As if this 1958 Cadillac Fleetwood Sixty Specialwasn’t already long enough, the brochure illustration (below)seems to be an exaggeration of the car’s size (or is it?), which is what many automotive advertising artists seemed to do back in the day. Cadillac told us that the “…long-wheelbase sedan bears many distinguishing design features to emphasize its exclusive character
We came across this 1994 Mitsubishi Lancer GSR Evolution IIback in 2015 at a Cruising on the Qcruise night on Queen Street in Niagara Falls, Ontario. Produced from December 1993 to February 1995 (according to Wikipedia) the Evolution II was the successor to — surprise! — the first-gen Evolution, which was produced for two years beginning in late 1992. The Evolution III came along next
The Sixties were an exciting time if you were a van fan. You had the option of a fully enclosed delivery-type van with no (or minimal) windows on the side, or, in the case of this 1965 GMC Handi-Bus Custom, you could have windows all around and three rows of seating. The delivery version was called Handi-Van. And in the great General Motors tradition, there were nearly identical versions sold as C
The continental kit on the back of this 1964 Mercury Park Laneserves two purposes: it opens up more usable space in the trunk, and it doubles as a parade reviewing stand for a family of four, Lol. You can just make out in the bottom photo that this one, seen four summers ago at a Cruising-On-the-Qcruise night on Queen Street in Niagara Falls, Ontario, has some serious pipes poking out from beneath
Speaking of cars you rarely see anymore (yes, we were, just yesterday!) here’s a 1962 Buick Wildcat, which we spotted back in 2019 at a Cruising On the Qcruise night on Queen Street in Niagara Falls, Ontario. The Wildcat was a late addition to the 1962 Buick lineup (technically part of the Invicta line) which ads called a “…torrid new luxury sports car!”Perhaps that’
This 1950 Mercurysix-passenger coupe was seen a few summers ago at a Cruising-on-the-Qweekly cruise night on Queen Street in Niagara Falls, Ontario. The ’49-’51 Mercurys looked nothing like their Ford counterparts, which could not be said for their predecessors. They shared a basic body shape with Lincoln, with the four-door models even copying the Lincoln’s suicide doors (below)
Judging from the large lettering above the grille of this c1948 Monarch, perhaps the owner didn’t want anyone confusing it with either a Ford or a Mercury, both of which are (sort of) the basis for this Canadian model from FoMoCo. As you can see from the photos below, the grille is specific to the Monarch (although it appears to be nestled within a Mercury grille shell), while the taillights
Not often you come across a 1973 Oldsmobile Cutlass SupremeColonnade Hardtop sans vinyl roof. But here’s one now, seen a few summers ago at a Cruising on the Qevent on Queen Street in Niagara Falls, Ontario. Olds told us in their literature that the new ’73 Cutlass Supreme had “…a new suspension system patterned after [their] bigger Oldsmobiles. So there’s more limou
When I first came across this 1969 Chevy Camaro Yenko/SCa few years ago at a Cruising on the Qevent on Queen Street in Niagara Falls, Ontario, I assumed it was the doings of some boy-racer in his home garage. Later on I remembered the Yenko Corvairs of the 1960s (as well as the Corvair Sprints by Fitch) which as a kid I had bought in plastic kit form (see below),and decided to look up this Camaro
Eagle-eyed readers might notice that these two photos of this 1964 Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu Super Sportwere taken on two different days, although if you look even closer you can tell that we were at the same place both times — a Cruising-On-The-Qweekly cruise night on Queen Street in Niagara Falls, Ontario. Not this past summer, of course, as we were never able to cross the border due to pa