1950-1975
This next car comes as a tip from MB who writes: The upholstery in this car is wonderful. And the price-per-pound is unbeatable. Wow! Modern cars have “interiors.” This Packard has a drawing room with door handles. The upholstery in this car is wonderful. Wide ribbed cloth, soft two-tone panels, and enough bench-seat real estate […]
As a self-designated connoisseur of classic wagons, I find myself attracted to this next car. Sure, it has a few hundred thousand miles on the odometer and some cleanup needed, but for the asking price it seems a million times more interesting than a similarly priced late-model Honda, Toyota or Kia. Find this 2002 BMW […]
If you’ve never driven a Lotus Super 7 (original or kit) you should go out of your way to find time to drive one or at least get a ride in one. I’ve got a friend whom I shall call Dwood for the sake of anonymity, and he has a late-model Caterham Super 7 Kit […]
First-gen Monteros have a legit off-road reputation. These were not soft crossovers; they were ladder-frame, low-range 4WD SUVs from the era when Mitsubishi was still deep into rally and Dakar madness. Monteros can be expensive, but this car is offered for next to nothing because the headgasket is blown, and with 295K miles, you might […]
Our next hooptie is a Volvo 122 (or 122S), better known globally as the Volvo Amazon, and one of the cars that helped build Volvo’s reputation for overbuilt, safe, and durable family sedans. This car comes from the era of Volvos that were bubble shaped before they went full box and the same design was […]
This next feature is a vintage bumperless BMW 2002, but the real story is under the hood. The original M10 four-cylinder has been swapped with an M20B25 inline-six from a ’91 E30 325is. The M20B25 was already a strong swap candidate in naturally aspirated form, with smooth power delivery, period-correct BMW character, and many more […]
What started life as a humble ’72 Chevrolet Vega wagon has been cut, welded, and transformed into a homebuilt Vegamino. (Is that pronounced veg-a-mino or vay-gah-mino?). It’s a tiny pickup that looks like GM might have built it if the bean counters had been feeling unusually adventurous. But the real story sits under the hood: […]
The next feature is a seller submission from Art who writes: I’ve decided to list my TT LS wagon for sale. Ive come to the conclusion that any fun car I own needs to be a manual. Found a 72 442 convertible 4 speed ive got my heart set on and Ive got to send […]
How is it that a purple C4 Corvette in “needs a tow” condition sells for about 1/10th of what a similar condition classic Ford Bronco sells for? Is the C4 that bad? Is the Bronco that good? Regardless, this thing is equipped with turbine-style wheels, a plus sized rear wing, and enough purple paint to […]
This is an Invader GT kit car that has been converted to battery-electric power, in what can be described as an oddball combination of fiberglass ’70s kit-car styling and first-generation EV hardware. The low nose, gullwing door, and mid-engine proportions vaguely suggest a Ferrari Dino or racing prototype, but the Invader is very much its […]