Today’s next feature is a first-year Mercury Milan, Ford’s slightly dressier Mercury-badged sibling to the Ford Fusion and Lincoln MKZ/Zephyr. Power comes from a Mazda derived 2.3 liter four cylinder mated to the front wheels, but the interesting part is the 5-speed manual. Most Milans were automatic commuter sedans, so a manual Mercury Milan is […]
Our next feature is a ’56 Oldsmobile 88 Holiday two-door hardtop, which means pillarless roofline, big chrome, Rocket V8 power, and full mid-’50s GM optimism. The Holiday name was Oldsmobile’s hardtop designation, so this is not just a two-door sedan, which means it has the cleaner no-B-pillar look that was a big deal in the […]
This next car comes as a tip from Matt C who writes: For $5000, running and driving, how bad can it be? Seller says the tires and a lot of the other rubber parts are dry rotted, but the car is all there and most of the paint looks shiny. The SVO was not just […]
This next car is a MN12-generation Ford Thunderbird Super Coupe, the high-tech performance version of Ford’s personal luxury coupe from the late ’80s and early ’90s. The Super Coupe was not just a badge package. Power comes from a 210-horsepower supercharged 3.8-liter Essex V6, intercooler, 5-speed manual availability, independent rear suspension, four-wheel disc brakes, and […]
Our next feature started out as a 1975 Chevrolet Vega, one of GM’s compact H-body cars, but it has been converted into a tiny pickup/ute. Think Vega meets El Camino, then somebody added side pipes and stopped caring what the brochure said. This thing meets all of the requirements for a front-page DT feature. Rack-and-pinion […]
The 1939 Cadillac Series 61 was Cadillac’s entry-level line, but “entry-level Cadillac” in 1939 still meant a proper prestige car with V8 power, big-car presence, and far more style than most ordinary sedans of the era. Power would have come from Cadillac’s flathead V8, which was smooth, torquey, and very much part of Cadillac’s prewar […]
Picture this. You’ve got an 80s Cadillac Coupe Deville with a mid 90s LT1 V8 transplant that has been given the full El Camino treatment and you need to sell it. But for some strange reason, you can’t fit the entire car in your camera lens. You can’t find the room to back up and […]
This next car comes as a tip from MB who writes: I feel like Roadmasters are fairly common but I can’t remember the last time I saw a Caprice wagon. This is the 1991 – 1996 “bubble” Chevrolet Caprice wagon, GM’s last great body-on-frame full-size wagon before minivans and SUVs replaced the wagon. This one […]
This next car comes with a salvage title and a check engine light. How bad can it be? I shouldn’t have asked that. Becuase this isn’t a 1990s Ford that can be fixed with a screwdriver and a weekend, this is a modern vehicle with tight packaging and beaucoup electronic connectors with things like CANBUS […]
This next car comes as a tip from Matt who writes: Here we have a ’63 Chrysler New Yorker that I can only imagine has been repainted (right?) and had a mopar bumblebee stripe with a Angry Hornet sticker added to either intimidate or confuse… but $8,700? If it’s legit then that seems like a […]