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Project Car Hell

murilee martin's 1969 toyota corona customized coupe

Making a Show Car Streetworthy With Tires and Whee

project car hell, 1970 or 1978 corona edition

PCH, 1970 Toyota Corona or 1978 Toyota Corona?

project car hell, classic toyotas edition animated

PCH, Forgotten Toyotas: 1966 Crown or 1973 Carina?

Project Car Hell, Early Commuter SUVs Edition

Project Car Hell: Jeep Cherokee or Ford Explorer?

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PCH, Baja Bug Edition

Project Car Hell, Blank Slate Baja Bug Edition

Project Car Hell, 1980s Japanese 4WD Cars - animated

PCH, '80s Japanese 4WD Edition: Camry or Stanza?

Project Car Hell - Old Volvos - Animated

PCH, Pretty Nice Old Volvos: Amazon or PV444?

Project Car Hell, Detroit-badged Japanese pickups - animated

PCH, Detroit-ized Import Pickup: Arrow or Courier?

Project Car Hell, 1966 Lincoln Continental vs 1969 Cadillac Coupe DeVille

Project Car Hell, '66 Continental vs '69 DeVille

Land vehicle, Vehicle, Car, Classic car, Full-size car, Buick super, Antique car, Classic, Buick special, Sedan,

Project Car Hell: Harry S. Truman Sedan Edition: 1950 Buick or 1951 Plymouth?

Have a little less than $50K? Get 'em all!

There’s now a Craigslist app, so we're going to be busy for about a month

You could get both of them for well under a thousand clams.

Project Car Hell, Welcome To the Future Edition: Oldsmobile Troféo or Toyota Cressida?

Oooof.

What would you bid for this crash-damaged (but otherwise tragically pristine) Porsche 959?

Host Rory Carroll and crew dive into the ESPN coverage of the Australian GP, their project cars, the long-term Mustang GT and review the McLaren 720S.

AWPC Ep. 25: Australian GP and McLaren 720S

Nailhead power or four-on-the-tree manual transmission? You must choose!

Project Car Hell, Six More Miles to the Graveyard Edition: '65 Wildcat or '80 Crown?

Introducing the Screwboard.

Your ticket out of hardware hell has arrived: Introducing the Screwboard Mk. III

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There's no such thing as a cheap Lotus ...

Lotus Esprit 'yard find' is everything great with Craigslist

To do this right, we should have a Horch and a Wanderer in addition to the DKW and NSU.

Project Car Hell, Proto-Audi Edition: DKW 3=6 or NSU Sport Prinz?

Tire, Wheel, Vehicle, Land vehicle, Automotive parking light, Car, Alloy wheel, Amber, Full-size car, Rim,

Project Car Hell, Welcome to the Franz Kafka DMV Edition: Toyota Crown or BMW 745i?

Early 1970s Japanese kei cars or middle 1980s Yugoslavian crypto-Fiats?

Project Car Hell, Parts Car Grab Bag Edition: 4 Yugos or 5 Honda 600s?

Do you prefer your designer car to be huge and 1970s or small and 1990s?

Project Car Hell, Affordable Designer Editions: Givenchy Lincoln or Etienne Aigner VW?

Some say that 8 cylinders should be arranged in a vee, and that their valves should be overhead. They are wrong.

Project Car Hell, Go Straight-8 to Hell, Boy Edition: '35 Studebaker or '50 Chrysler?

There was a Sport Skylark as well, but we'll stick with Oldsmobile and Chevrolet this time.

Project Car Hell, GM X-Body Edition: Olds SportOmega or Chevy Citation X-11?

The air-cooled Volkswagen pan was the starting point for many excellent aftermarket kits.

Project Car Hell, VW-Pan-Based Kit Car Edition: Mini-Camaro or Porsche 917?

Each featured a 2.3-liter "Pinto engine" with turbo boost.

Project Car Hell, 1980s Ford Turbo Edition: SVO Mustang or Merkur XR4Ti?

Do you prefer go-anywhere tracks or plenty of room for your henchmen?

Project Car Hell, Lord Humungus Motor Pool Edition: Thiokol 601 or GMC Mystery Box Truck?

Yes, the "Pinto" is really a Bobcat. Unintended acceleration or exploding fuel tank, your choice!

Project Car Hell, Notorious Recalls Edition: Audi 5000 or Ford Pinto?

A hallowed American backyard-fabrication tradition!

Project Car Hell, Totally Sensible Compact 4x4 Conversion Edition: Chevy Vega or Ford Pinto?

Here's what it looked like the last time I saw it in person.

The Toyota-engined Austin-Healey Sprite that will haunt me forever

The first night of ownership. What have I done?

20R Sprite Hell Project

55-year-old Volvo with 272 hp B6294T engine or 61-year-old Peugeot with 158 hp N9TE engine? Choose your hell!

Project Car Hell, Ill-Advised European Turbo Engine Swap Edition: Volvo PV544 or Peugeot 203?

Perp-chasin', torque-steerin', low-budget fun.

Project Car Hell, Front-Drive Cop Cars Edition: Dodge Intrepid or Chevrolet Impala?

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Even cheaper than boring front-wheel-drive subcompacts, and better in the snow.

Project Car Hell, Affordable AWD Sedans Edition: BMW 325iX or Mitsubishi Galant VR-4?

They aren't cheap, but these price tags will seem like steals in a couple of decades.

Project Car Hell, 4-Speed Big-Block Detroit Muscle Edition: AMC Javelin or Mercury Cyclone?

Pontiac's plastic-bodied two-seater was the basis for numerous kit cars designed to resemble Italian supercars of the 1980s.

Project Car Hell, Fiero-Based Exotic Edition: Fierrari or Fieroborghini?

When they tell you that it's impossible to find a cheap Lotus or TVR, don't believe them!

Project Car Hell, There's No Hell Like English Hell Edition: Lotus or TVR?

Actually, it's two Hemi New Yorkers versus a single Hemi DeSoto.

Project Car Hell, That Thing's Got a Hemi Edition: 1951 Chrysler or 1954 DeSoto?

1989 was 25 years ago, which means you can— theoretically— bring these Japanese-market-only cars to the United States.

Project Car Hell, Possibly Legal Japanese Import Edition: Nissan Cedric Brougham VIP or Toyota Corona GT-R?

Corporate influence from Detroit seeped across the Atlantic to Opel and Chrysler of Europe, and here's what happened.

Project Car Hell, European Muscle Car Doppelgängers: Sunbeam Alpine GT or Opel Manta?

We'll be the first to admit that these cars need some work.

Project Car Hell, Classic BMW M Car Edition: E34 M5 or E24 M6?

You can choose the futuristic DS wagon or the lysergically futuristic SM.

Project Car Hell, Suspension Hydropneumatique Edition: Citroen DS or Citroen SM?

jay leno, during the tour d'elegance

This Sunday, watch Jay Leno take on Monterey

Pessimists would say they look more like "sat in the yard for 40 years finds" than actual barn finds, but don't listen to them.

Project Car Hell, British Barn Find Edition: Jaguar Mark 2 or Singer Gazelle IIIB?

For around a grand, you could start building a replica of the Blues Brothers' 1974 Dodge Monaco or Dirty Harry's 1972 Ford Custom 500.

Project Car Hell, Famous Movie Police Cars Edition: 'Magnum Force' or 'Blues Brothers'?