While the late 1970s has been regarded as The Malaise Era, a few good cars emerged from the automotive rubble. This 1976 Buick Riviera could be one of them. It is a one-owner classic that is in remarkable condition… more»
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1963 Ford Galaxie 500 XL R-Code 427 Barn Find!
The Galaxie 500 XL Sports Hardtop was a mid-year addition for Ford in 1963, with a fastback body style and available big engines designed to outdo Chevrolet and the others in the performance department. It worked – they were… more»
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French Carport Find: 1961 Peugeot 403
French auto manufacturer Peugeot has been in business for more than 200 years, but not in the USA for the last thirty. They sold cars in the States from 1958-90, but weak engines gave the brand a bad rap,… more»
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One Year Only: 1953 Kaiser Dragon
We’ve all heard people say how all modern cars look alike, and often we dismiss these statements as the ramblings of somebody who is either old and longing for better times or who is uninformed. However, there is some… more»
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Sport Phaeton Survivor: 1929 LaSalle 328
“Gee our old LaSalle ran great, those were the days” as Archie and Edith Bunker harmonized back in the ’70s at the start of every episode of “All in the Family“. I remember the show well enough and knew… more»
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One-Owner 428 V8: 1969 Pontiac Bonneville
The Bonneville was Pontiac’s top-of-the-line car for much of its longevity from 1957-05. Along with its Canadian variant, the Parisienne, it would be one of the largest Pontiacs ever built. So much so that they would serve as the… more»
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Hemi Sleeper! 1970 Plymouth Fury Gran Coupe
Chrysler’s full-size cars adopted “fuselage” styling in 1969, with their sides becoming deep and rounded, like the fuselage on an airplane. The 1970 models reflected tweaks in the looks department, with the addition of the Fury Gran Coupe as… more»
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Nicest One Left? 1977 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme
The mid-size Cutlass was a hot property for Oldsmobile during the 1970s and 1980s. In 1977, the last year for the Colonnade styling that was adopted in 1973, the Cutlass represented 56% of all GM division sales. This Cutlass… more»
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Biggest Tailfins Yet! 1960 Plymouth Belvedere
Virgil Exner’s “Forward Look” styling of the late 1950s helped Chrysler post some impressive sales numbers – for a time. “Suddenly, it’s 1960!” was the marketing mantra in 1957. But by 1960, the styling was getting dated, and –… more»
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Garage Find Project: 1958 Edsel Ranger
Ford had high hopes when it introduced the new Edsel line of cars for 1958. They would compete alongside Ford’s automobiles, Mercury, and Lincoln, giving the company a fourth division, just like Chrysler (remember DeSoto?). For a variety of… more»
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455-Powered 1973 Pontiac Grand Am
I like first-year cars or last-year cars as far as collectibility goes, but as we all know, first-year cars can have their share of problems that haven’t been worked out by the designers, engineers, or factories yet. We don’t… more»
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Farm Find Project: 1950 Austin A40 Devon
The A40 was marketed by Austin Motor Co. between 1947-52. They were the first post-war cars the company built and had a mixture of both old and new engineering. More than 450,000 of them were built in six years… more»
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LAPD Registered 1955 Chevrolet Police Car
I always wanted to build a replica of the Chevy Caprice police car from the movie Black Sheep. Police cars are a really cool subset of the classic car hobby and can draw a ton of attention if they… more»
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Rebuilt 400 V8: 1972 Plymouth Satellite
Introduced in 1965, the mid-size Satellite was the top trim level of the Plymouth B-body Belvedere line of cars. It would hold that place in the sales literature until 1975 when the Fury nameplate took over the reins. Third-generation… more»
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Import Fighter! 1970 AMC Gremlin
Chevy and Ford got into the subcompact game in 1971 with all-new cars, the Vega and Pinto, respectively. Chrysler went the route of rebadging imports from Europe and Japan. AMC, with its limited resources, went a different direction. They… more»
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350 V8 Running Project: 1970 Chevrolet Nova
In 1970, Chevy’s popular compact, the Nova, was in its ninth year of production. The first eight years would result in 1.7 million cars and ’70 would add another 300,000 copies to the tally. The seller’s Nova left the… more»
