Although the end was near for the Packard automobile by the decade’s end, the company was still turning out some great cars in the mid-fifties including the one-year-only Pacific, a two-door hardtop billed as a 1954 model. They’re pretty… more»
Luxury Cars
• For Sale • 26 Comments
Swank Survivor: 1957 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham
The most luxurious automobile ever made by an American manufacturer emerged from General Motors’ 1953 Motorama event. The Motorama was a concept car show first held at the New York Waldorf Astoria Hotel in 1949. Later it roved all… more»
• For Sale • 34 Comments
47K-Mile 1979 Lincoln Continental Mark V
For those of you who have been saying that car companies don’t offer any actual colors anymore, here ya go! You aren’t going to search for too long in the parking lot until you see this 1979 Lincoln Continental… more»
• For Sale • 30 Comments
4,140-Mile 1986 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight Regency
112 miles a year over 37 years isn’t a lot of driving for such a relatively new and modern car such as this dark teal blue metallic 1986 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight Regency Brougham. The seller has this time capsule posted… more»
• For Sale • 53 Comments
Longest American Car? 1975 Mercury Marquis Brougham
Coming in at just over 19 feet in length, this has to rank as one of the longest American production cars made in the last five decades. If you owned this car in 1975, for sure you wore a… more»
• For Sale • 12 Comments
Good Running Project: 1969 Oldsmobile Toronado
Oldsmobile rolled the dice in 1966 by introducing a personal luxury automobile that was mechanically different from its competitors. It was the first U.S.-produced front-wheel-drive car since the Cord 810/812 in 1937. It would use a transaxle version of… more»
• For Sale • 33 Comments
Amazing Survivor: 1968 Oldsmobile Toronado
We see a lot of incredible vehicles here at Barn Finds. Some are projects, and some are restored, but the ones that seem to be the most interesting to a lot of people, myself included, are the original vehicles…. more»
• For Sale • 27 Comments
One Owner Survivor: 1976 Chevrolet Nova
The 1960s and 1970s rear-wheel-drive Nova was one of Chevrolet’s most popular automobiles. It would receive its final redesign in 1975, to be replaced by the troubled front-wheel-drive Citation in 1980. For 1976, there was a luxury version of… more»
• For Sale • 25 Comments
One-Family Owned: 1971 Oldsmobile Toronado
1971 saw some big changes and the first redesign of the Oldsmobile Toronado since it was introduced as a front-wheel-drive offering for 1966, an outside-the-box concept for the mid-sixties. While the early cars were certainly not lacking in the… more»
• For Sale • 32 Comments
Only Two California Owners: 1963 Studebaker Avanti
I usually select a main photo that shows as much of a vehicle as possible (usually a 3/4 front view). No need to do that here. There’s only one classic automobile with this front-end styling: Studebaker’s advanced Avanti. In… more»
• For Sale • 16 Comments
Container Find: 1952 Packard 300
In the early 1950s, Packard played the numbers game in naming its product offerings. There were the 200, 250, 300, and 400, with the 300 being the mid-range model. It was offered only in 1951 and 1952 and was… more»
• For Sale • 13 Comments
Burbank Bentley: 1985 Bentley Mulsanne
Named after a famous 3.7-mile (6km) long straight on the LeMans circuit in France called the Mulsanne Straight, this 1985 Bentley Mulsanne can be found posted here on craigslist in the Media Capital of the World: Burbank, California –… more»
• For Sale • 33 Comments
Montana Find: 1970 Chrysler 300 T-Code 440 V8
At almost 19 feet in length, this 1970 Chrysler 300 is no pocket rocket, although a 0-60 time of around 7.5 seconds was nothing to sneeze at five decades ago for such a giant, heavy, luxurious, long car. The… more»
• For Sale • 27 Comments
Special Edition: 1964 Chrysler New Yorker Salon
Other than the Imperial, the New Yorker was Chrysler’s most opulent automobile in the 1960s. And in 1963 and 1964, they went one step further by offering the New Yorker Salon, a 4-door hardtop that had all the marbles…. more»
• For Sale • 7 Comments
Original Paint Coupe: 1967 Mercedes-Benz 220 SE
This gorgeous 1967 Mercedes-Benz 220 SE coupe is described as being a project that remains very original and only has small amounts of rust to deal with. If you’ve ever kept an eye out for one of these graceful… more»
• For Sale • 15 Comments
Work In Progress: 1955 Cadillac Eldorado
Usually when a car’s sales listing proclaims, “restoration started but not complete some years ago“, one can think, “OK, here we go, this should be good”. But that’s not the case with this 1955 Cadillac Eldorado. Actually, the resto… more»
