Back when this 1965 Dodge Coronet 440was new, it was pretty much just another family car. Do a Google search for one now, and see what turns up. Most of them — yes, even the four-door sedans and station wagons, have been modified with different wheel & tire combos, and a more-powerful V8 engine than it likely left the factory with. Try and find one like the brochure photo below. Good luc
This 1954 Ford Mainlinerepresents the marque’s final year of another three-year styling cycle. It would also mark the last appearance of the high-end Crestline series, which would be replaced for MY 1955 by the new Fairlane lineup. In ’54, the Mainline was Ford’s least expensive model, available in two- and four-door sedan versions, as well as a two-door business coupe with a mor
Today we’re heading right back to Olcottand last years annual Olcott Beach Car Show, where we saw this 1965 Ford Falcontwice — once in the visitor’s parking area, and again as it was leaving. From the back this could have been a 1964 model, especially seeing that it’s wearing 1964 hubcaps. But the side trim and the grille are from a 1965. It’s also wearing a NYS deale
You’re forgiven if you at first thought this 1960 Bentley S 2might be a Rolls-Royce. They’re very similar in appearance, with the biggest outward difference being the radiator grille shape (the Bentley’s has rounded corners, as opposed to the R-R’s straight edges which are of course topped-off by the Spirit of Ecstasy hood ornament). For decades the two marques had the same
We came across this 1969 Ford Torino GT SportsRoofat a recent cruise night at the Urban VFW-AMVETS Post in Lancaster (maybe one of the few cruise nights we’ll see this year, sad to say). The Torino GT came standard with Ford’s 302cid V8; this one, according to the fender badge, has the optional 351. The GT was also available as a more traditionally styled two-door hardtop (below), as w
Some of you may be aware that we began this old car blog back in 2009 on the web pages of the old Buffalo weekly Artvoicenewspaper. We did new car reviews for AV under the headingYou Auto Know,but our day job (a.k.a. real job) found us spending a lot of time driving around Erie, Niagara, Wyoming, Chautauqua, and Cattaraugus counties five days a week. At some point we started noticing a lot of rand
When we stopped by to photograph this 1978 Lincoln Continental Town Caroutside a local garage, we joked with the proprietor how we almost had to stand across the street to get the entire car in the shot. Ford was still a few years behind General Motors in the downsizing of its b-i-g cars, and this Town Car was their b-i-g-g-e-s-t. The living room-like size of the big Lincolns translated to luxurio
This 1986 Dodge 600was a big improvement over the previous Dodge 400 model. How much of an improvement was it? About 200 worth! Lol… The 400 was a more luxurious version of the Dodge Aries K-car, and was introduced in 1982. The 600 actually wasan improvement, all joking aside, introduced for MY 1983 in four-door sedan form with a longer wheelbase and much nicer trim. The convertible was add
The brochure told us the 1946 Chevytruck was available in 99 different models on nine different wheelbases. For all of you technical types out there, Chevy offered features like hypoid-gear rear axles with one-piece steel banjo-type housings and straddle-mounted pinions on some models. No, I don’t know what any of that means, Lol. You can find out for yourself about these and manyother featu
This 1939 Packard Sixis still getting a workout. Notice the kayak racks in place. In some circles these cars are referred to as the Packard One-Ten, but all of the literature I’ve seen uses the Six moniker, which differentiates it from the Eight & Twelve series of cars. One ad told us how the ’39 Packards had been voted as America’s handsomest car in an unbiased national surv