Kurt Russell Movie Car: 1969 Dodge Charger

Movies often help great demand for production automobiles. Examples include the Dodge Charger in the Steve McQueen flick, Bullitt, and another is the Pontiac Trans Am from Burt Reynolds’ Smokey and the Bandit. But how about the 1969 Dodge… more»

Stuck in the Woods: 1968 Ford Mustang

From its birth in 1964 until the mid-1970s, the Ford Mustang was the sales leader in the “pony car” market segment it helped to create. The original design got a mild styling refresh in 1967, so the 1968 editions… more»

Former Racer: 1965 Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu SS

  Chevrolet introduced the Chevelle in 1964. It was a mid-sized car designed to compete with the downsized Ford Fairlane. The Malibu was the better trimmed of the Chevelles and could be had with the Super Sport treatment, like… more»

Estate Find: 1970 Ford Maverick

Before Ford recently applied the Maverick name to a compact pickup, it was a compact in the 1970s. Launched five years to the day after the Mustang, the Maverick would be popular, too, selling more than two million copies… more»

Ranchero Alternative: 1959 Chevrolet El Camino

Chevrolet rolled out the El Camino in 1959 as a coupe utility vehicle to keep up with the Ford Ranchero. Like the Ford, it was based on a 2-door station wagon. As a full-size vehicle, it only ran for… more»

Updated Drivetrain: 1969 Chevrolet Nova

The Chevy II/Nova was a popular Chevrolet compact sold from 1962 to 1979. Unlike the Corvair which had a long run in the 1960s, the Nova was quite conventional, a rear-wheel-drive vehicle with a front-mounted, water-cooled engine. The most… more»

One Hot SUV: 1992 GMC Typhoon

Remember GMC’s 1991 muscle truck, the Syclone? It was a one-year offering and it was replaced by the Typhoon, an SUV, for 1992 and 1993. It used the same turbocharged 4.3-liter V6, so it was as equally capable as… more»

Customized Car/Boat! 1995 GMC Yukon

What do you get when you combine a large SUV with a speedboat? Why, you get a monster car/boat, of course. But it won’t float, so please don’t try. It’s strictly for street use and should turn heads wherever… more»

Mopar Muscle: 1973 Plymouth Duster 340

As the hot muscle car market of the 1960s began to take heat from insurance companies, some manufacturers started beefing up their compacts. Smaller, lighter cars like the Plymouth Duster were treated to more power to hang on to… more»

Unfinished Business: 1970 Plymouth AAR ‘Cuda

In 1970, Chrysler produced two “pony cars” that were designed to compete on the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) circuit – the Dodge Challenger T/A and the Plymouth AAR ‘Cuda. Both were limited-production autos that were built for… more»

Turbocharged Drop-Top! 1964 Chevrolet Corvair Spyder

In the 1960s, Chevrolet offered two compact cars, the Chevy II and the Corvair. The former was thoroughly conventional by Detroit standards (front-engine, water-cooled), while the latter was anything but. Like the VW Beetle, the Corvair had a rear-mounted,… more»

White Hat Special: 1969 Dodge Charger

Chrysler redesigned its mid-sized, B-bodied cars in 1968 and the Dodge Charger benefitted the most. From sales of fewer than 16,000 units in 1967, buyers scooped up more than 92,000 copies in 1968 and another 85,000 in 1969. The… more»

Real-Deal Roller: 1967 Chevrolet Chevelle SS 396

As the muscle car market of the mid-1960s was heating up, Chevrolet promoted the Super Sport 396 (or SS 396) from a Malibu option to a series of its own. For the three years it held this status (1966-68),… more»

4X4 Projects: Trio of Dodge Ramchargers

The Dodge Ramcharger was Chrysler’s version of the Ford Bronco or Chevy Blazer. Built from 1974 to 1993, it was based on a reduced wheelbase of the Dodge D-Series pickup. The seller has three of them to sell, two… more»

Canadian Chevelle: 1964 Acadian Beaumont SD

In the U.S., Chevrolet introduced the Chevelle mid-size car in 1964, which would be an immediate sales success. But north of the border, there was a Canadian derivative of the Chevelle, the Acadian Beaumont. Thought of as a Pontiac,… more»

Used For Storage: 1956 Ford Thunderbird

A lot of folks think that the early Chevy Corvettes and Ford Thunderbirds competed in the same market. Sure, they both were two-seaters, but Chevy was going after the sports car space while the Ford was a small personal… more»