For 1972, the Pontiac GTO was no longer a separate series, having gone back to being an option on the LeMans. And it would be offered as a 2-door hardtop or coupe, but not a convertible. Yet, you could… more»
After the Cameo: 1959 Chevrolet Apache Fleetside Double Deluxe
For one year only, 1959, the successor to the dressed-up Chevy Cameo pick up was the Apache Fleetside Double Deluxe. When you took a Fleetside and gave it both a deluxe-trimmed bed as well as a deluxe-trimmed cab you… more»
Driven In Baywatch? Pair Of Thunder Ranch Riots
The Riot was a fiberglass kit car built on a VW chassis by a company called Thunder Ranch. There is little information about the company today and we can find no record of how many were actually built. The… more»
Cheap Muscle? $2,700 1973 Pontiac Grand Prix
Pontiac would redesign the Grand Prix for 1973 and find instant sales success. Production would increase by two-thirds over 1972, from 92,000 units to 154,000. That momentum wouldn’t hold for long as the OPEC oil embargo caused gasoline prices… more»
America’s First Sports Car: 1950 Crosley Hot Shot
If you were asked what the first post-war American sports car built was, you might say the Chevy Corvette. And if you did, you’d be wrong. It was the Crosley Hotshot, although much smaller and less powerful than either… more»
Cheap Survivor: 39k Mile 1964 Chevrolet Corvair Monza
The first generation of Chevy’s innovative compact, the Corvair, ran from 1960-64. The automobiles would be restyled for 1965-69, but still look like the cars before them. The first group of Corvairs took the most heat on safety from… more»
















