Project Cars

Mopar Pony Project: 1966 Plymouth Barracuda

While the Ford Mustang is credited with starting the “pony car” movement named after it, the Plymouth Barracuda hit the market 17 days earlier in April 1964. It was based on the compact Valiant platform and sold in decent… more»

52k Mile Pony: 1966 Ford Mustang Coupe

Few manufacturers have made more than 600,000 automobiles in a single model year. The VW Beetle (pick a year) comes to mind as does the 1965 Chevrolet Impala. But you’d be discounting the 1966 Ford Mustang at 607,000 units…. more»

BF Auction: 1965 Triumph TR4A

UPDATE – The seller has added a video of this TR4A running and driving, so we are relisting it. Be sure to take another look and cast your high bid below. Classic British sports cars offer one of the… more»

Mostly Original: 1949 Willys-Overland Jeepster

At Barn Finds, we always appreciate the input from our readers, whether it is via your comments on our articles, or your ability to spot excellent and interesting classics for us to feature. The simple fact is that without… more»

Runs and Drives: 1952 MG TD

For several reasons, classic post-war British sports cars can represent excellent first project candidates. The engineering and construction techniques mean that they are easy to disassemble and bolt back together. They are also generally fairly affordable, a significant consideration… more»

Cheap Pair of Rusty 1965 Ford Mustangs

The hot new Ford Mustang was the sales phenom of the mid-1960s. From 1964 to 1966, Ford built nearly 1.3 million of them, so they could be seen on practically any street corner in the USA. Mustangs produced in… more»

396 V8 Parts Car? 1965 Chevrolet Caprice

Chevrolet introduced the Caprice mid-season in 1965 as a luxury version of the Impala. The move was intended to give Chevy a head-to-head competitor to Ford’s new luxury car, the LTD (a glitzy Galaxie 500). It became a series… more»

Graveyard Carz Project: 1969 Plymouth Road Runner

Plymouth introduced the Road Runner in 1968 as a “budget” muscle car and it would achieve a lot of success into the 1970s. The hotrod would have its greatest sales momentum in 1969 as more than 77,000 copies were… more»

SS 396 Roller: 1968 Chevrolet Chevelle

Chevrolet’s Chevelle SS 396 was in production for many years beginning in 1965, but few remember it was a series of its own for just three of them. The car’s popularity brought it out of option territory from 1966… more»

In a Barn for 40 Years: 1948 Diamond T Flatbed

While it is wonderful that so many older cars have been saved from the crusher and fixed up, the same cannot be said for heavy trucks.  Those beasts that did the heavy lifting for our society as it grew… more»

200-mile EFI 5.0 – 1967 Ford Mustang

After dreaming about building this 1967 Ford Mustang into a classic pony car powered by a modern fuel-injected V8 since last century, the owner of this Ulster Park, New York fastback offers the unfinished project for sale. A new… more»

Breezeway Cheap Wheels! 1963 Mercury Monterey

The “Breezeway” was something of a styling gimmick and novelty on certain FOMOCO products in the 1950s and 1960s (but not on the Fords). It was a slanted reverse rear window that was retractable at the touch of a… more»

1 of 732: 1970 Plymouth Barracuda Gran Coupe

Plymouth’s “pony car,” the Barracuda, got a new lease on life in 1970. Chrysler cooked up a new E-body platform that was unique to the “Cuda” and the new Dodge Challenger. The public responded enthusiastically at first with 1970… more»

Buy One, Get Two! Pair of 1971 Ford Mustangs

The styling of the first-generation Ford Mustang was updated in 1971 and was perhaps the slickest so far. But the cars were longer, lower, and wider than in 1964 – and some 800 lbs. heavier. The fastback had been… more»

Faded Feathers: 1979 Pontiac Trans Am Project

The popularity of the Pontiac Trans Am continued throughout the late seventies, with sales peaking at 116,535 units produced for the 1979 model year.  The design looked mean and muscular no matter what color the exterior was painted in,… more»

Stored Forty Years: 1964 Citroen DS19

André-Gustave Citroën was an exceptional innovator, stirring together inventions from other visionaries to create singular cars. Citroën himself was Dutch and Polish, but the family settled in Paris in 1873. Trained as an engineer, he made armaments during WWI…. more»

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