BUFFALO, N.Y.– It’s not every day that you see a 1964 Chevrolet Corvette Sting Rayparked on a city street unless it’s in some sort of car show. Truth be told though, we’re guessing this one’s owner was a spectator at last fall’s Cruisin’ for a Cure Car & Bike Showat the Roswell Park Comprehensive Care Center, which was just a block or so away. The &rsq
KENMORE, N.Y.– What’s not to like about a green car with red seats? Especially when it comes from the factory that way. (A green car on St. Patrick's Day? Purely coincidental!) Try and find this color combination on today’s new car lots… good luck even finding a green car, or red seats for that matter. I’m guessing this 1940 Ford Deluxeis showing in Acadia Green; try
WARSAW, N.Y.- It always kind of surprised me that there wasn’t a Dodge version of the Plymouth Barracuda sooner than the 1970 Challenger. This 1967 Dodge Dart GTwas about as close as they came that year. Yeah, there was the Charger, but its larger size (built on the mid-size Coronet platform) made it more of a competitor to the AMC Marlin than the pony cars from Ford and General Motors. As y
CLARENCE, N.Y.– It’s another old slide from the summer of 1976. The colors were so faded we decided to convert this one to black & white, especially seeing that this 1957 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritzis black with a black top anyway! Even the old California tag on the back is one of the original black plates so, why not? The Biarritz was the most distinctive of the ’57 Cadillacs
DUNKIRK, N.Y.– With a starting price of just $2,344 the 1962 Rambler American 400convertible was the most expensive model of American Motors’ least expensive line of cars ($24 more than the 400 station wagon). That’s about $23,220 in 2023 dollars. The least expensive American was the Deluxe business sedan at $1,832, of which only 283 were produced — but for just $14 more yo
ELMA, N.Y.– Before you ask, no, there’s no photo of this 1963 Buick Wildcatfrom the rear. As you can see below, the 1959 Catalina parked behind it at the 2020 car show at St. Gabriel’s was parked right on its tail. Same owner maybe; I hope so, anyway, Lol. For model year1963 the Wildcat came in three body styles: two- and four-door hardtops and this convertible. In one ad, Buick
OLCOTT, N.Y.– You’re forgiven if you thought this 1951 Ford Customwas a 1954 Mercury. In this RealRide’scase, that Custombadge on the front fender has two meanings: it was Ford’s more expensive series in 1951 (the base model was the DeLuxe); and this one’s been heavily customized with the rear quarters, taillights, and modified bumper from the aforementioned 1954 Merc
TONAWANDA, N.Y.– It’s not often you come across a 1955 Ford Thunderbirdin a random parking lot.Cruise nights? Yes. Car Shows? Yes. But we saw this one over the summer while bicycling along the Shoreline Trail which parallels the Niagara River. As you can see, it’s wearing a Florida antique license plate. I’m imagining the owner driving it here from down south, and the many
BRADFORD, Pa.– If this 1967 Chevrolet Camarohad been on the used car lot back in 1971 when I bought my ’67 Plymouth Barracuda, things might have gone differently. Although not a huge fan of the Camaro in general (sorry, Camaro fans!), at the time the Barracuda was also not on my “must have” list (up to then I’d pretty much been a Ford fan) but I’m a sucker (from
ELMA, N.Y.– Whatever happened to cool engine names? The 1961 Pontiac Bonnevillewas “…powered by the new, fuel-saving Trophy V-8 Engine!”A Trophy V-8 just sounds so much better than a plain ol’ V8. Back in the 1950-60s Buick offered a Fireball V-8, Oldsmobile the Rocket V-8, and Dodge the Red Ram V-8. These days? Ford’s EcoBoost and GM’s ECOTEC engines sou