By Jen Dunnaway

Editor

Whatever your personal feelings about lowriders, the genre undeniably deserves props for being one of the longest-running current enthusiast cultures out there. And DJ Xscape’s candy-green Cutlass is an exceedingly photogenic example of its segment. See more at his ride page!

By Jen Dunnaway

Editor

I’ve never had to deal with serious floor-pan rust on a frame-off car before, but I’ve often been blindsided to find a relatively pristine-looking ride that’s actually rotting from the inside out. Like this alleged Hurst Olds on eBay–you’re staring right through the floor at the road!

By Jen Dunnaway

Editor

Today’s photo comes from the ride page of Walter’s ’71 Cutlass, which looks damn dignified sitting in front of its gated-and-gargoyled barn/mansion. Got a pic you’d like to see featured for Photo of the Day? Drop me a line.

By Michael Berenis

Tampa Sports Car Examiner

The biggest rims I ever saw before these were 40 inch monsters named Donkey Kong. There is a bigger set of rims out there now, and they are 50 inches in diameter! Fully custom built, the Cutlass on 50s by “Meases” is quickly breaking necks in the donk scene of Warren, Ohio. Read more about the 50 inch rims at Tampa Sports Car Examiner.

By Alex Vickers

Katakuna

I’ve been on CarDomain for nearly two years now, and in that time I’ve seen some of the most amazing custom cars you can imagine. Camaros, Cobras, Vipers, Chevelles, Cadillacs, all of those you’d expect me to mention, right? Those kinds of cars are the kind you’re expected to fawn over at a show. Me, I love ‘em all, but deep inside is the feeling that the winter beaters we reserve for most of our abuse deserves more respect than any show car trailer queen.

With that said, some of us feel that some beaters are more fun to, well, beat on. They last through it all without a complaint, some need a fix here and there, and some just can’t handle our bad driving and completely drop an engine (for the record, that’s happened to me once). What I’ve done is compiled a list of five beaters that I’d love to have, for the simple purpose of running ‘em until they die:

1. 1992-1998 Geo Metro- 3 cylinder

When I first noticed these cars, I absolutely abhorred their weak engines and their odd styling. Over the last month they’ve grown on me, and now I realize the charm that these little runts have. It’s like it takes hold of your imagination. You hate it, but then again the utter joy of beating the piss out of it is equal to that of, say, a Porsche 911 Turbo at Laguna Seca? I can’t for the life of me think of a way to make it look cool, I do know that window tint would be in order for the simple fact that no matter how much fun it is to ride it like Fergie, it’s still embarrassing to be seen in one. After all, not everyone will see it my way, which, in my opinion, is just another reason that I enjoy them.

Continue reading after the jump!

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By Brian Lohnes

BangShift.com

A couple years ago we knew a guy who put a 427 in one of these cars and it was just ungodly fast. We like the idea of the big-inch Olds even better though as it’s the proper brand-in-a-brand situation.

This car would be bad ass to roll into the local ice cream or burger joint with on the weekends. Especially if there were some extracurricular activities planned later in the evening. Leaving the car in primer gives it the street tough look and feel. This thing has all the qualities of a great street bruiser and that 455ci Olds mill should be making cruise ship torque. For a finished, running, caged car, four grand seems like the right price.

If you buy it we get to drive it at least once. See it here.

Continue reading "455-Powered 1979 Cutlass on Craigslist" »

By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

We’ve been following Mike’s build for a while now. His awesome project even made our list of top ten ride pages of 2008. Well, looks like the car is nearing completion–check out the new red paint! Oh, and Mike settled on the name “Camino Supreme,” and he even started a new ride page–it’s now listed as an Olds and not a Chevy. Check out all the pics!

By Jim Brennan

UDMan

Welcome to the CarDomain Obscure Muscle Car Parking Lot, a regular feature which aims to expand the notion of what a muscle car is, and to discover some fun cars in the process. 1970 turned out to be a watershed year for raw, visceral horsepower, before government smog regulations started to take effect. It was also the high water mark for the sheer number of high-performance muscle cars offered by the automakers. However, all was not rosy during this peak, as the insurance companies had caught on and were now charging sky-high premiums to owners of these asphalt-melting leviathans of the street. Accordingly, manufacturers offered a new concept to the driving public: Muscle Car Light. One of these just happens to be the subject of this feature: The Oldsmobile Rallye 350.

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By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

I’m really loving Bruce’s ’65 Olds. It’s a three owner car, tastefully done, with lots of documentation and original parts (the pic below was actually taken by the second owner). Bruce’s Charger SRT8 is pretty evil, too.

By Jen Dunnaway

Editor

Then you should definitely check out Terrence’s ride page. He’s got some wicked photodocumentation of his ’77 Cutlass hi-riser build, showing the ride’s transformation from super-clean stock to candy-coated skyscraper. And unlike a lot of cars in the genre, the Cutlass isn’t all show, no go: Terrence swapped in a 454 big block in place of the Buick 231 that the Olds came with. That should put some power to the DUBs! See for yourself.