The Marathon was the mainstay of Checker Motors out of Kalamazoo, Michigan between 1961-82. Most of them were built for fleet buyers, and many of those were taxicabs. This ’70 Marathon was rescued from a junkyard many moons ago… more»
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440 V8 Muscle Car! 1977 Plymouth Volare
The Volare replaced the long-running Plymouth Valiant in 1976 (as did the Aspen for the Dodge Dart). Chrysler would sell more than 1.8 million of the combined cars over the next five years, but the machines would develop a… more»
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Boat Included! 1959 Rambler Six Cross Country
It’s not uncommon to see package deals here on Barn Finds. But it’s usually groups of the same or similar cars. In this case, this seller has a rather nice 1959 Rambler Six station wagon that is being sold… more»
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Twin Carburetors: 1965 Ford Mustang
This Mustang started like many of the 559,000 copies that Ford built for 1965. It was assembled in September 1964 with a C-code 289 cubic inch V8, which would have included a 2-barrel carburetor. That’s largely where the car… more»
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Japanese Fixer-Upper: 1968 Toyota Corona
Toyota first set up shop in California in 1957. They would make small inroads into the U.S. market until 1967 when the company introduced the Corona, a mid-size automobile on its home turf that was targeted at the tastes… more»
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Vintage Truck Project: 1955 Chevrolet Apache
General Motors’ trucks were redesigned in 1955, moving from the Advance Design platform to that of the Task Force. While GMC offered the same trucks, in the Chevy arena the light-duty trucks models were called the Apache, medium-duty units… more»
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Fiberglass Parts Car: 1957 Chevrolet Corvette
The Chevy Corvette barely survived past 1955, but some new styling and the availability of a V8 engine saved a car that’s still in production today. This 1957 edition was once a racer and all that remains are fiberglass… more»
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Motorhome Conversion: 1949 Flxible Clipper Bus
At one time, The Flxible Company was one of the largest transit-bus manufacturers in the U.S. And one of their mainstay products was the Clipper intercity coach, which was built between 1937-50 (with a brief hiatus during World War… more»
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One Year Wonder: 1969 AMC SC/Rambler
The American was the last American Motors automobile to be marketed as a Rambler. The 1969 model year would be it’s last in the line-up and AMC decided to cook up a small muscle car as part of the… more»
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20k Mile Cruiser: 1977 Chrysler New Yorker
A lot of the motoring public was shifting to smaller, more fuel-efficient cars in the mid-1970s. And yet there was still a market for large luxury automobiles. Case-in-point: the Chrysler New Yorker. It was as big as they came… more»
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Candy Apple Red Survivor: 1968 Ford Mustang
Ford’s phenomenon, the Mustang, would receive its first styling update in 1967. As a result, noticeable changes for the 1968 model year would be minimal like the addition of side marker lights. We’re told this sweet-looking ’68 is a… more»
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1 of 722: 1973 Ford Mustang Convertible
In 1973, things were about to change for the Ford Mustang. After starting the “pony car” revolution in 1965, the first generation was about to call it a wrap. The car had gotten bigger (and bloated) over its first… more»
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1 of 659? 1972 Oldsmobile Cutlass 442
The Olds 4-4-2 (or 442) was introduced in 1964 as a mid-size performance car and became a series of its own in 1968. It reverted to option status in 1972 and buyers got it by specifying the W-29 option… more»
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Attention Getter! 1951 Ford Custom Deluxe
Ford’s first all-new cars after World War II were introduced in 1949 and ran for three model years. The top-trim version was called the Custom Deluxe (the latter word being used on a lot of cars in those days)…. more»
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Field Find: 1971 Datsun 240Z Project
Nissan Motors started expanding worldwide in the late 1950s and presented its first cars in the U.S. at the Los Angeles Auto Show in 1958. Two years later they opened a subsidiary in the States and their development in… more»
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Garaged 35 Years: 1974 Ford Pinto
On the heels of the successful launch of the Maverick, Ford introduced an even smaller car in 1971, the Pinto. It was designed to compete against the sub-compact imports from Germany and Japan. Over 10 model years, the Pinto,… more»
