Survivor Cars

Not all barn finds are rusty! Here are the very best unrestored classics:

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Burgundy Beauty! 1964 Pontiac Bonneville

Bonneville was one of Pontiac’s longest-running nameplates, having a place in the fold between 1957 and 2005. During the 1960s, it mixed luxury with performance to produce some very desirable automobiles, like this near-cherry 1964 edition. Four doors never… more»

85K Miles and Road Ready: 1963 Studebaker Avanti

Hemmings Motor News has long been the most influential source of information in the collector car hobby.  In 2018, the magazine compiled a list of the top 100 American collector cars of all time.  On that list at #77… more»

Dealer-Fitted 4-Speed? 1970 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS 454

This 1970 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS 454 is a car that doesn’t exist. Okay, now you are probably questioning my sanity. Buyers couldn’t order these classics with a four-speed bolted to the back of the big-block, but this beauty… more»

One of a Kind: 1902 Sterand Loco

The Sterand Loco was an early 20th-Century promotional vehicle built to look like a steam-powered locomotive. But an inline-4 motor was under the “hood” that would run on gasoline, that new-fangled fuel of the 1900s. This oddity is said… more»

Well-Optioned and Original: 1973 Pontiac Luxury LeMans

In one of my recent write-ups, I mentioned my write-up selection process includes the frequency of the year/make/model of the subject car’s appearance at BarnFinds. Well, I broke my own rule on this one as I wrote about another… more»

AutoStick Transmission: 1971 Volkswagen Super Beetle

With competition finally coming from U.S.-built subcompacts. Volkswagen kept working to improve its bread-n-butter car, the Type 1 Beetle. In 1968, they introduced AutoStick, a manual transmission with an automatic clutch. And in 1971, they brought out the Super… more»

Latter-Day Woodie: 1988 Chrysler Town and Country

The Town & Country was Chrysler’s top-of-the-line station wagon from 1940 until 1988. It began as a true wood-bodied wagon before World War II, and ended as a front-wheel-drive K-Car variant in the late 1980s (it was a minivan… more»

Preserved Survivor: 1939 Ford Standard Woody Wagon

Most enthusiasts think that woody wagons were born in Ford’s shops – and in one way, that is correct. But very early cars of all makes were mostly made of wood – a natural extension of the way carriages… more»

Rare Manual Equipped 1985 Toyota Celica Convertible!

When selling a car, it pays to be thorough—answering potential buyers’ questions before they even ask them. Ed, of Asheville, North Carolina, knows what he’s doing selling his manual 1985 Toyota Celica GTS 22R-E-equipped convertible on eBay. He knows… more»

Breathtaking Performance: 2006 Ariel Atom 2

Colin Chapman is often credited with the design philosophy, “Simplify, then add lightness.” That makes me believe that he would have taken one look at the Ariel Atom and given it his seal of approval. These classics feature no… more»

V6 And 4-Speed: 1978 Ford Mustang II Mach 1

Hitting the market in the fall of 1973 for the 1974 model year, the Ford Mustang II was quite a change from the previous generation of Mustangs. They had changed a few times during the first decade, growing in… more»

Nice One Left? 1993 Dodge Power Ram Turbo

The 1993 Power Ram LE W250 may be the godfather of all Dodge pickups. The Ram Series was created in 1981 and the first generation carried through until 1993. The LE was the most luxurious of the pickups and… more»

44K Miles: 1981 AMC Spirit Liftback

AMC made the Spirit from 1979 to 1983 as a replacement series for the former Gremlin. The Gremlin never came with a sloping hatchback or liftback, and I wonder what may have looked like (insert dream sequence here). The… more»

Bargain Muscle Car? 1974 Dodge Challenger

Sellers often claim that the car they have listed is a bargain buy, and some of those claims are more credible than others. However, you often need to look below the surface to determine whether the classic is a… more»

Rare Column Auto: 1967 Pontiac GTO

The 1966 model year was always going to be tough to follow as Pontiac’s GTO set a sales record. Although the total dropped significantly for 1967, it wasn’t a disaster for the final year of First Generation production. Our… more»

10k Original Miles: 1978 Chevrolet Corvette Silver Anniversary With No Reserve

There was a time during its early production life that many at Chevrolet believed the Corvette would never see its Silver Anniversary. However, it defied the odds and has remained an integral part of the American motoring landscape ever… more»

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