This next car is the kind of fiberglass shark that swims best on blacktop—numbers-matching 350 V8 with Dart Iron Eagle heads, a 4-speed stick, long-tube headers, and enough snarl to make lesser fish scatter. The paint is deep ocean blue, the birdcage is clean, and with disc brakes, power steering, and vintage A/C, it’s ready […]
You don’t find many sub $20k BMW 2002s floating around for sale these days, at least not ones that aren’t complete rust buckets or in some sad state of disassembly. If today’s example isn’t hiding some serious rust somewhere, then it is a spanking good deal. These BMW 2002s are fun to drive, have decent […]
In 1965 Chevrolet released their sixth generation of the full sized Bel Air based on the B-platform and it was a beauty. It has all of the things you want in a big 60s muscle car — curved windscreen, plenty (but not too much) chrome, big V8s, and coke-bottle styling. The wagon was particularly cool […]
We all know that the C3 generation Corvette (1968-1982) are not the most desirable generation of the Corvette…something to do with a floppy chassis and smog throttled engines…but I find the body shape to be pleasing to the eye. Even when crusty. Find this 1971 Chevrolet Corvette bidding for $10,000 in Armonk, NY via ebay […]
The W108 generation Mercedes-Benz S-Class has been on the DT top ten list for as long as I can remember…well at least since 2013 when we published a W108 market watch article. Today’s example is equipped in a cool vintage shade of white, and it has the super-fun 4-speed manual gearbox option. Find this 1969 […]
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 […]
What is better than an original American classic from the 70s with a 4-speed and loaded options? Nothing. Absolutely nothing. It doesn’t matter that cars from a few years before had more power, because they are less refined, and it also doesn’t matter that cars from later years were better, because they are ugly. Don’t […]
Who says you can’t buy a mid ’60s domestic muscle car with a stonkin V8 and a pistol-grip 4-speed for around 5 grand? You don’t need to spend $25k like they might tell you over at those fancy auction websites, no sirrr, you just need to shop around and keep your booster shot up to […]
This next car isn’t for the faint of heart. It features a garish paint job that will get you more attention than you might want. It does, however, have a 4-speed manual gearbox, and at least 3 of the gears function. Not bad for less than $2500. Find this 1993 Toyota Corolla Station Wagon offered for $2400 in Oakland, CA via craigslist. Tip from Matt V.
When do you supposed the last 4-speed manual gearbox equipped car left an American assembly line — if you said 1998, I wouldn’t be surprised, but according to Murilee “Phil” Martin at Autoweek it was 1996 with the Toyota Tercel for cars, but the Ford F150 was available with a 4-on-the-floor for a few more years. Find this 1998 Ford F150 XL offered for $3995 in Albuquerque, NM via craigslist.