Most collections tend to favor a particular brand, or type of car, and even model years. In this case, the seller has a trio of seemingly unrelated cars that may have once been projects of the (former?) owner…. more»
Jun 28, 2024 • For Sale • 13 Comments
Sport Wagon: 1956 Chevrolet Bel Air Nomad
A list of Chevrolet’s sales disappointments of the 1950s would have to include the Nomad. It was a 2-door “Sport Wagon” based on the Chevy Bel Air and derived from a 1954 Corvette concept car. Fewer than 23,000 were… more»
Jun 27, 2024 • For Sale • 20 Comments
Rare 454 V8! 1970 Chevrolet Caprice LS5
The Caprice joined the Chevrolet lineup in 1965 as a luxury version of the popular Impala. Sales of the Caprice would continue to grow each year and an estimated 92,000 were built and sold in the 1970 model year…. more»
Jun 27, 2024 • For Sale • 16 Comments
1970 Chevrolet Chevelle Convertible Project
The Chevelle Malibu was a popular car for Chevrolet in 1970. More than 300,000 of them alone were sold as Sport Coupes and a large percentage of them were ordered as Super Sports. But a lesser number were convertibles,… more»
Jun 27, 2024 • For Sale • 17 Comments
Convert It Back? 1973 Volkswagen Super Beetle
Volkswagen introduced the Super Beetle in 1971 to give dealers more choices for U.S. buyers. The Super Beetle varied from the standard Beetle by its curved windshield, larger luggage space, and McPherson front strut suspension. But none of them… more»
Jun 27, 2024 • For Sale • 7 Comments
Drop-Top Garage Find: 1960 Studebaker Lark
The Studebaker Lark was one of the new compact cars to hit the U.S. market in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Along with the Rambler American, it debuted in 1959 – a full year before the Detroit “Big… more»
Jun 26, 2024 • For Sale • 8 Comments
Numbers Matching Project: 1969 Chevrolet Camaro Z28
The Z28 was a performance option on the first-generation Chevrolet Camaro. It was Chevy’s way of competing in Sports Car Club of America’s Trans Am Series (racing) which limited engine displacement to 302 cubic inches. The Z28 Camaro had… more»
Jun 26, 2024 • For Sale • 9 Comments
Only Two Owners! 1962 Chrysler 300 Sport Series
The Chrysler 300 Letter Series had been around since 1955, establishing itself as the first true muscle car. Perhaps to take advantage of that car’s performance image, Chrysler added the 300 Sport Series in 1962, which included a 4-door… more»
Jun 26, 2024 • For Sale • 2 Comments
Restored Mopar: 1973 Dodge Challenger 318 V8
Dodge was the last of the U.S. automakers to get into the “pony car” business. The Challenger was born five years after the fever which had started with the Ford Mustang. The sporty new automobile shared its hot new… more»
Jun 25, 2024 • For Sale • 14 Comments
Big Red Ragtop: 1963 Ford Galaxie 500XL
Ford debuted the Galaxie 500XL line in 1962. The best way to describe the car would be to say it was the Ford equivalent of Chevrolet’s Impala Super Sport, which took the market by storm that same year. The… more»
Jun 25, 2024 • For Sale • 5 Comments
Original 327 V8; 1962 Chevrolet Impala SS
What a difference a year makes. During the 1961 model year, Chevrolet introduced the Super Sport option on its full-size cars. The emphasis was on performance and fewer than 500 were built. For the 1962 model run, Chevy decided… more»
Jun 25, 2024 • For Sale • 16 Comments
Frankenstein Project! 1932 Ford Roadster
There seems to be some debate as to what this car is. The seller thinks it’s a 1932 Ford based on what his/her father has said over the years (it was his project for 50 years and it never… more»
Jun 25, 2024 • For Sale • 11 Comments
348 V8 Tri-Power: 1959 Chevrolet Impala Project
For the second year in a row, the 1959 Chevrolet was a different automobile than it had been the prior year. Chevy had moved on from its successful “Tri-Five” platform after 1957 with an all-new car in 1958. But… more»
Jun 25, 2024 • For Sale • 24 Comments
LT1 Survivor? 1972 Chevrolet Corvette 350 V8
The Chevy Corvette had its best sales performance in three years in 1972, yet it was little changed. Labor issues had affected production output in the prior two years, so perhaps some catching up had been done. Out of… more»
Jun 24, 2024 • For Sale • 9 Comments
Field Find Roller: 1970 Chevrolet Camaro RS/Z28
Buyers had to wait until February of 1970 for an all-new, second-generation Chevy Camaro. The pony car was improved in many ways and about 125,000 of them were sold in the abbreviated model year (1970, not 1970 ½ as… more»
Jun 24, 2024 • For Sale • 11 Comments
One Family Since 1972: 1967 Chevrolet Impala Drop-Top
Two years before the seller’s car was built, Chevrolet celebrated a production milestone that would never be duplicated. They sold more than one million Impalas that year, overshadowing Ford’s new phenom, the Mustang. In 1967, Chevrolet still had a… more»
