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1972 was a landmark year for the Oldsmobile Cutlass for two very different reasons: it was the last year you could order a standard Cutlass convertible until the body style returned in 1990, and it was the year a Hurst-badged Cutlass became the only Indy 500 pace car ever sponsored by a parts supplier instead of an automaker. Here is the strange chain of events, starting with a wrecked pace car the year before, that made it happen.
Chevy’s small block saga continues with the M-code 350, famed for powering everything from hefty K-series pickups to motorhomes, boasting a respectable 160 bhp. The L83-350 made ’82 Corvettes roar with its cross-fire fuel injection, though ’83 took a pit stop. Enter the L98, flexing up to 245 bhp by ‘89 with a snazzy rear axle tweak. Not to be outdone, the L05 found its way into everything, from the Suburban to the Hummer H1, until replaced by the LT1’s swan song in ‘96.
Cliff Batson spent his life as a devoted Chevy man, right up until a 1968 Ford Mustang GT Fastback in rare Lime Gold Green quietly changed his mind for good. He has owned it since 1990, and in this My Car Story segment with Lou Costabile he walks through the car that converted him before firing up its V8. It is proof that brand loyalty only lasts until the right car shows up in the driveway.
Cliff Batson swore he was a Chevy guy for life, and then a 1968 Ford Mustang GT Fastback in Lime Gold Green quietly changed his mind. He has owned this fastback since 1990, long enough for the car to build its own history one weekend at a time. On Lou Costabile’s My Car Story, the paint stuns and the engine note seals it. Sometimes it only takes one car to convert a lifelong loyalist.
A grandmother in Toledo, Ohio kept this 1973 Plymouth Duster under bed sheets for two decades, surrendering it with just 22,000 original miles. Then a builder dropped in a stroked 426 Hemi, treated it to a rotisserie restoration, and painted it Sublime Green. The result is a magazine-featured Mopar that pairs survivor-grade preservation with genuine brute force. Watch to see one of the baddest Dusters on the planet.