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French Wagon: 1992 Peugeot 505 SW8

The difference a tune-up, a good cleaning, and lots of quality photos can do! We featured this Peugeot back in September of 2022 when it was being offered on craigslist for $3,950 in Alabama. It’s now located in New… more»

Field Find: 1964 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia

The Karmann Ghia was a sporty version of the VW Beetle. Built between 1955 and 1974, for a time it was the second most popular imported U.S. car in the U.S. This example from 1964 looks to have been… more»

Recently Revived: 1979 Dodge Aspen SE

Hidden in this garage is a 1979 Dodge Aspen SE that recently emerged from long-term storage in Southern California. The years in hibernation have done no real harm, but it does need some TLC to return to its best…. more»

Recent Barn Find: 1929 Ford Model A Tudor

Although Ford’s Model T was showing its age by the time the last car rolled off the production line in 1927, it was held in such high esteem within the community that it continued to sell in significant numbers… more»

Grand Spaulding Dodge! 1973 Charger SE

Having originally been purchased at Chicago’s Grand Spaulding Dodge in ’72, today’s find, a 1973 Dodge Charger SE has been cooling its heels in Los Angeles for the last 45 years. Purchased new by the seller’s father, this old… more»

Perfect Project: 1950 Ford F1 Pickup

If you asked ten people, you would undoubtedly receive ten different answers if they were tasked with defining the perfect project. That is because each will view the term “perfect” differently, depending on their tastes and goals with a… more»

Tri-Five Project: 1956 Chevrolet Bel Air Nomad

The Chevy Nomad “sport wagon” was inspired by a 1954 Corvette-based concept car. A two-door station wagon, it shared no sheet metal with other Chevrolet wagons from behind the cowl. Produced between 1955 and 1957, it met with a… more»

Parked For 20 Years: 1966 Ford Mustang Fastback

Sales figures confirm that 1966 was the best year for the First Generation Mustang, with 607,568 buyers parking one in their driveway. The lowest-selling variant was the Fastback, which accounted for 35,698 cars, or 5.9% of total sales. This… more»

Coming or Going? 1974 Dodge Polara

In the 1970s, Chrysler products would be popular with police organizations across the country. It seemed like everywhere you looked, you saw a full-size Dodge or Plymouth set up as a “bubble gum machine” with its flashing lights and… more»

Out of Storage: 1968 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray

Chevrolet’s sports car, the Corvette, was redesigned in 1968 along the lines of the Mako Shark show car. It was an instant success, and the new body would be used through 1982. Changes were few per year until 1973… more»

Good Running Project: 1969 Oldsmobile Toronado

Oldsmobile rolled the dice in 1966 by introducing a personal luxury automobile that was mechanically different from its competitors. It was the first U.S.-produced front-wheel-drive car since the Cord 810/812 in 1937. It would use a transaxle version of… more»

One Owner Survivor: 1976 Chevrolet Nova

The 1960s and 1970s rear-wheel-drive Nova was one of Chevrolet’s most popular automobiles. It would receive its final redesign in 1975, to be replaced by the troubled front-wheel-drive Citation in 1980. For 1976, there was a luxury version of… more»

Stored 40 Years: 1950 Buick Super

The Super was a popular Buick entry from 1940 to 1958, with a break in production during World War II. It was a hybrid vehicle (no, not like you think), sharing the longer wheelbase of the top-line Roadmaster with… more»

Forgotten Outdoor Find: 1969 Chevrolet Camaro

Introduced in 1967, the Chevy Camaro would prove to be a worthy adversary to Ford’s immensely popular Mustang. And would even outsell it on a few occasions, the first being in 1977 after Ford had reinvented their pony car… more»

Container Find: 1952 Packard 300

In the early 1950s, Packard played the numbers game in naming its product offerings. There were the 200, 250, 300, and 400, with the 300 being the mid-range model. It was offered only in 1951 and 1952 and was… more»

Tri-Five V8! 1955 Chevrolet 210

The 210 (aka Two-Ten) was a midrange entry from Chevrolet that was sold between 1953 and 1957. Not exactly a stroke of marketing genius, it took its name by shortening the production series number 2100 by one digit to… more»