Brougham Find! 1927 Buick Model 51

OK, I’ll admit it, I like to make fun of the “Brougham” designation as it applies to cars. But I have to tell you, I thought it was a machination of the ’70s commonly found on massive two-door coupes… more»

1967 Chevrolet El Camino 396 Project

I have a knack for stumbling upon cars in pieces. I don’t know why as I would probably be reluctant to take on such a project. Yet still, I find poring over the pieces and thinking, “Hmmm, what if…”… more»

396-Powered: 1969 Chevrolet Caprice Coupe

We all know what a twenty-footer is. It’s a car that looks great at twenty feet, but not so hot up close. I would give this ’69 Chevrolet Caprice the benefit of the doubt and shorten the viewing range… more»

Estate Sale Find: 1949 Chevrolet Styleline DeLuxe

Squirreled away between a mountain of detritus, tools and some other cars is this 1949 Chevrolet Styleline four-door sedan. Ford’s complete remake for 1949 stole the automotive show and placed them front and center, but their crosstown rival, Chevrolet… more»

Cale Yarborough Edition: 1969 Mercury Cyclone Spoiler II

Back in the ’60s, NASCAR stock cars were actually more everyday car than they were racers. Sure, for Grand National competition they were heavily modified but their DNA was production car-based. And the NASCAR mantra of “Win on Sunday,… more»

Fuel Injected! 1955 Chevrolet 3100 Pickup

As noted here before, old pickup trucks are hot! We encounter many Chevrolet/GMC’s from the ’67-’72 model years like this ’67 long bed from last week, and the values, for the most part, are ascendant. So how about older… more»

19K Original Miles! 1960 Ford Anglia Estate

We have covered quite a few station wagons on Barn Finds but most are domestic behemoths like an Impala, Country Squire, or Fury. Across the pond, things were done quite a bit differently, mostly in terms of size, and… more»

Peruvian Find! 1958 International A-110

Some individuals will go to great lengths for this the right find, but Peru? Well, that’s what the intrepid owner of this 1958 International A-110 did. The seller offers, “To ship vehicles out of Peru is extremely difficult, onerous,… more»

Pool Deck Find! 1970 Pontiac Grand Prix

The venerable Grand Prix name has graced many fine cars from deceased brand Pontiac – there have also been a few clunkers too. But of the GP versions, the ’69-’70 are hands down, my favorite. And finding one poolside… more»

Mid-Year Model: 1973.5 Porsche 911T

It’s hard to imagine a more iconic sports car design than the Porsche 911. Introduced in 1964, the nomenclature and basic design is still going strong 57 years later. Of course, there have been innumerable technological improvements made over… more»

Bronze Beauty: 1965 Shelby Cobra 427

Cars are traditionally formed from steel. Of course, fiberglass, aluminum, composites, and carbon fiber have made appearances too. So how about bronze? You know, that heavy dense, copper-based metal that is more suited to a P.J. Mene sculpture than… more»

LS Swap Candidate? 1973 Chevrolet Camaro

I was on the fence with this find, it’s a pretty worn-out ’73 Chevrolet Camaro sports coupe with no, real remarkable features, oh, and did I mention that it’s brown…This Camaro has been through some changes and is now… more»

Assembly Required: 1964 Ford Galaxie 500 Convertible

Kids will come up with the darndest names. When I was in high school, a classmate had a ’64 Ford Galaxie 500, two-door hardtop, red with a white roof – just like this example but with a fixed roof… more»

V6 Powered! 1958 Austin Healey Sprite

Be it a “Frogeye” Sprite or a “Bugeye” Sprite, it’s still an Austin Healey Sprite and it is one of the immediately more recognizable sports cars to emanate from Great Britain in the post-war years. This particular example, however,… more»

No Reserve Project: 1967 Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu

Don’t judge a book by its cover, right? This 1967 Chevelle Malibu doesn’t look like much on the outside or on the inside for that matter, but the seller has some interesting things going on – it’s worth a… more»

Garage Find: 1917 Willys-Overland Tourer

Yesterday, we covered a 1935 Pierce-Arrow, and a lot of the so-far discussion has centered around diminishing interest, as well as the future outlook, for preserving pre-war automobiles. Today, we’re going to wind it back even further and examine… more»

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