Price Dropped: 1986 Oldsmobile 442

Update 06/20/2022: During the 1970s, a retro craze saw people eager to place their hands on almost anything that brought back memories of the 1950s. Today, a new generation has fallen in love with technology from the 1980s. This… more»

Solar Gold: 1979 Pontiac Trans Am

The seller is advertising this car as a Gold Bandit. Maybe that is just slang for gold Trans Ams these days but the only true Gold Special Edition cars built by Pontiac were produced in 1978. Their RPO code… more»

Rockford Files Style: 1974 Pontiac Firebird

Most of us who grew up in the 1970’s and 1980’s remember James Garner in the Rockford Files TV series. Many of us even mastered the “Rockford Turn Around” in high school parking lots to imitate James Garner’s famous… more»

Assembly Required: 1970 Dodge Charger R/T

The earlier Dodge Chargers were in a niche all by themselves. They were sporty mid-size cars, too big to be thought of as “pony cars” and not fancy enough to be personal luxury vehicles. But when you ordered one… more»

Real Deal? 1967 Chevrolet Impala SS 427

While the Super Sport began with the Chevy Impala in 1961, the emphasis on performance shifted to smaller, lighter cars as the 1960s wore on. Like the Chevelle SS 396 and the Nova SS 350. By 1967, big-block engines… more»

Numbers-Matching 455! 1975 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme

I can’t help but believe the number of drivetrain offerings that could be had in the 1975 Oldsmobile Cutlass wasn’t at least a small factor in propelling this line-up to being the best-selling Olds for ’75.  These cars could… more»

Pristine Special Edition 1976 Pontiac Trans Am!

It is 1976, and the muscle car era had ceased to exist. It was not a good time to be an American performance car enthusiast. Pushing through in the shadows under the likes of Ford, Chevrolet, and Dodge, was… more»

Super Rare: 1970 Mustang Mach 1 Twister Special

You probably already know what a Mustang Mach 1 was for 1970: a hotted-up offering with a 351-CID engine at minimum, a 428 at the max end, and various other exterior and interior refinements.  The Twister Special, totaling 96… more»

Original W72/4-Speed! 1977 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am

When a car is remembered in a movie on the same level as the actors, it’s great for sales, and that’s kind of what happened at Pontiac in 1977.  With production numbers already on the rise, sales of the… more»

Work-In-Progress: 1974 Pontiac Trans Am

Introduced during the Firebird’s third model year (1969), the performance-oriented Trans Am would go on to become one of Pontiac’s biggest sellers. A huge boost in popularity came in 1977 when the Trans Am was prominently featured in the… more»

Restore Or Customize? 1964 Chevrolet Impala SS

Remember high school English? You learned the term “oxymoron” at one point. It helped you interpret poetry, and it might help you understand what you’re looking at with this 1964 Chevrolet Impala SS. The car is located in Connellys… more»

37k Mile Drop Top! 1990 Ford Mustang ASC McLaren

I’ve never been one to take big risks in uncharted stocks or bet the farm at a Blackjack table, but for what it’s worth, I’m feeling really good about the future of Fox-body Mustangs in the muscle car market… more»

Sebring Plus Project: 1972 Plymouth Satellite

The muscle car landscape at Chrysler was a little confusing in the early 1970s. In 1972, went you went to the Plymouth dealer, you had three choices among the mid-size B-body cars: the Road Runner (still something of a… more»

No Reserve: 1971 Pontiac GTO

Looking a bit like the victim of a Middle East sand storm, this 1971 Pontiac GTO has the perfect “Roadkill” vibe going on. It’s almost bad enough that one might be inclined to avert their eyes. What in the… more»

Hemi V8 and More! 1957 Plymouth Belvedere

In 1957, Chrysler caught the competition with their pants down with the futuristic “Forward Look” styling of their new cars. So much so that Chevy decided to make their all-new 1958 automobiles one-year-wonders and commissioned new, sleek, finned looks… more»

Classic Mopar: 1972 Plymouth Barracuda!

When you think of the classic muscle car wars of yesteryear, the Plymouth Barracuda was quietly right up there with the best of the best. Originally supposed to be named “Panda,” the Barracuda was manufactured between the years 1964-1974… more»

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