1950-1975
The Citroën ID19 was a cheaper and lower powered version of the Citroen DS (pronounced Déesse as the French word for goddess) sold from 1957-1975. The ID used the same body as the basic DS, but was sold at a cheaper price point for those who still wanted the Bertoni and Lefèbvre designed body but […]
This next car comes as a tip from Tony who writes: This will get you noticed at the local campground. That might be true, but I’d like to ask the following; is that good or bad? Do you really want to be noticed when you are “camping”? Would you put a mattress in the back […]
Everyone who enjoys driving cars should at least one time in his/her life go out and crash a Mustang. Wait. Not crash. I didn’t mean you should crash one into oncoming traffic doing a burn-out leaving a car show. DON’T DO THAT, I REPEAT, DON’T CRASH A MUSTANG. I meant, own a Mustang. Every car […]
(by CFlo) This triple green 1973 Lincoln Continental offered for $11,300 with 43k miles on the clock in the Sacramento area reminds me of my grandparents’ furniture which was all beautiful old stuff that had been artificially “antiqued” in the 1970s via application of many shades of avocado/puke colored paint. I stripped all of that […]
This next car comes as a tip from Tony who writes: The 400 model arrived shortly after Packard’s doomed merger with Studebaker and is one of the last true, Detroit-built Packards. While Packard was in its death throes, it went down swinging as it finally replaced the aging Straight 8 with three V8 versions, a […]
The MP Lafer is a Brazilian (Brasilian?) built kit car designed by Parcival Lafer that uses the engine/transmission from a VW Beetle and bunch of fiberglass to look like an MG. You might have some questions, and you probably should, but the real question today is “who signed the spare tire cover?”. Mr Lafer himself? […]
The Datsun 520/521 pickup was built from 1965 through 1972, right in the middle of the biggest explosion in performance and horsepower in the US market. But Nissan didn’t care, they were building a simple car for simple people and it was powered by a 1.3 to 1.6 liter J-series inline4 that made about as […]
The Saab Monte Carlo 850 was a special version of the 96 that was built to commemorate Saab’s victories at the 1962-1963 Monte Carlo Rallies. The Monte Carlo 850 version wasn’t a smashing sales success and about 1000 were built, all with an 841cc 2-stroke (or the 795cc “Shrike”…not entirely sure) 3-cylinder that put something […]
From 1977 through 1993 the Ford Fox body platform had a MacPherson strut up front and live stick-beam axle out back and was the home of Ford’s Fairmont, Durango, Granada, LTD, Mustang, Thunderbird, and Mercury’s Zephyr, Cougar, Marquis, Capri, and Lincoln’s Continental, Mark VII. Today’s Fairmont might look like some kinda snoozefest, but it’s got […]
If you are going to drive an old car from the 1940s, it better be something with a straight 8. Don’t you dare swap in an 80s vintage carburetor fed small block Chevy V8, no matter how much more efficient, reliable, powerful, and better it is. Keep it straight. Straight-8. Find this 1948 Buick Roadmaster […]