Eight cars and trucks spread across four decades beginning with the 1950s are offered for sale in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Any vehicles that remain unsold prior to April 20, 2021 will be taken to the Annual Spring Carlisle Car Show for possible sale there. Buick, Chevrolet. Ford, GMC, Jeep and Rambler are all represented between 1953 and 1998. They’re available here on Facebook Marketplace for a variety of asking prices. Thank you, William Troup, for turning us on to these vehicles.
1953 Chevrolet Bel Air
This white-over-Robin’s Egg Blue Chevy looks to have been cosmetically restored, both inside and out. It looks to be a beautiful machine that’s powered by Chevrolet’s Blue Flame 235 cubic inch inline-6 paired with a 2-speed Powerglide automatic transmission. It wears a nice set of aftermarket wheels, possibly Cragars. Asking price: $16,000.
1965 Chevrolet Chevy II Series 100
The entry-level Chevy II for 1965 was the 100, which was minimally changed over the prior model year. This one is described as a roller, so we assume it no longer has a drivetrain. The body and paint look good although at least the front bumper and grille are missing and the left rear quarter wears primer grey. We’re told that it comes with a stash of parts. Asking price: $7,000.
1968 Buick Special Deluxe Station Wagon
This wagon was a step below the Buick Sport Wagon which shared its body with the Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser. As such, it doesn’t have the raised skylight roofline. But it does have a GS hood and sport wheels along with a 350 cubic inch V8 and 4-barrel carburetor. It looks rather good although a piece of trim is missing around one of the rear wheel wells. It, too, has a set of aftermarket wheels. Asking price: $7,500.
1968 Rambler Rogue
The Rogue was a sporty, 2-door hardtop version of the Rambler American. While the paint on the car’s lower extremities is worn, the car is quite presentable overall. We’re told it has a 232 inline-6 with an automatic tranny and a 2.87 posi-traction rear end. This looks like a sold car from what we can see: Asking price: $5,500.
1973 Jeep Commando
This transport wears a fair amount of patina and may have been off the road for some time. In fact, the seller says it was purchased from a fruit farm. It has an AMC 304 V8 with a 3-speed manual and 85,000 miles. Asking price: $3,000.
1976 Chevrolet Nova
Unfortunately, we don’t get a good look at this one, which is said two have twin 50mm turbos and a 400 V8 paired with a TH-350 transmission. We’re told the body looks good. Asking price: $10,000.
1996 Ford Bronco
We only get a few glimpses of this one, too, but it’s said to be a very nice SUV which was based on Ford’s full-size truck. It has a 351 V8 with an automatic and the seller says it runs well. And the back window works properly, which means these must have been problematic. Asking price: $11,500.
1998 GMC Suburban
This green and beige big Chevy SUV is described as a work truck and is ready, willing and able to get back to moving things. Asking price: $5,500.
FYI: if these eight vehicles were to sell for their asking prices, the total ante would be $66,000.
From what I can see the Asking prices seem reasonable.
Not over the top. Nice to see for a change.
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Shouldn’t surprise me if someone dropped seller an offer and scooped up the entire collection to flip it at a later point.
IMO the real star is the ’68 Buick longroof – somehow I find the square rear wheel opening fits the wagon design better than the coupe or sedan. It’s also refreshing to see a non-SportWagon still alive in seemingly good condition
At least there’s no noise from their neighbors. Looks like someone throwing in the towel.
Is the fact these were photographed in a cemetery symbolic?
I think the Buick wagon is a ’69, not a ’68.
Most Ramber (Americans) are sedans so the hardtop is rare. The 1968 is near identical to the last AMCs named Ramber made in 1969 including the SC-Hurst Rambler (SC-Rambler) hardtop with AMC’s largest version of their small block V-8, the 390. Many of those rare hardtops are bought to make a SC-Rambler clone at a fraction of the $30,000+ price for real SC-Ramblers.