One of the most entertaining series’ on the Motor Trend Channel is Roadkill, hosted by Hot Rod editors Mike Finnegan and David Freiburger. The basic premise of the show is randomly selecting a destination by means of a dart and a map, purchasing a car locally, and embarking on some sort of adventure on the [...]
If you don’t think that cars can be legitimate members of the family, you’ve never met John Cross. As a young boy, Cross distinctly remembers being pressed into the rear seat of his cousin’s Plymouth Barracuda, so when the chance came to buy that same car a decade later, Cross ponied up the $1,000 asking price without hesitation.
Now, 34 years later, Cross still owns the same numbers-matching car. In the quest for more power and better drivability, however, the original engine was pulled for dis…