Nomad’s Cousin: 1956 Pontiac Star Chief Safari

The 1955-57 Chevrolet Bel Air Nomad, a 2-door sport wagon, was a halo car for the GM division. Of the “Tri-Five” Chevies, the Nomad is the most collectible today. But many people forget that Pontiac had their own version… more»

Muscle Car Swan Song: 1974 Pontiac Ventura GTO

From a peak of more than 96,000 cars in 1966, production of the Pontiac GTO fell to just over 7,000 copies in 1974. The muscle car craze of the 1960s/1970s had passed and the GTO quietly slipped into the… more»

Cheap Gullwing? 1973 Bradley GT II

The GT was perhaps the best-known kit car built by the troubled Bradley Automotive back in its heyday during the 1970s. Most, if not all, were fiberglass bodies attached to a VW Beetle chassis and engine. This example is… more»

Super Stock Tribute: 1963 ½ Ford Galaxie

We saw this car last about a year ago. It’s a recreation of a Super Stock racing machine that racked up a lot of wins back in the day. With its lightweight sheet metal and fire-breathing 427 cubic-inch V8,… more»

1 of 60: 1951 Cisitalia 202 SC

Cisitalia Automobili was an Italian manufacturer of sports and racing cars in the mid-20th Century. One of its creations was this beautiful 202 SC Gran Sport Cabriolet of which maybe only five dozen were built, with no indication as… more»

Step-Van Project: 1963 GMC P20

The GMC Value-Van was a badge-engineered version of the Chevrolet Step-Van, a multi-stop truck built by General Motors for 60 years (1940-99). These were great to load up with all kinds of parts and parcels and drop them off… more»

Why Rough It? 1976 Scamp 13’ Camper

Scamp Trailers has been building campers and trailers for the past 50 years, offering pull-behind models from 13 to 19 feet in length. This is the second of these vintage beauties we’ve seen recently, though it’s a little older… more»

Unfinished Restomod: 1946 Chevrolet COE

The Chevrolet AK-Series COE (Cab-Over-Engine) trucks were workhorses back when this hauler was built after World War II. If you Google photos of these things, you’ll find more examples of modified customs as opposed to original trucks as most… more»

Stored 40 Years: 1974 BMW 2002 Tii

One of BMW’s most successful automobiles was the 1960s and 1970s 2002 Series. It was a sporty, smaller touring car that was powered by a 2-liter inline-4. One version was the Tii which was fuel-injected while other variants were… more»

Real Deal: 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS 396

The 1970 Chevelle SS 396 is one of the more often cloned muscle cars because the VIN does not give it away as being real or fake. The SS 396 was a series of its own from 1966 through… more»

2 for 1: 1982 Dodge Rampage

The Dodge Rampage was a subcompact unibody coupe utility (aka small pickup) based on Chrysler’s L platform built from 1982 to 1984. The Rampage was later joined for one year by its rebadged variant, the Plymouth Scamp. Much of… more»

Semi-Hemi! 1955 Chrysler Windsor Deluxe

Chrysler introduced all-new cars for 1955 and would dub them the “100 Million-Dollar Look” (in advance of the “Forward Look” machines of 1957). They pared down the number of models to three: Windsor, New Yorker, and 300, with the… more»

Only 200 Made? 1975 Pontiac LeMans GT

In the mid-1960s, the Pontiac GTO was launched as the performance version of the mid-size LeMans/ Tempest. A decade later, the GTO was gone, a victim of declining sales due to tighter emissions controls and higher fuel prices. As… more»

20 Classic Cars – Variety of Makes and Models

Here’s another of those situations where a seller has a variety of cars to sell, in this case, the oldest one is from 1927, and the newest is 2000. You pick the make and there’s a chance it’s in… more»

Running Project: 1973 Avanti II

Seldom do automobiles get a second life, but the Studebaker Avanti did. After the company’s demise, two former dealers bought sufficient initial Studebaker manufacturing capacity to keep the car going as the Avani II for many years to come…. more»

Rare Right-Hand Drive: 1953 MG TD

The TD (aka Midget) was one of several 2-seat open sports cars built by MG between 1936 and 1955. TDs were produced from 1950 to 1953 with at least two-thirds of them exported to the United States. This 1953… more»

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