The Chevy Camaro was treated to its first redesign in 1970 and the sleek, fresh look would carry the car for another 11 years. But it was delayed by three months in getting into production, so the 1969s had… more»
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Out of the Basement: 1972 Chevrolet Nova
The compact Chevy II/Nova was a sales winner for Chevrolet from 1962 to 1979. The most popular iteration may have been the generation built from 1968 to 1972 and the latter year was the second best-selling version of the… more»
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Former CHP Cruiser Project! 1968 Dodge Polara
Throughout the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, Chrysler did a big business providing patrol cars to various law enforcement agencies across the country. Dodge seemed to be the product of choice by many and in 1968 it was the Polara… more»
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Running Barn Find: 1955 Imperial By Chrysler
Chrysler began selling the luxurious Imperial in 1928. But, in 1955, they attempted to better market themselves against Cadillac and Lincoln by spinning off the Imperial as a separate make. They were still built alongside the Chrysler New Yorker… more»
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One-Year-Only! 1970 Oldsmobile Rallye 350
The Olds Rallye 350 was a one-year-wonder muscle car. It came in only one color (Sebring Yellow) and had just one engine, a 350 cubic inch “Rocket” V8 that produced 310 hp. Based on the Cutlass S, it was… more»
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Still in Storage: 1963 Alfa Romeo Giulia Spider
The Spider was the roadster version of the Alfa Romeo Giulia, built in Italy from 1962 to 1966. Some 9,000 of the 2-seat 1600-cc sports cars were assembled – with many of them landing in export markets like the… more»
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Corvette Rear Suspension! 1969 Chevrolet Camaro Project
The 1969 Chevy Camaro was the third and last year of the first generation of the pony car. They built a bundle of them (243,000) in part due to a 15-month production run as the all-new 1970s were delayed… more»
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Super Cobra Jet Garage Find: 1970 Ford Mustang
In 1970, Ford built nearly 200,000 Mustangs, a respectable number but a far cry from the peak of 600,000 in 1966. Of these, 41,000 were Mach 1s with the SportsRoof body style. But only 1,371 came with the Super… more»
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No Frills Transportation: 1966 Chevrolet Chevy II
The Chevy II/Nova was Chevrolet’s more conventional compact car of the 1960s (compared to the Corvair). After a successful launch in 1962, the cars were redesigned in 1966 and took on more of a square-ish look. They weren’t quite… more»
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Dad’s 4-Speed: 1963 Studebaker GT Hawk
The Gran Turismo (GT) Hawk was the final iteration of the sporty Hawk series that dated to the mid-1950s. It was also the most luxurious variant and competed with the Ford Thunderbird and Pontiac Grand Prix. Unfortunately, when Studebaker… more»
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V8 4-Speed! 1979 AMC Spirit AMX Project
The Spirit was the subcompact successor to the American Motors Gremlin. But it wasn’t an all-new car, just a new body on the old Gremlin chassis. The Spirit AMX was marketed as something of a performance car in the… more»
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Minimal Malibu: 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle
If you were on a budget in 1970, you may have bought a Chevelle just like this one. Malibu. Four doors. Six-cylinder engine. Automatic transmission. Two-tone paint. And that’s probably it. And relatively few of these body code 3569… more»
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Worth Fixing? 1970 Dodge Challenger Project
The original Dodge Challenger was only around for five years but is highly regarded today. When it arrived on the scene in 1970, it was the last pony car to enter the market (and one of the first to… more»
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What’s It Worth? 1971 Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu
The mid-size Chevy Chevelle got a modest facelift for the third year in a row in 1971, but it was still very much the car that had been redesigned in 1968. The biggest changes came in the form of… more»
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Former Race Car: 1969 AMC SC/Rambler
The SC/Rambler was a one-year muscle car built by American Motors in 1969. It was an American 2-door hardtop (with the compact in its last year) with an AMX powerplant (390 cubic inches). Only 1,512 were built and about… more»
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Daily Driver? 1975 Chevrolet Nova
The popular Chevy Nova compact was redesigned for the final time in 1975. That would be the beginning of the end of the rear-wheel-drive automobile that would be replaced in 1980 by the front-wheel-drive Citation (which would prove to… more»
