy in 2009. CFO Dan Ammann blamed the drop on the heavy discounts for the existing full-size trucks as they prepare for the all-new 2014 trucks. GM […] More »
This is the sketchiest looking hunk of junk I’ve seen in a while. We’re talking no seatbelts, a scary suspension setup and a leaky, junkyard SBC. But for our entertainment, Hot Rod Magazine’s Finnegan and Freiburger got it vaguely road worthy and drove it off to a bar in the desert. It definitely could have […] More »
There is a long history with both GM and the Vette at the Indy 500. GM vehicles have paced the race for the past 17 years and this will be the 12th time the Vette has been out front. The official pace car will sport a factory Laguna Blue paint scheme, decals and safety lights. Otherwise […] More »
Tarantino’s famous red ’64 Malibu from Pulp Fiction was stolen right after production wrapped. Apparently the thieves duplicated the VIN from another Malibu and used that to register the car. When the second Malibu came under scrutiny for a possible crime, the cops noticed the duplication and tracked down Tarantino’s car in Oakland, California. Its […] More »