The VW Type 1, better known as the Beetle or Bug due to its shape, is one of the most produced cars ever. More than 21 million copies saw the light of day between the 1940s and near the… more»
Oct 9, 2022 • For Sale • 20 Comments
Wraparound Glass! 1977 Oldsmobile Toronado XS
The Toronado was revolutionary by Detroit standards as it was the first U.S production car with front-wheel-drive in 30 years. Between 1966 and 1970, Olds sold it as something of a GT-style performance luxury car but changed directions in… more»
Oct 8, 2022 • For Sale • 6 Comments
New Transmission: 1972 Plymouth ‘Cuda 340
Plymouth’s Barracuda was an all-new car in 1970, finally shedding its heritage with the Valiant compact. The machines used an E-Body platform that was reserved for just the Barracuda and Dodge’s new Challenger, though the two autos would share… more»
Oct 8, 2022 • For Sale • 4 Comments
440 V8 Project: 1969 Dodge Charger R/T
Dodge’s success story of the late 1960s had to be the second-generation Charger. After a lukewarm sales response to the 1966-67 models, production would go through the roof for 1968-70. That was when Chrysler gave all its B-body intermediates… more»
Oct 8, 2022 • For Sale • 10 Comments
No Corinthian Leather: 1975 Chrysler Cordoba
Anyone older than a teenager in the 1970s probably remembers Chrysler’s sales pitch for the then-new Cordoba. On television, Richard Montalban would praise the Cordoba’s “fine Corinthian leathers” (which wasn’t a real thing, and you could get the cars… more»
Oct 8, 2022 • For Sale • 18 Comments
Buried Alive! 1978 Bradley GT
The GT was one of the kit cars offered in the 1970s by Bradley Automotive. Using the guts of a VW Beetle, they were more like sports cars than dune buggies, like the Meyers Manx. They scraped by between… more»
Oct 7, 2022 • For Sale • 12 Comments
Hide-Away Hardtop! 1957 Ford Fairlane Skyliner
Automotive designers and marketers worked overtime in the 1950s and 1960s, coming up with new and interesting products. One of the most “far-out” may have been the retractable hardtop, a Ford innovation of 1957-59. With the press of a… more»
Oct 7, 2022 • For Sale • 22 Comments
38k Mile Garage Find: 1969 Chevrolet Camaro RS
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, or so they say. Given the tremendous success of the Ford Mustang in the mid-1960s, it was natural that competitors would soon emerge. The Mustang’s most prominent challenger was the Chevy Camaro… more»
Oct 7, 2022 • For Sale • 11 Comments
4X4 Wagon: 1984 AMC Eagle
You gotta give American Motors credit for trying. There were always cooking up something different than the competition. A case-in-point is the Eagle, the only 4-wheel-drive passenger car produced in the U.S. at the time. It was based on… more»
Oct 6, 2022 • For Sale • 38 Comments
Captive Import: 1972 Mercury Capri
The Capri was offered by Mercury as a “sport compact” between 1970 and 1978. It was a captive import from Ford of Europe which had no direct counterpart on the U.S. Ford side of the FOMOCO family. It was… more»
Oct 6, 2022 • For Sale • 37 Comments
18k Mile One-Owner: 1977 Pontiac Grand Prix SJ
The Pontiac Grand Prix went into its fourth generation of production in 1973 and would be quite popular. This is the era of the Colonnade styling that was employed on all of GM’s mid-size cars. The car would set… more»
Oct 6, 2022 • For Sale • 22 Comments
Mild Custom: 1964 Dodge D150
Though Ford and Chevrolet have dominated the U.S. truck market, Dodge has always been a solid competitor. From 1961 through 1993, they offered the D/W Series of pickup trucks (D=2WD and W=4WD). First-generation models were boxy in appearance and… more»
Oct 6, 2022 • For Sale • 12 Comments
Déjà Vu: 1964 Ford Country Squire
This beautiful wagon has popped up again on Barn Finds after an appearance about eight months ago. It wears a beautiful restoration with a high-performance 390 cubic inch V8 under the hood. Apparently, the beastly transport didn’t sell the… more»
Oct 6, 2022 • For Sale • 23 Comments
63k Mile Survivor: 1966 Chevrolet Biscayne
In the 1960s, if you wanted a full-size car that wore Chevrolet badging, you bought yourself a Biscayne. As an entry-level model, it was accompanied by the Bel Air, Impala, Caprice, and station wagons of differing trim levels. They… more»
Oct 6, 2022 • For Sale • 32 Comments
Japanese Mustang? 1977 Toyota Celica GT
Though not exclusively sold in the U.S., the Toyota Celica took direct aim at the original 1965 Ford Mustang. However, by the time the 2+2 sports coupe was introduced, the Mustang had grown considerably in size. The first generation… more»
Oct 5, 2022 • For Sale • 7 Comments
Pole Barn Find: 1991 Dodge Stealth
In the 1990s, Chrysler and Mitsubishi were in cahoots and that provided the former with a variety of badge-engineered vehicles to sell in the U.S. One such product was the Dodge Stealth, which essentially was a Mitsubishi GTO. This… more»
