Chevrolet built nearly 38,500 Corvettes in 1975, including this first convertible which seems to be a prototype that was assembled for GM’s Central Office (COPO) and the marketing group for pre-production photos. It likely was never intended to get… more»
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Budget Muscle Car: 1971 Pontiac T-37
In 1970, Pontiac introduced the T-37, a low-buck version of its mid-size Tempest. It would be offered as a pillared coupe, but a hardtop version called the GT-37 also arrived as a cheaper alternative to the GTO muscle car…. more»
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BF Auction: 1956 Pontiac Star Chief
UPDATE – The seller has added more photos of their car. You can find them in the gallery below. The Star Chief was a model of Pontiac built between 1954 and 1966. In its earlier days, it used the… more»
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327 V8: 1969 Chevrolet Camaro Garage Find
The first generation of the Chevy Camaro lasted from 1967 to 1969 and the final year may have been the most attractive (IMO). It was also the best-selling at more than 243,000 copies, thanks in part to a 15-month… more»
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Under the Tent: 1965 Plymouth Satellite Convertible
After a strategic miscue in 1962, Plymouth had downsized its full-size cars to intermediate proportions. By 1965, they had rebounded, and the Fury was a big car once again, leaving the Belvedere to compete with the Chevy Chevelle and… more»
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Carport Find: 1972 Ford Mustang Coupe
By 1972, the “bloom was off the rose” for the Ford Mustang. From a record launch eight years earlier to a peak in sales of 607,000 units in 1966, the Mustang was just another “pony car” by the early… more»
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Tribute Drop-Top: 1970 Chrysler Hurst 300
The Hurst 300 is an extension of the Letter Series Chryslers of the 1950s and 1960s. With a consult from Hurst Performance, fewer than 500 of them were built for only the 1970 model year. But – except for… more»
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Too Far Gone? 1968 Chevrolet Camaro
The “pony car” market began to heat up in 1967 in the aftermath of the tremendous success Ford had with its new Mustang. In two short years, the competition grew to include the Pontiac Firebird, AMC Javelin, Mercury Cougar,… more»
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Gothic Hearse: 1938 Cadillac LaSalle
From 1927 to 1940, LaSalle was a “poor man’s” Cadillac, built by GM but sold for less money than the Caddy. It was never a huge seller and insiders felt it took sales away from the company’s premium marque,… more»
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X44 Project: 1969 Chevrolet Camaro
Chevrolet’s Camaro would prove to be a worthy competitor to the Ford Mustang, quickly reaching second place in sales in the late 1960s, whittling away at Mustang production year after year. The 1969 edition of the Camaro was the… more»
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Could It Have Just 30k Miles? 1970 Buick Riviera
Buick introduced the Riviera in 1963 as a “personal luxury car” and it would stick around through the end of the century. Unlike its later cousins the Oldsmobile Toronado and Cadillac Eldorado, the earlier Rivieras had rear-wheel-drive just like… more»
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1 of 500? 1955 DeSoto Fireflite Coronado
The Desoto brand had been a part of the Chrysler lineup since 1928. But in the 1950s, it was sandwiched between Dodge and Chrysler in the pecking order and ended up having the same fate as Ford’s short-lived Edsel… more»
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Assembly Required: 1978 Chevrolet Corvette L82
The C3 Chevy Corvette would enjoy its second base sales year in 1978 (46,000 copies), only beaten out by 1977 (at 49,000 units). But this car looks nothing today like it did 45 years ago as it’s been disassembled… more»
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Only 57k Miles! 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu
The most popular model and body style of the Chevy Chevelle in 1970 was the Malibu Sport Coupe. More than 300,000 of them were built that year, including the still-popular Super Sport. This edition is a nicely maintained family… more»
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One-Owner Project: 1964 Volkswagen Type 2 Bus
The Type 2 VW Transporter hit the scene in 1950 and is still around today in one form or another. Also known as the Kombi, Vanagon, Microbus, or just plain Bus, these vehicles had their air-cooled engines mounted in… more»
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Rusty Roller: 1971 Pontiac GTO
The GTO was launched by Pontiac in 1964 as a mid-size muscle car. It would set the market on its ear and spawn loads of competition. Its quick rise in popularity led the car to become a series of… more»
