The Custom d'Elegance award at the Goodguys All American Get-Together in Pleasanton, California went to Richard Zocchi's '59 Buick Invicta
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One of the biggest changes in building rods and customs over the last 20 years has been the quality of the bodywork and paint. The availability of modern, easier-to-use body and paint materials has allowed car builders to achieve ever-higher levels of perfecti
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Buick enters the minivan segment in an attempt to attract younger buyers, but can this odd looking vehicle do the job?
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Everybody wants to build their own sports car. Enzo Ferrari, Ferruccio Lamborghini, Donald Healey, Carroll Shelby, and a handful of others have succeeded, while thousands of others have failed to produce more than a handful of their ultimate dream ride. Many d
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When you get right down to it, I'm a hi-tech kind of guy. Slick paint, smooth trim, leather interior, a futuristic-looking engine bay; that's the kind of stuff that gets me to stop and take a longer look at a car. The chassis? Well, I like slick and zoomy ther
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Motown Finds Its Mojo: For years, the best American-style midsize sedans have worn labels from Japan. Now, with a trio of stunning new entries, Detroit's Big Three are back and proclaiming "This land is our land."
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A battle for the title of Queen of the Mall.
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Driving a tank every now and then can be therapeutic. If you can do so without enduring basic training or shipping off to some hostile hole, there's no more enlightening way to see what the government does with our tax money.
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Over the years, objects that set the benchmark for quality in their field have often been referred to as being the "Gold Standard." The meaning behind this is perfectly clear; however, we now have reason to question its validity. Even the most hardcore Buick e
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Sometimes, there's just nothing better than the planning of a new car. This is where you get to fantasize about high-horsepower engines, award-winning paint jobs, and sleek leather interiors. Well, sometimes you just can't seem to get past the planning stages.
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Pro Street! OK, not quite, but Jim Lauer had one once and you can see its influence. Back in the Pro Street days, Jim showed up at the Car Craft Summer cruise with a Vermillion Red 750hp 6-71 blown big-block in a '86 GTA. Yeah, it was the metaphor with an engi
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The 3-bolt 70-series turbocharger for the 3.8-liter Buick--track-proven to run easy 10.50s--has enjoyed lasting popularity with Turbo Regal racers. A couple of years ago, 10.50 was good enough to win a lot of races, including the GSCA's red-hot Turbo Street Mo
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Sometimes, there's just nothing better than the planning of a new car. This is where you get to fantasize about high-horsepower engines, award-winning paint jobs, and sleek leather interiors. Well, sometimes you just can't seem to get past the planning stages.
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It's good to be the czar. Czars can make rash, heretical statements with impunity.
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With Lexus sugar plums dancing in its head, Buick leaves the previous Century and reinvents the Regal.
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Buick joins the sliding door party when a new batch of GM "crossover sport vans" arriving this year.
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Some dumb bastards in this fine hobby of ours make it a point to ignore their high-performance vehicle's mechanical warning signs. These are the ones who, instead of replacing a worn-out part, just make driving adjustments as said widget progresses from a mino
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Model: Carla Harveywww.carlaharvey.com
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In last month's issue, we installed a California Performance Transmission-built 200-4R in Project Grand National. The genesis for this move was fixing a boost problem from a previous installment. When we upgraded to our Turbonetics Cheetah III, the turbo's adjustable integral wastegate wasn't proper
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Filling a Conservative Niche
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Nothing is evolving faster than the sport/utility vehicle segment. Defining "sport/utility" is like trying to hit several fast-moving targets. Just try comparing them all
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Nothing is evolving faster than the sport/utility vehicle segment. Defining "sport/utility" is like trying to hit several fast-moving targets. Just try comparing them all
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Complete photos and specifications on all the Vehicles considered for the 2004 Motor Trend Sport/Utility Vehicle of the Year Award.
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One look at Cal Hartline's mid-8-second Grand National will tell you it means business. Any car with a set of wheelie bars and a parachute tagged on the back is bound to have more than a prosaic stock mill under the hood, and this car is no exception. Hartline
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Greatest Sculpture Ever In just a decade, England's Goodwood Festival of Speed has established itself as one of the can't-miss events in the automotive world. With an open invitation to everything from vintage Funny Cars to brand-new Formula 1 rockets, Goodw
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