It seems like only yesterday when Volkswagen Cabrios seemed to clog SoCal freeways with their tops down and in the sun. A few decades later, and I have to wonder where they went? Probably to the crusher by the thousands, but the few that remain are pretty beaten up, so it is nice to find […]
This next car comes from the era when American auto designers were more concerned that their cars looked good driving down the road than anything else. Safety, fuel economy, and digital connectivity didn’t even make the list of design requirements, but you can bet that Lincoln had a 78 page design guide on the application of brown paint. At least the new Lincoln Navigator has a massive Kenworth sized chrome grill and wheels that would look large on a tractor…but it still doesn’t have have the class of a Mk III. Find this 1971 Lincoln Mk III offered for $8900 in Franklin Lakes, NJ via craigslist. Tip from Cory.
Find this 1973 Jensen Interceptor Mk III here on eBay offered for $14,750 buy-it-now located in Santa Ana, CA. From eBay listing: 1973 JENSEN INTERCEPTOR SERIES 3 COUPE. LATE “J” MODEL WITH FINAL IMPROVEMENTS. ORIGINAL COLORS OF MED. BLUE METALLIC WITH NAVY BLUE LEATHER TRIM. STEEL SUNROOF. A/C. POWER STEERING. GKN ALLOYS. CHRYSLER 440 c.i. […]
The MG Midget was first released in 1961 with 99% of its parts shared with the Mk II Austin-Healey Sprite, but by the end of production (1980) it was a strange rubber bumpered antique that was long in the tooth and short on speed. However, early versions had both style and reflexes, like this 1974 […]
The Triumph GT6 is one of the undervalued heroes of the classic sports car world. It offers the best combination of exotic looks, minimized weight, “big” engine, and low seating position in a classic 2-seat fastback shape, but for some reason doesn’t get much love from the big bucks collectors. Actually, this is a good […]
Elva Engineering Co Ltd was a specialty racing and street car manufacturer founded by racer Frank G. Nichols out of Sussex in the UK. Nichols is (self) described by the Elva website as a “man’s man” who “could be sometimes less than easy to deal with” which explains why his street cars were fantastic little machines that […]
The Mark III Triumph GT6 was built from 1970 through 1973, and was a last hurrah for the poor man’s E-Type before poor sales ended its short lifespan. The GT6 is a good looking car, with decent build quality, but for some reason was outsold 3-to-1 by the MGB GT. Inexplicably, the low production numbers […]
The Triumph GT6 was in its third revision (Mk III) in the early 1970s and the Giovanni Michelotti designed fastback was still going strong. Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on how you look at it) the GT6 was canceled before emissions and safety regulations turned it into a joke and 1973 was the last year for […]
The Jensen Interceptor makes for an interesting statement in a classic car. It tells the world that you like classic American V8 power, Italian styling, and British execution. Taken by each component, it really makes sense, but as a whole the Jensen is not extremely collectible and is sort of unloved step-child of the British […]
In the early 60’s Triumph commissioned Turin born designer Giovanni Michelotti to create a fastback shape for their perky little Spitfire convertible. The resulting concept was sexy, stunning, and slippery — attributes which helped it a factory backed Spitfire GT6 to win its class in the 1965 24 Hrs of LeMans. Today, a nice running […]