From our Japan bureau comes this customized later seventies vintage Suzuki Cervo coupe. According to the materials at the mighty Clunkbucket research lab, this car featured a 3-cylinder 539 cubic centimeter air-cooled engine mounted transversely out back that spun the rear wheels with nearly 40 horsepower! Exported versions of the coupe were rumored to have been sent out equipped with a water cooled four-banger. This stylish Cervo comes from some car show mania that we sadly missed. For more examples of what happens when American hot rod and kustom mayhem intersects with Japanese car culture head on over to the home of Crown Classics.
While driving on the freeways of the bay area you may often hear me exclaim, “jam car” in reference to singular or multiple Prius hybrids jamming up the lanes. This would not be the first time for 
We’re happy to report Wednesday night drag racing is alive and well in America. Proving that winning ugly can bring great reward is Dave Pekonen’s 1975 Levis edition AMC Gremlin X. The baby blue hatch runs in the low 11-second range at 120 miles per hour, and is driven at lessor speeds the 40 or so miles roundtrip to the track. Dave’s been running with the Gremlin for 20 years. The original 304 V8 mill was uprated to 401 cubic inches of Rambler power. When he’s not out at the drag strip in his AMC, you might also find Dave at Dave’s Auto Parts in Santa Rosa, California. For more information on Wednesday night drag racing action head on over to 
From the make do with what you have department comes what happens when an Oldsmobile Toronado and an Airstream trailer are fused into awesome. Living within ones means may be the slogan of 2009, but creating something worthwhile with what you have is clearly more fun. Put one more Toronado on the other end, and all-wheel drive with four wheel steering is yours for the road. Thanks to 
While not quite the usual sub 500-dollar car, the Starion will be an omnipresent and endlessly ongoing project here at Clunkbucket. Purchased back in 2004 as a replacement for an Evo8 that was garnering way too much attention from the authorities, the Mitsubishi Starion (aka Chrysler Conquest) has been a source of both enjoyment and frustration over the last few years. Keeping 25 year old machines running is fun enough. Making them go faster or handle better makes for even more entertainment. We’ll share what we’ve learned along the way.
