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 […]
This next car comes from the time right after World War II, when automakers took their old pre-war designs out of mothballs and restarted manufacturing consumer products. The New Yorker was a giant rumbling piece of steel that was powered by a 323 cubic inch straight-8 and today’s example is offered for a great price […]
The Packard Motor Car company of Detroit started rolling out cars way back in 1899, but it didn’t go belly up until 1958 when the last badge engineered Studebaker rolled off an assembly line with a Packard badge…not a bad run for the average car company…quick, somebody tell Elon his little startup needs to last […]
This next car comes from tipper John H who writes: Not my car, just something I spotted on CL. It’s a rather stodgy but handsome beast in grey and chrome and white sidewalls. Looks to be very original and absolutely immaculate – 65 years old and cleaner than any car I’ve ever owned (but then […]
The DeSoto Airflow was a revolutionary car when it was introduced for the 1934 model year. While the average automobile had the aerodynamic profile of an inflated pufferfish, the Airflow looked slippery smooth and like something from the future. This rusted and decrepit example looks more like something from the past…but an awesome past. Find […]
The Buick Super was a pre-war full sized Buick sedan that was available with a straight-8 engine. The Fireball DynaFlash straight-8 was the pinnacle of motoring refinement in its day and made 107 horsepower from its 4.1 liters when new. Find this 1941 Buick Super with straight-8 power for sale in Ringling, MT for $4,500 […]
In 1949 the Packard Motorcar Company celebrated its 50th year of building sleek cars, but by 1957 the Packard name was gone for good. In 1950 Packard entered 7 models in the 1st Carrera Panamericana road race held in Mexico from 1950-1954. In the same year this 1950 Packard Eight 2-Door “Bathtub” left the assembly […]
When the writers of the Daily Turismo spit balled mother’s day feature concepts over rounds of white Russians, the theme that kept returning was ‘cars that Mom would drive’…except this was clearly wrong and we needed to continue drinking… What tells Mom you love her more than the classic 1930s “Mom” with heart tattoo? Nothing. […]