Cheap And Clean: 1974 Dodge Dart Swinger
By 1974, there were over 1.5 million Darts on the road, but people were still buying them. It was the right car for the time because the first oil crisis was upon America and people knew value and economy… more»
A Simpler Time: 1952 Chevrolet Styleline Deluxe
The 1952 Chevrolet Styleline Deluxe really stirs a lot of memories for me. I had a great uncle, which was more like a grandfather because my mother’s father had died before I was born. He and my great aunt… more»
Breezeway Roof: 1963 Mercury Monterey Custom
In 1963, Mercury reached back to the 1958 Mercury Turnpike Cruiser and the 1958 to 1960 Continental Mark series to borrow the roof line of some of its models. This was called the Breezeway. In 1963 and 1964 it was… more»
Last Of The Breed: 1987 Chevrolet El Camino Conquista
The El Camino could be considered a hybrid vehicle of sorts, not in the way we think of hybrids today, but sort of the grafting of a truck bed onto a car. Chevrolet was late to the party in… more»
Levi Edition: 1978 Jeep J-10 Honcho Pickup
Jeep is about to bring back the pickup truck. Some of us may not remember a Jeep pickup very well. Back in the seventies, it was mostly Chevrolet, GMC, Ford, and Dodge. But there were a couple of other… more»
Napping Since the ’70s: 1971 Buick GS 455 Stage I
Buick is one of those makes that we sometimes tend to forget they made a muscle car back in the sixties and seventies. That’s because there were so many Chevrolet SSs, Pontiac GTOs, Plymouth Road Runners and others around,… more»
Original Paint And Rust-Free: 1971 Ford Bronco
Within the next year, Ford tells us we will see a brand new Bronco. Images we have seen lead us to believe they will try to bring back some of the styling magic from the original Bronco. But if… more»
Mary Kay Pink: 1988 Cadillac Allante
Mary Kay originally approached a Lincoln dealership, wanting a car painted pink to match her line of blush from her successful cosmetics line. But when she was told by a salesman to go home and get her husband and… more»
Calendar Car: 1978 Chrysler Cordoba
The Cordoba was a big success for Chrysler when it was introduced in 1975. For the brand that had sworn off of smaller cars, they probably breathed a sigh of relief when one model of the Cordoba outsold the… more»
Project With Parts: 1968 Mercury Cougar XR-7
The Ford Mustang and Plymouth Barracuda may have been the first pony cars, but Mercury upped the game a bit when it came out with the Cougar in 1967. The Cougar was a stretched version of the Mustang but… more»
Needs A New Home! 1968 Oldsmobile Cutlass S
General Motors redesigned its intermediate A-bodies for 1968 with more curves than the previous two years. The seller of this car, who is in Alaska, bought it in Minnesota sight unseen. The shipping costs are just too prohibitive to ship it that… more»
Turbocharged V6: 1978 Buick Lesabre Sport Coupe
When Buick downsized the Lesabre in 1977, they were available in a Sport Coupe to bring back the feeling of performance which had a 301 cubic inch V-8 standard. For 1978, The Lesabre Sport Coupe, along with the Regal… more»
Only 44K Miles: 1989 Ford Thunderbird
UPDATE 11/13/18 – The seller has dropped their price by over $2,000! It’s now listed here on eBay for a much more reasonable $3,100 with the option to make an offer. Will it sell this time around? FROM 10/15/18 –… more»
Last of the Full Size Sports Models: 1970 Ford XL
The sixties were over, and so were full-size sports cars, but the Ford XL held on one more year as even Chevrolet had abandoned the full-size Super Sport after 1969. For the seventies, full size two door cars were going… more»
Dusty Not Rusty: 1958 Buick Special
The year 1958 was a one-year body style for the full-size General Motors products. After seeing the new 1957 Chrysler products, they felt like they couldn’t wait until 1960 for a new restyling, so 1958 became a one-year-only body… more»
Bargain Buick? 1980 Buick LeSabre Limited
By 1980, all full-size cars in America had been downsized, but they were still pretty big cars especially compared to the cars we see on the road today. After General Motors downsized in 1977, they did a refresh in… more»
