The other day I was walking in the neighborhood of my office, and for the 50th time, I saw the white XJS V12 that “lives” about fifteen blocks away. This time, the owner was out, wet-sanding its paint. I… more»
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One Family Owned: 1968 Chevrolet Impala Custom Coupe
A few nameplates in automotive history are so long-running that you could be a kid when the first example arrives, and ready to retire when the last one rides into the sunset. So it is with the Impala. Introduced… more»
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Rear Window Louvers! 1970 Ford Torino GT
Ford introduced the Torino as a Fairlane sub-model in 1968. Originally intended to replace the Fairlane entirely, the Torino couldn’t quite usurp that more established nameplate in its first years. As the decade of the 70s opened, the Torino… more»
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Six-Cylinder Sports Car: 1972 Triumph GT6
If you have had a yen for a Triumph GT6, you may want to take advantage of recently weaker sales results on these pretty coupes to take the plunge. After achieving prices in the mid $30k area in late… more»
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Just Out of the Barn: 1953 Willys Aero-Lark Sedan
The 1950s were a race to excess among the major American car makers. Cars grew longer, wider, and more elaborately trimmed. Marketing intensified the fight for primacy; take a look at this ad for a 1955 Pontiac Star Chief… more»
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Rare 4X4! 1972 International 1110 Pickup
Let’s get one thing straight: in order to differentiate its farm machinery from its light trucks, International Harvester ditched the “Harvester” portion of its name, calling its trucks simply “International”. IH fans still affectionately refer to most of its… more»
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Family Hauler: 1972 Ford LTD Country Squire
How many beautiful Ford Squires will the month of June bring us? So far this month at Barn Finds, we have covered three of various flavors, and here is yet another on craigslist, a 1972 LTD Country Squire station… more»
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351 Cleveland! 1970 Ford Ranchero Squire
The Ranchero, the El Camino, Dodge’s Rampage, Subaru’s Brat – these “coupes with truck beds” defy easy description. But the genesis of the genre lay in the recession of the late 1950s: buyers couldn’t afford two vehicles to haul… more»
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Rear Sun Visors: 1959 Oldsmobile 98 Holiday SceniCoupe
For the 1959 model year, Oldsmobile completely redesigned the Ninety-Eight’s sheet metal. The new cars were transformed from ponderous, chrome-laden land yachts to graceful, streamlined road rockets, still incorporating popular “jet age” features and still situated on an immensely… more»
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Shop Find: 1951 Willys Wagon
Researching Willys Wagons for this article left me with one overwhelming impression: this vehicle has attracted serious restomod efforts. With hardly any effort, I found one Willys with a 283, a couple 289s, one 302, several 327s and 350s,… more»
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No Reserve 1961 MGA 1600 Roadster
The curvaceous MGA followed the MG’s aging T series cars, with their running boards and prominent upright grilles, in 1955. Only financial despair wrought by the TF’s sinking sales sank prompted British Motor Corporation to move the MGA to… more»
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Baby Ferrari: 1975 Fiat X1/9
In the late 1950s, a new trend in car design began to emerge, incorporating sharp lines and angles, and culminating in wedged noses, wedged rears, even fins or wings. Virgil Exner Jr. was responsible for one of the earliest… more»
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1970 Chevrolet Corvette Barn Find
The 1970 Corvette is a relatively low-production model, for a couple of reasons. First, a UAW strike in early 1969 resulted in a hefty order backlog for that year’s ‘Vettes. When John DeLorean joined Chevrolet in February of 1969,… more»
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One Owner 1968 Triumph TR250
What did Triumph do when the TR6 was not yet ready for prime time, but no one wanted the four-cylinder TR4 any longer? The answer was a matter of survival for the company – and it created a car… more»
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Slightly Needy: 1972 Citroen D Super
Citroen stunned the market when it introduced the DS in 1955. Its predecessor, the Traction Avant, was a groundbreaking vehicle in its own right, but the DS was downright bodacious. Orders for the quirky vehicle broke records. Offered alongside… more»
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No Reserve 1977 Toyota Hilux Pickup
Pickups have grown monstrous over the last ten years, while at the same time limiting bed size and guzzling gas like it’s going out of style… (wait, is it?). It’s enough to make a person yearn for an El… more»
