After 1970, the muscle car era wound down quickly, and it must have felt like a letdown at the time. Although it was still possible to buy a reasonable performance car through 1974 or so, or maybe even a… more»
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Needs Some TLC: 1968 AMC Rebel SST
Whatever you think about American Motors as an automaker, you have to give it to them—they were excellent namemakers. Look at this list of evocative model names: Javelin, Matador, Ambassador, Gremlin, Hornet, and Rebel. In reality, the Rebel wasn’t… more»
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Original Paint, Restored Undercarriage: 1951 Ford Custom Club Coupe
It’s refreshing when a restorer puts the money where it counts, as too many “restored” cars amount to lipstick on a pig, if I may use a cliché. This 1951 Ford Custom, brought to us by Barn Finder T.J., is wearing… more»
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Running, Driving Project Car: 1962 Ford Thunderbird Convertible
A seller that presents consistently interesting projects on eBay is “Rawhide Youth Service Sales” in New London, Wisconsin, and they’ve posted another one in this 1962 Thunderbird Convertible that they describe as a “running, driving project car.” Make no… more»
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Spectacular Survivor: 1960 Oldsmobile Dynamic 88
Believe it or not, this Dynamic 88 was the base model in Oldsmobile’s 1960 lineup. Given its spectacular looks, it’s hard to believe that anybody stepped up to a Super 88 or a 98 when you could save money… more»
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Fantastic Flame Red 1966 Buick Wildcat Convertible
Barn Finds’ prolific car spotter T.J. has come up with another gem for my Buick-loving heart to covet, this 1-of-2,690 1966 Wildcat Convertible. The seller is presenting it as a one-owner car that was purchased from the original owner’s estate,… more»
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44k Miles: 1966 Chrysler New Yorker
Chrysler commercials in the mid-1960s would often tell the prospective buyer to “move up to Chrysler,” because in an era of monthly payments, a few extra dollars a month over a lower-priced car could buy one. Those ads were… more»
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Practical Collector Sedan: 1965 Mercury Comet Caliente
Mercury’s marketing team went for broke in 1964 and 1965, sending Comets far and wide to prove their mettle. Comets hit the high banks at Daytona on a high-speed 100,000-mile endurance run. They (mostly) survived the punishing East African… more»
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6,626 Miles: 1969 Chevrolet Corvair 500
It’s not too common on Barn Finds that we get to follow up on a car after twelve years, but this is one of those times: This 1969 Corvair was first featured in 2013 when it was apparently being sold by… more»
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Good Cruiser Condition: 1960 Ford Falcon Ranchero
Ford truly was rife with “Better Ideas” in the 1960s. After beating Chevy to the punch with the Ranchero in 1957, they circled the wagons and downsized it on the Falcon platform in the face of sagging sales in… more»
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47k Miles: 1998 Buick Riviera
When Buick’s styling department, led by the late, great Bill Porter, designed the final generation of the Buick Riviera, large personal-luxury coupes were in big trouble. Though they had lit up the sales charts in the 1970s and even… more»
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Ready To Enjoy: 1951 Mercury Coupe
The beautiful “bathtub” Mercury coupes of 1949-51 represent the cornerstone of custom car culture, so it’s always nice to see one that has been left largely as the factory built it, and aside from a set of exhaust cutouts… more»
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Lawn Ornament Or Custom Hauler? 1955 Ford C-600
The COE, or “Cab Over Engine” truck, is not, to be charitable, the most beautiful or the most well-proportioned rig on the road. But it’s still super cool. This 1955 Ford C-600 is one of those trucks that makes… more»
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Super Solid Three-Row Wagon: 1972 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser
In 1972, about 25,000 Oldsmobile customers walked into their local dealership and said something akin to this: “The Vista Cruiser simply isn’t big enough.” And of those 25,000-odd customers, 18,087 of them decided that they might as well get… more»
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Clean Aerobird: 1984 Ford Thunderbird Elan
As a young child of the 1980s and the son of a Ford man, I hold the Fox-Body Thunderbird in high regard. I watched Bob Glidden vanquish his competition in the NHRA Pro Stock category, and I rooted for… more»
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Working Air: 1959 Lincoln Mark IV Continental
Despite Lincoln’s assertion that “the Lincoln look” of 1959 is one of “classic beauty,” there’s no getting around the car’s reception among some Barn Finds readers. No, many do not find them traditionally beautiful, but they are interesting, and perhaps… more»
