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1965 Ford Mustang GT – First Bona Fide Performance Mustang Model

December 20, 2011
Pete Dunton

1965mustanggt-s.jpgThe Ford Mustang will go down in the history books as being one of the most successful production cars. The Mustang is the type of car most automakers dream of launching. When Ford first introduced the Mustang in the middle

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1974 Pontiac Trans Am SD-455 – a Beautiful Melody of Styling and Horsepower

December 14, 2011
Pete Dunton

1974transamsd-s1.jpgIn 1974 Joni Mitchell had her first and only top 10 Billboard hit with the song "Help Me". The song was very innovative with a perfect mixture of folk, jazz, and soft rock. The song was from Joni Mitchell’s album

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1986 Buick LeSabre Grand National – the Rarest Performance Buick Ever Produced

December 1, 2011
Pete Dunton

1986lesabregn-s.jpgWhat would you say to owning the most rare 1980s American performance car ever made (only 117 or 112 total were produced)? How about if I throw in that it was a Buick and it was a "Grand National"? Would

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1986 Ford Mustang GT – Made a Mustang GT Owner Sing

November 22, 2011September 21, 2015
Pete Dunton

1986mustanggt-s.jpgBack in fall of 1985, Dire Straights’ song “Money For Nothing” was at the top of the Billboard charts, Growing Pains premiered on ABC TV, Sylvester Stallone and Bridgitte Nielson were married, and Ford released its first Mustang with a

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1970 Pontiac Firebird Formula 400 – One Very Mean Bird

November 15, 2011
Pete Dunton

1970formula-s.jpgPontiac released the original Firebird for the 1967 model year, at the same time Chevrolet released the first Camaro. Both cars were rushed to the market to compete with Ford’s Mustang which had been a runaway sales sensation after it

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Progressive’s Snapshot – Auto Insurance Pandora’s Box?

October 29, 2011
Pete Dunton

snapshot-s.jpgIf you watch TV you’re probably familiar with Progressive and its clever TV advertisements. These TV commercials do a good job of conveying Progressive’s low cost quality auto insurance offerings. The same familiar perky smiling host is always present with

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With CAFE, V6 Engines Will Disappear and New Car Costs Will Skyrocket

October 23, 2011
Pete Dunton

cafe1-s.jpgMost American car buyers are in for a little surprise in the next few years, the V6 engines they have become accustomed to for the last three decades are soon to be a thing of the past. Soon to be

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1968 Plymouth Road Runner – Power to the People

October 15, 2011
Pete Dunton

1968roadrunner-s.jpgTo put it bluntly the Chrysler Corporation had a real difficult time connecting with the emerging youth market back in the early to mid-1960s. GM and Ford did a much better job giving youth buyers what they wanted. Ford had

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Pontiac Trans Am Performance Times

October 2, 2011
Pete Dunton

transam-perf-s.jpgThe Pontiac Trans Am needs no introduction. What started out as a low production special edition performance Firebird in 1969 soon grew into a phenomenon in the 1970s. So great was its success it soon usurped the beloved GTO which

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1978 Pontiac Grand Am CA – One Big Missed Opportunity

September 27, 2011December 30, 2020
Pete Dunton

1978grandamca-s.jpgIf you were a performance car fan back in the 1970s, finding something on the new car dealership lots that could burn the tires was a very hard task especially by the late-1970s. Every automaker during the 1970s ran away

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