In today’s world, you would call the Chevy Suburban a sport utility vehicle or SUV. But 65 years ago, you would have simply called it a van. Sometimes they would come with multiple seats for carrying people, other times… more»
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Rare Fins: 1957 Cadillac Eldorado Seville
In the mid-to-late 1950s, the Cadillac Eldorado Seville was a 2-door super luxury automobile of the similar stature as the Lincoln Continental Mark II. For 1957, the car received new styling that included an exclusive rear-end design that was… more»
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Small-Block Project: 1967 Plymouth Barracuda
The Plymouth Barracuda started out being a derivative of the Valiant compact in 1964. It actually beat the Mustang to market by 17 days, but the Ford product got most of the attention. By the second generation in 1967,… more»
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6-Cylinder 3-Speed: 1965 Ford Mustang
In 1965, if Ford’s assembly plants had been running every day of the week for 365 days, output would have to have been 1,533 units a day. That’s nearly 64 cars per hour. That accounts for 559,451 automobiles –… more»
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Elvis Presley’s 1967 GMC Half-Ton Pickup!
General Motors updated their C-Series line of trucks in 1967. The Chevy version was known as the C-10, while the GMC edition was identified as simply a ½ or ¾ ton truck. This pickup is said to have been… more»
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Same Owner For 40 Years: 1971 Oldsmobile Cutlass S
The F-85 – first a compact and then later an intermediate – was the foundation for the highly-successful Oldsmobile Cutlass line. Besides the differences in trim levels, the 2-door Cutlass models in the early 1970s could be differentiated by… more»
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Trans Am Project: 1970 Plymouth AAR ‘Cuda
The AAR ‘Cuda was Plymouth’s entry into SCCA Trans Am racing for 1970. The sanctioning body required that participating manufacturers build at least 2,500 street versions of the cars used on the track. Plymouth accomplished this feat by assembling… more»
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Coupe Conversion: 1965 Ford Mustang Fastback
Here’s something you don’t see every day. A Ford Mustang coupe that someone decided to turn into a fastback. I’m no sheet metal guy, but the body work looks to have been done pretty well. But the car is… more»
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Z-Code Project: 1964 Ford Galaxie 500 Convertible
The Ford Galaxie was created in the late 1950s to compete with Chevy’s Impala. By 1962, all full-size Fords wore the Galaxie badge, with “500” and “500/XL” denoting the higher series. Some say this was to tie into the… more»
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Ran When Parked: 1968 Ford Mustang GT Convertible
At first glance, it’s hard to tell a ‘68 Mustang from a ‘67 except for the side reflector lights mandated by Uncle Sam. Thanks to a 60-day strike in late 1967 and a saturated market due to newer competition,… more»
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Exotic Shed Find: 1974 De Tomaso Pantera
De Tomaso Automobili was founded by Argentinian Alejandro De Tomaso in Italy. From 1971-92, they built the exotic Pantera, a mid-engine sports car that was also sold at Lincoln-Mercury dealers in the U.S. in the early-to-mid 1970s. The Cleveland… more»
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34k Miles Captive Import: 1971 Mercury Capri
By 1970-71, all the domestic automakers offered some version of a sub-compact car. Ford had the Pinto, Chevy had the Vega, and AMC lopped off part of the Hornet to come up with the Gremlin. Mercury went a different… more»
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4X4 Project: 1983 AMC Eagle SX/4
You have to hand it to American Motors. They were always willing to take a chance on doing some different in hopes of it catching on. In the late 1970s, they took the aging Concord (aka Hornet) and added… more»
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Nicely Done Half-Ton: 1951 Chevrolet Series 3100
The first new Chevy trucks after World War II came out for 1947 and were referred to the Advance-Design. That was GM’s way of describing a line of trucks that were larger, stronger and sleeker in comparison to the… more»
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Ready To Restore: 1965 Pontiac GTO
The 1965 model year was the sophomore outing for Pontiac’s new GTO, which is credited by some as starting the muscle car revolution of the 1960s. It had a few changes for 1965, the most noticeable being stacked rather… more»
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Behind The Barn: 1965 Ford Mustang Fastback
By late 1965, you couldn’t turn the street corner without seeing one of Ford’s new sporty cars, the Mustang. They enjoyed a successful mid-year launch in 1964 and the first full year of production would follow. The fastback body… more»
