Parts

1959 Spider Veloce and Alfa 750/101 Parts Hoard!

Here’s an Alfa Romeo parts-and-car package deal in Mansfield, Texas, and you’ll need a trailer for sure. This hoard is for sale on facebook Marketplace with an asking price of $34,000. We have BCB42 to thank for the tip!… more»

The “Model A Garage” Auction/Estate Sale

Who doesn’t love a smorgasbord of cars, parts, tools, signs and literature! It’s like Christmas, but in this case it goes on for most of January. The Model A Garage in Luray, Virginia was run by John Phillips for… more»

Muscle Truck Project: 1979 Dodge Lil’ Red Express

Dodge experimented with some performance pickup trucks in the 1970s and the most notable may be the 1978-79 Lil’ Red Express. They were built without catalytic converters (at first) using police interceptor V8 engines, making them the fastest things… more»

Parts Car Project? 1968 Chevrolet Camaro

The Chevy Camaro was the first serious threat to dethroning the newly appointed King of Pony Cars, the Ford Mustang. Chevrolet sold 221,000 copies of the Camaro in 1967 and another 235,000 in 1968, a relatively unchanged product. This… more»

Garage Art or Project? 1991 Lotus Esprit SE

Occasionally, a classic will land on our desks at Barn Finds, leaving us to ponder its history. Such is the case with this 1991 Lotus Esprit SE. It has spent many years hanging from this shop ceiling as a… more»

Motherlode of Italian Classic Projects and Parts

If you like your classics with a dash of Italian flair, you might find this collection irresistible. All the great names are there, from Alfa Romeo to Maserati and Fiat, and if a complete car isn’t on your radar,… more»

Trio of Buick Gran Sport Projects and Parts

The Skylark Gran Sport (or GS) joined the Buick line-up in 1965 as the GM division’s mid-size muscle car. Its pinnacle was the second generation which was in production from 1968 to 1972. The seller has accumulated three of… more»

Buried 1988 Chrysler Conquest

Chrysler had a long-standing relationship with Mitsubishi, which also included an ownership stake. Beginning in the 1970s, Chrysler would often sell captive imports built by Mitsubishi in Japan. One of these cars was the Starion, which was most commonly… more»

Estate Sale – Potpourri of Cars, Trucks, Parts

It’s sad when someone dies and leaves their estate to someone else to dispose of. But it must be tough when the dearly departed was a mechanic who apparently kept more than he discarded. Such is the case with… 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»

The Rudi Klein Junkyard Collection: Part Two – The Cars

As revealed in Part One of the Klein Junkyard series (thanks once again to Helena for the tip!) Mr Klein amassed an enormous collection of mostly German exotic cars and parts over decades. While his business ostensibly existed to sell… more»

Forgotten Muscle Car: 1970 Ford Mustang Mach 1

The Mach 1 was added to the Mustang roster in 1969 as Ford was looking to boost sales. Since its peak in 1966, demand for the Mustang declined every year due to competition entering the market. The Mach 1… more»

The Rudi Klein Junkyard Collection: Part One – The Parts

Greater Los Angeles is chock full of automotive wonderment, with restoration services, collections, swap meets, and vintage car dealers tucked into unassuming cubbyholes all over town. One of these unassuming places was Rudi Klein’s “Porche Foreign Auto Dismantling” junkyard… more»

Good Body: 1970 Ford Bronco

First Generation Ford Broncos are renowned for two main attributes. Good examples command stratospheric values in the classic market. However, they also possess a reputation for being consumed by significant rust problems. Many owners have spent thousands of hours… more»

True Barn Find: 1965 Chevrolet Corvair Monza

The Corvair was Chevrolet’s first compact car. Introduced in 1960, it went down the path less traveled by Detroit automakers. It used an air-cooled engine mounted in the rear, much like the Volkswagen Beetle.  About 1.8 million were produced… more»

Rare 1953 Chrysler Hemi V8 Cutaway

To show off their new hemispherical combustion chamber V8 engines, we’re told Chrysler built three cutaway models in 1953 for display to the public and media. And, we’re further informed that only one was constructed to have moving parts… more»

Barn Finds