By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

Today’s pic is from a new batch of wallpapers from Hot Rod Magazine. Check ‘em out.

By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

I’ve had the same old Monroes on my Mopar since I got it eight years ago. But for years I’ve heard nothing but good things about the Edelbrock Classic IAS shocks–Mr. Angry swears by them on his rides–and I’ve been wanting to try them out. I especially like the looks of the gray Classic shock but the red Performer version is cool, too. Anyway, there’s lots more I have to do to my suspension–ditch the stupid helper springs and get new leaf spring, beefier torsion-bars, etc. But I figured shocks were a good place to start, and the Quaker State video series we’ve been running gave me the perfect excuse! Bolt on was super simple and the ride improvement was huge! Thanks to Rick at Group 2 Motorsports for the demo! A bunch of pics plus the video of the install after the jump!

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By Brian Lohnes

BangShift.com

Chrysler may not have been the sales leader of the muscle car era, but they were certainly the fun leader. We found a great video showing a compilation of Roadrunner ads from 1968-what looks to be 1971. There’s some good Coyote fail footage here to giggle at. Acme products screwed him again.

The world is far too serious a place for any company to have the gusto to run ads campaigns like this anymore, which sucks. We wish we lived during an era that an ad man could belt down a couple martinis on an empty stomach, walk into a board room and pitch the idea of selling cars with cartoon characters.

You’d be jailed for doing that today!

By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

We got a ton of comments on the list of “Top Ten Vehicles That Need to Come Back”. I didn’t include any of the cars below cause they are all from dead brands. But if we lived in an alternate universe, then yes, all of these rides would need to come back! See the rest of the list after the jump!

Pontiac Trans Am

Duh.

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By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

It’s really hard to beat a black ’67 GTX, and Daren’s car is incredible.

By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

If you like old school muscle, go here. If you prefer new school muscle (with a few Neons) go here. And I have a ton of video after the jump! (Jen had the Nikon at Pocono this weekend, so I shot everything with a tiny little Canon PowerShot SD1400 IS.)

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By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

Not the sort of car you usually see left out in the elements. And apparently it’s been sitting outside the shop like this for years. Google street view captured another oddity on the premises–a red convertible that may have started out life as a ’57 Plymouth. Full story on the Cord at Junkyardlife.com and a pic of the weird red Plymouth after the jump! Via VWVortex

Update: my buddy Dan Strohl e-mailed me to let me know the red Plymouth is the evil Tornado.

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By Jim Brennan

UDMan

Welcome to another edition of the CarDomian Obscure Muscle Car Parking Lot, in which I highlight a car that I think is a Muscle Car, and then try and convince you that it belongs in the Parking Lot. Performance cars were waning in the late 70′s due to emission regulations and two fuel embargoes, but Chrysler still tried to create a performance image for the “F” body cars, known as the Plymouth Volare and Dodge Aspen. These cars had an ever-growing reputation for poor quality, and numerous recalls, so Chrysler was eager to spruce up their image any way they could. So, are these high performance coupes worthy of the Parking Lot? Let’s explore the Plymouth Volare Road Runner, and the Dodge Aspen R/T.

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By Mike Bumbeck

Clunkbucket

There are those who restore a car exactly as it came off the assembly line. Strategically placed paint inspection daubs and chalk marks are meticulously applied. The original-style hose clamps, painted only with the correct value and hue of semi-gloss or flat black paint, are located precisely on correctly date-coded radiator and heater hoses. The body-color paint under the hood has drip runs and sags that directly correspond to the degree of hangover the original painter had that Monday in 1971 when he was spraying the lacquer into the engine bay. On the other side of this equation are the people who simply don’t care. More of the Dodge Dart Charger Sport Swinger over at mighty Clunkbucket.

By Mike Bumbeck

Clunkbucket

A never-ending search for a survivor first-gen Dodge D50-Plymouth Arrow Sport pickup truck combined with creative keywording of a local classified advertisements has unearthed another sort of captive import. Like the Dodge and Plymouth pickups, this 1974 Jeep is actually a Mitsubishi. Technically a Mitsubishi H-J58, the Mitsu-Jeep is a very near clone of its Willys cousin Jeep CJ3B. Mitsubishi manufactured all sorts of Jeeps under license from the Willys Jeep Corporation from 1953 to 1998–a 45-year run! Under the hood of this ’74 model is an early 2000 cc gasoline version of the mighty Astron series of Mitsubishi engines. The 4G52 cranks two or four wheels, and ran like a champ when we went to take a ride in the Mitsu-Jeep with current owner Steve Kopito over in Chatsworth, California. Steve is the proprietor of Owens Export Service, which has exported boatloads of American Jeeps worldwide, and imported quite a few Japanese automobiles back stateside. More on the Mitsu-Jeep along with a boatload of pictures over at Clunkbucket!