The Road Runner debuted in 1968 as a budget-minded muscle car, based on the mid-size Plymouth Belvedere platform. Chrysler worked a deal with Warner Bros. for the Road Runner and Coyote likenesses and had a horn developed that would… more»
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GTO Clone Project: 1971 Pontiac LeMans
At first, the LeMans was a trim upgrade on the Pontiac Tempest before becoming a series of its own in 1964, the same year the GTO was born. Third-generation models were built from 1968-72 and would be the nameplate’s… more»
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Ram Induction 440 V8: 1959 DeSoto Firesweep
The DeSoto was an automobile marque of Chrysler Corp. between 1928-61. It was usually positioned between the Dodge and Chrysler on the corporate totem pole. By the late 1950s, sales had declined and the future of DeSoto was in… more»
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Nicest One Left? 1987 Dodge Omni
By the late 1970s, Chrysler Corporation was in big financial trouble. Its cars weren’t selling, mainly because they hadn’t kept up with the rest of the industry. Enter the L-bodied Dodge Omni and Plymouth Horizon, two sub-compacts that arrived… more»
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Owned By Frank Sinatra? 1972 Chevrolet El Camino
Chevrolet followed Ford into the “gentlemen’s pickup” market in 1959 with the introduction of the El Camino. For 1959-60, it was based on the full-size Chevy, was then disappeared only to return in 1964 as part of the new… more»
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4-Speed Survivor Quality: 1971 Dodge Demon 340
In the wake of the enormous success Plymouth had with its new Duster fastback, Dodge clamored for and got their version of the car for 1971. Just as the Duster was a Valiant from the cowl forward, the Demon… more»
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Like New Inside And Out! 1976 Triumph Spitfire
The Triumph Spitfire was a popular British sports car built between 1962-80. It saw a series of five production generations and quite a few racing wins across 315,000 units in 18 years. This 1976 Spitfire is newly restored, and… more»
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Muscle Car Drop-Top? 1966 Mercury Park Lane
The Park Lane was the flagship car in Mercury’s full-size lineup during most of the 1960s. This 1966 Park Lane convertible is a running project, with a unique engine/transmission combination. It has a 428 V8 and a 4-speed which… more»
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Rally Sport: 1967 Chevrolet Camaro SS 350
The Chevy Camaro arrived on the scene in 1967 to do battle with Ford’s popular new Mustang. It proved to be a formidable competitor, racking up sales of more than 220,000 cars in its first year. The seller’s Camaro… more»
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Factory-Built: 1960 Chevrolet Corvette “Race Rat”
Who remembers the 1960s when auto manufacturers were not only actively involved in racing but would build race cars as well? This 1960 Corvette is one of ten that Chevy built, and it was produced to run at the… more»
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2k Mile Survivor: 1976 Chevrolet Vega
Chevrolet got into the sub-compact car market in 1971, after more than two years of research and design work under John DeLorean’s watch. The car debuted with a lot of fanfare and some innovations, like an all-aluminum diecast engine… more»
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Rare Pickup: 1939 Studebaker Coupe Express
Before there was the Ford Ranchero or the Chevy El Camino, there was the Studebaker Coupe Express. Built for three years, it was a passenger car-based pickup that used the Dictator people mover platform. Production was low, just 5,200… more»
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Unfinished Project: 1956 Ford Thunderbird
The first generation of the Ford Thunderbird, built between 1955-57, is the version of the car most remembered today. It was a 2-seat personal luxury car that is often incorrectly compared to the Chevy Corvette, a 2-seat sports car…. more»
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1 of 1,489 — 1972 Plymouth Road Runner
A year after Plymouth introduced the GTX as an upscale muscle car, they rolled out the Road Runner as a performance car for the budget-minded. With its gimmicky name and “beep beep” horn, the car sold like hotcakes until… more»
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30 Acres of Rusty Gold in Georgia!
Old Car City USA in White, Georgia professes to be the world’s largest known classic car junkyard. Across more than thirty acres, mostly wilderness, thousands of largely American-made cars have come to their final resting place here over the… more»
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Upscale Muscle Car Project: 1970 Plymouth GTX
The GTX debuted in 1967 as an upscale muscle car based on the mid-size Plymouth Belvedere. It beat the Road Runner to market by a year but was outsold by the latter because of its appeal to a more… more»
