Owning a classic car will almost certainly mean taking a leap of faith at some point. This could entail taking that lovingly built high-performance motor to the redline for the first time in the belief that it won’t go… more»
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Pocket Rocket: 1991 Honda Beat
Roads are often smaller in Japan, so by necessity, there is a special class of vehicle devoted to these small roads. Kei cars have their own cult following here in the states, and the Honda Beat is highly sought… more»
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What Would You Do? 1980 FV103 Spartan Tank
Is your Uncle Ned one of those people that’s hard to find a birthday gift for? Why spend hours pouring through online sites for a new tie or pipe and get him an FV103 Spartan tank instead! It’s a… more»
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Preacher-Mobile: 1925 Packard Standard Eight
In the early days of automotive history, it was common practice to purchase a chassis and body separately. This made it easy to customize and build larger vehicles like hearses, ambulances, buses, and firetrucks. But this is a new… more»
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Special Delivery: 1962 Studebaker Zip Van
Being a former letter carrier myself, I have a special place in my heart for the truly bizarre–but loveable–methods of locomotion employed by the United States Postal Service. I was born some three decades after this was built, so… more»
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4×4 Project: 1975 Ford Granada
Ford introduced the Granada in 1975 as an upscale compact car slotted between the Maverick and Torino. Two million examples were produced over two generations through 1982. Whether the Granada or the Bronco came first here, this Granada body… more»
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Limo Conversion: 1966 Corvair
Stretch limousines are not unusual sights. Especially if they’re Cadillacs or Lincolns. And sometimes you’ll run across one that was based on a vintage automobile. But this conversion is the product of a father and son project: a stretch… more»
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From Junkyard to Showcar: Scrapyard Beetle Rescue!
If you haven’t checked out the Restored channel on YouTube, you can use this post as a reason to do so. The content creators are a Texas family that rescues and restores non-running projects, and not necessarily the… more»
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Cold War Comrade: 1969 GAZ-69A
The Second World War made abundantly clear the huge advantage held by a truly mechanized military, and few machines demonstrated this as effectively as the humble Jeep. A light, four-wheel drive vehicle with a legendary reputation for durability, it… more»
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Hearse Conversion: 1962 Chevrolet Impala
General Motors has long served as a source of automobiles for coachbuilders to transform into ambulances and hearses. One such coachbuilder was Arkansas-based Cotner-Bevington, and this 1962 Chevy Impala was one of its outputs. Until recently, this converted hearse… more»
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WW2 Military Vehicle: Fiat Pavesi P4/100 Artillery Tractor
While certainly the majority of Barn Finds over the years have been trucks and cars, every once in a while a unique example of some other type of machine pops up, and this is one of those instances. This… more»
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Harry Bradley Design: 1973 Chevrolet Corvette Wagon
One trend we definitely don’t see much of anymore is to take a muscle car and convert it into a wagon. As a self-proclaimed wagon lover, I am disappointed to see this trend disappear from car culture, but fortunately… more»
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Rare Sportback: 1989 Nissan Pulsar NX
From the “Good Ideas that Never Took Off” department: the Nissan Pulsar NX Sportbak, a clever coupe with a removable hardtop over the rear-most section. The Pulsar has emerged as a sort of 80s icon, a symbol of the… more»
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Obscure Air Cooled Project: 1981 Puma
As someone who has gone down the rabbit hole of owning really obscure vehicles, I can tell you that there’s some reward in the notoriety factor but it can wear of when you’re scouring eBay in a foreign country… more»
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This Unique 1981 Mercedes 300D Pickup Needs Love
It’s too bad cars can’t talk, because this one would have quite a story to tell. It’s a car Mercedes-Benz never made, a 1981 300D pickup truck. It’s for sale here on Facebook Marketplace in Coopersburg, Pennsylvania with a… more»
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UPDATE: One Million Dollar 1980 Ford Fairmont EV?!!
UPDATE – In what could be the single largest price drop we’ve ever seen on an unrealistically priced car, this Fairmont EV went from a million-dollar asking price down to a now realistic asking price of $5,000! It’s definitely… more»
