Spirits were no doubt high at Plymouth in 1970 as the Barracuda “pony car” was redesigned. It had a whole new platform shared with the Challenger over at Dodge. Sales were up 50% over 1969 but quickly fell off… more»
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327 V8 SS Clone: 1969 Chevrolet Nova
The third generation (1968 to 1974) of the Chevrolet Nova was a very popular compact car. In 1969 alone, Chevy sold more than a quarter million copies – and 17,000+ were Super Sports. Years later, regular Nova’s would become… more»
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Package Deal: Pair of 1960s Ford Thunderbirds
Usually, when you find a pair of cars for sale as a package deal, they’re copies of the same vehicle. In this case, they’re both Ford Thunderbirds, but not from the same generation, which greatly limits borrowing from one… more»
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2008 Hemi-Powered Police Dodge Charger
When Dodge revived the Charger nameplate in 2006, it was applied to a 4-door performance sedan based on Chrysler’s LX platform. Low enforcement entities quickly embraced the car as viable for police work, much like the Ford Crown Victoria… more»
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Stretch Limo Déjà Vu: 1980 Pontiac Trans Am
The Pontiac Trans Am was one of the most popular cars in the late 1970s thanks to the visibility of the automobile in the 1977 Burt Reynolds/Jackie Gleason “good ole boys” flick, Smokey and the Bandit. Someone decided this… more»
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Cheap Wheels Project: 1992 Plymouth Laser
The Plymouth Laser and its badged-engineered cousins, the Mitsubishi Eclipse and Eagle Talon, were the first new products to emerge from Diamond-Star Motors. DSM was a partnership between Chrysler and Mitsubishi, which included a new, state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in… more»
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Letter Series Wannabe? 1962 Chrysler 300
The Pontiac GTO was not the first muscle car, but it was the first mid-size muscle car. The real honors go to the Chrysler 300 “Letter Series” machines from 1955 to 1965. Based on the snappy New Yorker, these… more»
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One Owner Sport Sedan: 1965 Chevrolet Impala
The 1965 model year was a banner one for Chevrolet. Besides the successful mid-size Chevelle being in its second season, the full-size Impala, et al, sold more than one million copies for the first time. That includes the seller’s… more»
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Rusty Garage Find: 1969 Pontiac GTO
The 1969 model year may have been the pinnacle for muscle car sales. As 1970 arrived, demand was cooling thanks to market saturation and rising insurance premiums. The leader of the pack, Pontiac’s GTO, was already feeling the pinch,… more»
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Real Deal Head Turner: 1968 Chevrolet Chevelle SS 396
Chevrolet joined the mid-size muscle car scene in 1965 with a limited production of the Chevelle Malibu, the SS 396. The Bow-Tie folks dived in all the way by making the car a series of its own the next… more»
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Suddenly It’s 1950! 1992 Ford Thunderbird
Do you like the looks of the 1949-51 Ford but wish you could have one with more modern features? Well, buy a kit from Easy Rods and convert your 1989 to 1997 Ford Thunderbird into one (visually, anyway). That’s… more»
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Aka Ascona: 1971 Opel 1900 Sedan
In the 1960s and 1970s, you could buy Opel-branded cars at Buick dealerships in the United States. That was because Opel was a wholly owned subsidiary of General Motors – and Buick needed a smaller car to sell. The… more»
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OPEC-Era Big Wheels: 1974 Chevrolet Impala
With its bigger bumpers, the Chevrolet Impala had finally reached land yacht proportions. And at a time when Americans were beginning to move away from huge automobiles (thanks to the ’73 OPEC oil embargo and soaring gas prices). Sales… more»
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Fancy Fury: 1966 Plymouth VIP 383 V8
In 1965, Ford launched the LTD as a luxurious version of the Galaxie 500. Chevrolet quickly followed suit with the Caprice, a gussied-up version of the Impala. Since “imitation is the sincerest form of flattery” (and to remain competitive),… more»
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Look! 3-On-The-Tree! 1973 Plymouth Satellite
When this car was new, there were probably few on the dealer’s lot like it. A 1973 Plymouth Satellite 2-door hardtop with gold paint and a white vinyl top – but with a Slant-Six engine and a “3-on-the-tree” manual… more»
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Restored Super Lark Tribute: 1964 Studebaker Daytona
December 20, 1963, was a dark day in South Bend, Indiana. That’s when Studebaker shuttered automobile production in the U.S. (assemblies would continue through March 1966 in Canada). The seller has a beautiful 1964 Daytona for sale (the evolution… more»
