Nevadahalftrack sent us a tip that was no doubt meant to confound the Barn Finds research capabilities. Here at Car & Classic is a 1953 Porsche 356 Abarth Borghi with an asking price of €195,000, located in Belgium, and… more»
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Premium Motor: 1974 BMW 2002 Project
BMW hit the ball out of the park with its 2002. Introduced in 1968 as a successor to the 1600, it was the happy confluence of several disparate events. The first of these involved two BMW managers who –… more»
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One Owner 1989 Isuzu Trooper II
Isuzu was in the US long before the Trooper hit our shores. The company entered a joint venture agreement with General Motors in 1971 and just about immediately, Isuzu-built Chevy Luv trucks began plying our roads. After a decade… more»
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A Fiat by Another Name: 1963 Ghia 1500GT
One of only a few cars that Carrozzeria Ghia ever branded with its own name, the Fiat-based 1500GT was built to appeal to the customer thinking beyond family transportation. Ghia felt the market was underserved when it came to… more»
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British Underdog: 1973 Jensen-Healey Roadster
As the decade of the 1960s closed, Donald Healey was seeking a new venture – one aimed particularly at generating a replacement for the Austin Healey 3000. Kjell Qvale, a prominent US car dealer, also wanted a new car… more»
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Targa-Vertible? 1980 Toyota Celica Sunchaser
The second-generation Toyota Celica arrived in 1978, with its facelift designed in the US to appeal to Americans. Longer and wider, the new Celica was a true five-seater offering a new level of luxury, though what it gained in… more»
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Crossflow Power: 1968 Ford Cortina 1600 GT MkII
In 1960, Patrick Hennessey, who ran Ford of Britain, was visiting the mothership in Detroit. He discovered that Ford had foisted the four-cylinder saloon project called “Cardinal” to its German division. (This car later became the Taunus 12M and… more»
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Last Registered in 1956: Crosley Super Wagon
Once again, from the fertile imagination of Powel Crosley and just out of sixty-seven years of storage, we have a Crosley vehicle for consideration. This one is on craigslist, a CD Super Wagon, with an asking price of $8500…. more»
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Tangled History: 1988 Jeep Comanche 4×4 Pickup
The Jeep Comanche was one of AMC’s Hail Mary passes, designed to improve its financial condition during the difficulties of the 1980s. By introducing a truck to capitalize on the “truck as car” phenomenon, AMC hoped to earn enough… more»
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Long Term Ownership: 1958 Fiat 1200 Turismo Veloce Spider
It’s difficult enough to find any Fiat 1200 TV, let alone one that was in single ownership from 1965 through 2017. But here on eBay is such a machine, a 1958 Fiat 1200 Turismo Veloce Spider, bid to $16,802,… more»
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Needs a Garage: 1976 Lancia Scorpion
By the early 1970s, the Fiat 124 – a brisk seller – was aging. Fiat originally planned to replace the 124 with a Pininfarina design, but Bertone stepped in with the economical Fiat X1/9. Fiat shifted the Pininfarina project… more»
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Untouched 1934 Ford V8 Five Window Coupe
With the advent of Chevrolet’s six-cylinder motor in 1929, Ford was left in the proverbial dust, still limping along on four cylinders. But Henry had a secret: for some time, out of sight of prying eyes at the back… more»
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Italian from Germany: 1966 Glas 1300 GT Coupe
Before mass production, acrobatic relationships among automaker, designer, and coach builder were commonplace. Sometimes the designer and coach builder were the same; sometimes not. Sometimes the coach builder built the whole car; sometimes it shipped bodies to the automaker… more»
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Holy Chevrolet! 1996 Caprice Gotham Cruiser Batmobile
Batmobiles are cult objects – subjects of books, film lore, and websites. Fans collect comic books showing the various iterations of Batmobiles, models of Batmobiles, or …. actual Batmobiles. The less well-heeled but truly dedicated build their own Batmobiles…. more»
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Preserved Patina: 1960 Volkswagen Transporter Single Cab
The Volkswagen Type 2 T1 Transporter was one of the most successful vehicles in history – and not just by its sales numbers of over 1.9 million from 1949 through 1967. The T1 came in some thirty different body… more»
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Forlorn Cat: 1948 Jaguar Mark IV 1 1/2 Liter Saloon
Before WWII, Jaguar was evolving out of William Lyons’ Swallow Sidecar Company. Lyons managed to keep his company afloat during the Depression by joining with Standard to make a sports car. The SS1 was introduced in 1931 and produced… more»
