Buick expanded its lineup in 1963 to include a “personal luxury car,” the new Riviera. The car may have been cooked up in response to the success Ford was having with the Thunderbird once they added a back seat… more»
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No Reserve Hot Rod! 1993 GMC Typhoon
It coulda been a contenda! And this 1993 GMC Typhoon would have been had the General produced more than just 4,600 over a span of just two years (’92 and ’93). But as specialty vehicles go, they’re often short-lived… more»
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Estate Sale: 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air
Chevrolet redesigned its cars in 1955 and brought back the V8 engine. The styling and the newly found power boost would enable the GM division to sell more than 4.5 million cars over the next three years. The Bel… more»
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608 Horsepower: 1968 Chevrolet Corvette SS 427 L88
A performance catalog dedicated to your particular make and model is perhaps one of the more smile-inducing moments of the car hobby. Knowing that either the in-house skunkworks of a major manufacturer or an aftermarket company closely tied to… more»
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Dual Quad 409! 1963 Chevrolet Impala
Giddy-Up, Giddy-Up…naw, that’s way too overused a reference for a 409 CI engine-equipped Impala so I’ll dispense with the Beach Boys imagery and just stick to the subject which is a 1963 (yeah, I know, they were singing about… more»
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Overhead Camshaft: 1969 Pontiac Firebird
The first-generation Pontiac Firebird’s standard engine (an inline-6) differed from its contemporary – the Camaro – over at Chevrolet. It deployed a motor with an overhead camshaft that was decidedly perkier than the Chevy and the “leader of the… more»
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29k Mile Survivor: 1978 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme
In the wake of higher fuel prices in the mid-1970s, car manufacturers began to “right-size” (or downsize) their products. In the case of General Motors, it began with its full-size models in 1977 and the intermediates would follow a… more»
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Rotisserie Restored 409/4-Speed: 1962 Chevrolet Biscayne
One of my favorite car personalities is the so-called sleeper look, when a base model car is equipped with few options but has the largest engine under the hood the brand offers. And it works exceptionally well with the… more»
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1987 Ford Mustang GT Convertible 4-Speed
Is there a formula for the perfect muscle car buy? I’m not sure “perfect” is a word we should ever use in the collector car hobby, but there’s certainly a recipe that’s hard to beat. In the case of… more»
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One Family Owned! 1960 Pontiac Bonneville Convertible
Wide, low, and long are some of the attributes of the second-generation Pontiac Bonneville, which was introduced for the 1959 model year. A few minor changes were made the following year, but you were really quite the stylish driver… more»
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No Reserve: 1930 Ford Model A Tudor Sedan
Ford’s Model A is part of the foundation of America’s automobile ecosystem. Sure, it wasn’t the first car ever made, and the Model T sold three times as many copies, and Henry Ford wasn’t so much an inventor as… more»
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BF Auction: 1950 Nash Statesman Super Airflyte
Nash introduced its First Generation Statesman in 1950 with styling that set it apart from the competition. Its sleek and aerodynamic body made the Airflyte badge seem appropriate in an era when the public’s fascination with aviation was at… more»
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Low-Mile Big Block: 1978 Chrysler Newport 440
It’s no secret that Chrysler Corporation was in financial hot water in the 1970s. And it didn’t help that they were still building huge cars whose demand had slipped after the OPEC oil embargo of 1973. But the end… more»
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Sunburned Pony: 1966 Ford Mustang
Ford’s new “pony car” was just hitting its stride in 1966. More than 600,000 Mustangs were built that year before demand tapered off from 1967-on as competitors entered the marketplace. This 1966 Mustang coupe is being offered by… more»
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Holley R&D Vehicle: 1990 Ford Mustang LX
Test cars are an interesting phenomenon of the collector car world. They don’t necessarily have a ton of additional value beyond a vehicle looked after by a private owner, but they’re still very cool finds in their own right…. more»
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Tri-Power 455! 1972 Pontiac Catalina Convertible
Without even knowing what was hiding under the hood of this 1972 Catalina at first, I had already gotten initially intrigued just by how good the car looked on the outside. The Pontiac Catalina had gotten a total restyling… more»
