This 1980 Chevrolet Corvette has clearly been parked for some time based on the heavy coating of dust gracing every panel. The Corvette is in my neck of the woods, located in Plainville, Massachusetts, and it’s always intriguing to… more»
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Muscle Car Project: 1968 Oldsmobile 4-4-2
While the 4-4-2 (aka 442) came out the same year as the Pontiac GTO (1964), its following developed more slowly. It would not become its own series until 1968-71, which was during the heyday of the U.S. muscle car…. more»
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4-Speed Barn Find: 1965 Oldsmobile 442
Some will say that “the first is the best”. And that’s how I have always viewed Oldsmobile’s mid-size muscle car, the 442. No doubt about it, many will consider the ’70 W-30 to be the pinnacle of Oldsmobile power,… more»
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Runs And Drives: 1935 Ford Bread Truck
This 1935 Ford Bread truck is actually running and driving with what is presumably its original flathead V8 engine! The seller tells us it’s been protected for much of its life and has little rust. It’s located in Hope,… more»
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Cheap Project? 1971 Chevrolet Camaro
The long-awaited redesign of the first-generation Chevy Camaro’s came early in the 1970 calendar year. They were stalled due to some production delays and 1969 model assemblies were extended by a few months. As a result, the 1971’s were… more»
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Bargain Barn Find? 1984 Oldsmobile Toronado
We don’t often think of barn finds, as in vehicles that were actually stored and/or found in a barn after an extended period of time, as being luxury cars. The seller of this 1984 Oldsmobile Toronado says that it’s… more»
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Halloween Prop? 1953 Cadillac Hearse/Ambulance
Cadillac built nearly 110,00 automobiles in 1953 and a small number of them were converted into ambulances and hearses by Meteor Motor Car Co. If you need to be taken to the hospital or to your final resting place,… more»
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One Family Since ’76: 1973 Fiat 850 Sport Spider
My father owned a Fiat 850 coupe during 1968-69, and I remember it being the first car I truly loved – I still have the factory tool kit. This gorgeous 1973 850 Sport Spider has me contemplating a trip… more»
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Garage Find: 1952 Chevrolet Styleline Wagon
There in the back, hiding quietly behind the old chairs, the boogie board, the lawn tractor, and the fender sits a proud 1952 Chevrolet Styleline Deluxe Wagon, one of 12,756 built that year, a true blue Tin Woodie in… more»
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Fire Sale: 1964 Chevrolet Impala SS Project
By 1964, the Impala Super Sport (SS) had come into its own. More than one-third of all Impala two-door hardtops made that year were SS models. In terms of engines, the Impala SS could be ordered from mild to… more»
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Worth Saving? 1974 Pontiac GTO
The GTO was a hot property in the 1960s, but by 1974 it was an option package on the compact Ventura. That would be its last year until a brief resurrection in 2004 on an Australian-based GM model. This… more»
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Original Paint: 1973 Dodge Challenger Desert Find
Dodge was a hold-out coming to the pony car party. Whereas the Ford Mustang and Plymouth Barracuda started the ball rolling in 1964, the Dodge Challenger wouldn’t arrive until the 1970 model year. It would share its underpinnings with… more»
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S-Code 390: 1967 Ford Mustang Fastback
The Ford Mustang got its first styling update in 1967. But nothing that changed its looks. Sales weren’t as robust as they were in 1965-66, but how can you top 1.2 million units anyway? This fastback was an S-Code… more»
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1959 Plymouth Belvedere Barn Find
1959 was the third and final year of the original “Forward Look” Chrysler cars that had set the industry on fire – styling-wise, that is. Whereas the ’58 Plymouths had been largely warmed-over ‘57s, the ‘59s would take space-age… more»
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Stored 25 Years: 1968 AMC Javelin
By 1968, there was only one American Motors car left that carried the Rambler name, the American. The powers-that-be felt that the name – which had been used by AMC since 1954 – left the company with a stodgy… more»
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Barn Bound Since ’79: 1968 Chevrolet Corvette
Plucked from a barn where it resided since 1979 is this ’68 Chevrolet Corvette. It seems odd that barn jail was this ‘Vette’s fate once it attained the ripe young age of only eleven years. Whatever the case, the… more»
