This next car is number 5 of 12 in a special feature we are doing inspired by a vintage Car and Driver article that covered cars offered for new in 1992 for less than $10k and had air conditioning, a rear defroster, and an AM/FM radio. These economy cars compact economy cars were ranked by […]
Compare this car to the previous pile of Dodge parts that we featured — that was a late 70s Diplomat with big bumpers, unfun smog equipment, and the fetid stink of the malaise era — but THIS is a sweet early 70s classic with legit street cred. Find this 1974 Plymouth Duster offered for $12,000 […]
The Plymouth Duster was a short lived (1970-1976) fastbackish variant of the Plymouth Valiant/Dodge Dart A-body sedan by Chrysler. The Duster is a relatively cheap way to get into a piece of classic Mopar that might not have the cachet of the ‘Cuda but prices are more reasonable. Find this 1970 Plymouth Duster 340 offered […]
Redneckery used to be cheap. It seems like not that long ago, one could buy an original muscle car and start tire fires at every opportunity until something terrible would happen, then you’d just scrap it, buy a case of Schlitz with the cash, and flip through the classifieds. Enter the Barrett-Jackson ‘barn find’ and […]
This next feature isn’t going to be big if you (a) can’t remember the ’70s, (b) didn’t like the ’70s, (c) don’t enjoy driving slow/horrible cars, or (d) actually owned one of these cars in the ’70s. Not only did the Dodge Aspen/ Plymouth Volaré win the 1976 Motor Trend “Car of the Year” […]
The term barn find is tossed around for any vehicle that has been abandoned or neglected for many years and is then picked up for much cheaper than a nice version. Sometimes, barn find fever strikes buyers and suddenly folks are bidding for the right to restore some pile of parts and the discount associated […]
In his classic rendition of the song “Nel blu, dipinto di blu” (composed by Dominico Moduguno) rat-pack member Dean Martin belts out the stirring chorus “Volaré , oh oh oh, Cantare, oh oh oh oh!”, which translates to “Flying, oh oh oh, Singing oh oh oh.” To be clear, this was a love song and […]