The mid-size Chevy Chevelle got a modest facelift for the third year in a row in 1971, but it was still very much the car that had been redesigned in 1968. The biggest changes came in the form of… more»
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Jul 29, 2024 • For Sale • 21 Comments
Former Race Car: 1969 AMC SC/Rambler
The SC/Rambler was a one-year muscle car built by American Motors in 1969. It was an American 2-door hardtop (with the compact in its last year) with an AMX powerplant (390 cubic inches). Only 1,512 were built and about… more»
Jul 29, 2024 • For Sale • 24 Comments
Still In The Barn! 1969 Chevrolet Chevelle
Many gearheads will tell us the muscle car era reached its zenith in about 1969. Furthermore, many believe that the mid-size Chevrolets epitomized the muscle car craze. If those statements are true, we have the best of the best… more»
Jul 27, 2024 • For Sale • 3 Comments
Beefed Up 350 V8: 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu
The Chevelle was Chevrolet’s mid-size car in the 1960s and 1970s and the most popular version was the Malibu Sport Coupe. That makes the latter one of the most popular autos of the era to clone into an SS… more»
Jul 27, 2024 • For Sale • 22 Comments
LT-1 Restomod: 1964 Studebaker Avanti
The Studebaker Avanti was only built for two model years (1963 and 1964). The latter year was abbreviated when the company discontinued U.S. auto production around Christmas 1963. 4,640 Avanti’s were assembled in total, with only 800 or so… more»
Jul 27, 2024 • For Sale • 16 Comments
Little Old Lady Owned: 1974 Ford Mustang II
After seeing years of declining sales, Ford reinvented the Mustang in 1974. The original car had gotten big and bulky, so the Mustang II was a subcompact using a 4-cylinder engine for the first time in the pony car’s… more»
Jul 27, 2024 • For Sale • 21 Comments
440 Horsepower Surprise? 1956 Ford Fairlane 500 Victoria
After a major restyle in 1955, Ford changed its products little going into 1956. The Victoria was nearly the top-of-line automobile and was that name given to hardtops (you could go one step further and order the Crown Victoria… more»
Jul 27, 2024 • For Sale • 6 Comments
Storage Find Smorgasbord: BMW Isetta, Pontiac Catalina, and More!
One of my favorite listing “types” is a mish-mash of cars offered for sale by a guy who is likely similar to many of us: a variety of vehicular interests, all colliding together in a cinder block garage. The… more»
Jul 26, 2024 • For Sale • 4 Comments
Solar Gold Survivor: 1980 Pontiac Trans Am Turbo
As Federal emissions controls continued to choke power out of V8 engines, Pontiac dropped its biggest displacement motors in 1980. So, the standard fare in the next-to-last year of the second-generation Trans Ams was a 301 cubic inch V8…. more»
Jul 26, 2024 • For Sale • 19 Comments
Cheap Wheels Oddity? 1960ish Cheetah Kit Car
The 1960s brought the era of the kit car and most of them were based on a Volkswagen Beetle chassis and engine. But the Cheetah was different, it was a fiberglass-bodied kit that relied on Chevy Corvette infrastructure to… more»
Jul 26, 2024 • For Sale • 8 Comments
1967 Mercury Park Lane Convertible Barn Find
The Park Lane convertible was arguably Mercury’s swankiest offering in the mid-1960s, and this example was recently extracted from the barn where it had sat for the last 34 years. Currently showing 63,964 miles on the odometer, this one-owner… more»
Jul 26, 2024 • For Sale • 23 Comments
Almost Perfect? 1971 Pontiac LeMans Sport
If you wanted a mid-size Pontiac convertible in 1971, you had two choices: the GTO or the LeMans Sport, the latter being the next best thing to a performance machine without the muscle stigma of the former car. This… more»
Jul 25, 2024 • For Sale • 15 Comments
Seldom Seen Original: 1933 Willys Coupe
Rarity is a strange condition. Some items are rare because very few were produced. Some items are rare because they were poorly built and did not hold up as time passed. Others were used up and the remnants were… more»
Jul 25, 2024 • For Sale • 12 Comments
Off the Ground: 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air Nomad
The 1955 to 1957 Chevrolets are referred to today as the “Tri-Fives” and they brought tremendous sales success to the GM division. But out of more than 4.5 million 150s, 210s, and Bel Airs assembled, a scant 22,000 Nomads… more»
Jul 25, 2024 • For Sale • 9 Comments
One-Owner Barn Find: 1966 Dodge Charger
We’ve recently seen a few promising First Generation Dodge Chargers cross our desks at Barn Finds, and this 1966 model stands out for several reasons. The first is that it is original and unmolested. The second is that it… more»
Jul 25, 2024 • For Sale • 12 Comments
Same Owner 20 Years: 1971 Plymouth Road Runner Project
Despite an all-new design in 1971, Plymouth Road Runner sales continued a decline that had started the year before. Reduced demand in 1970 could be attributed to it being a three-year-old design with light sheet metal changes, but the… more»
