Good Read (Free subscription) | 12/03/2008
Ron Scherer New York – Don Wissel's love affair with General Motors cars started in 1960, when he bought a silver-gray Pontiac Catalina, a roomy car with modified tail fins and enough horsepower to gobble up miles on the Garden State Parkway. Since then, he's owned almost everything GM's made – Chevys, Buicks, Olds, Caddys, and now he parks a Yukon and a Denali in his driveway in Rumson, N.J. "I've...
Jalopnik (Free subscription) | 09/12/2008
Welcome to Project Car Hell , where you choose your eternity by selecting the project that's the coolest... and the most hellish! The spirit of the Madman couldn't push the '53 Muntz Jet over the 16 Peugeots in yesterday's Choose Your Eternity challenge , although the Jet did give the Instant French Junkyard a good run for their money. Today we're going with a new concept: two very different cars...
Metroblogging Los Angeles (Free subscription) | 06/04/2008
LA has got to be the best place on the planet to find grand old cars. Cars with character before they were blanded out and slab sided and began to look the same. Rolling sculpture, chromed and polished - they made a statement. My favorite are not trailer queens, but those old beasts that are daily drivers. [...]
Daddy Types (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
Wow, just wow. From the era of $0.55/gal. gas, by way of Burlington, VT's craigslist:1973 Pontiac Catalina Safari station wagon with 47k original miles. Rare 455 cu. in. engine with 4bbl carb. Great for towing that vintage trailer. Very...
Arizona Republic (Free subscription) | 01/15/2008
It is called the Pink Lady, a 1959 Pontiac Catalina with a back story that started with legendary General Motors design chief Harley Earl and includes a restoration in Scottsdale that revived its elegance.
