If you’re like me, every time I see something like this 1992 Ford Crown VictoriaI always assume it started life as an unmarked police car (especially with that little trunk-mounted antenna). Some of the more decrepit-looking ones also have the possibility of being retired taxi cabs. I refer to this era of Crown Vics as Ford’s “car insurance clip art car” styling phase. Some
If land yachts are your cup of tea, we recently came across this 1992 Buick Roadmaster Limitedin a Niagara Fallsused car lot. Buick called it “…an unmistakably full-frame, rear-wheel drive road sedan with a powerful 180-horsepower, 5.7-litre fuel-injected V-8 that puts a lot of power on the pavement.”I especially like the British spelling of “litre” here, as it sugge
General Motors’ offerings for 1960 were a bit toned-down from the previous year. This 1960 Buick LeSabreis a prime example, with both the front and rear end styling being more rounded (or, less pointy) than the ‘59s. Of course, this isn’t to suggest that Buick all of a sudden got conservative — check out the Electra 225 brochure illustration at the bottom of the page and se
This 1963 Rambler Ambassador 990isn’t quite as rare as yesterday’s Torino GT RealRide: 14,019 of them were built. But I wonder how many of them had the optional front bucket seats, console, and floor shifter that this one has. (Finding a two-door990 would be a real coup; only 1,764 were produced.) The 990 was Rambler’s top-of-the-line for MY 1963, and all Ambassadors came standar
It doesn’t seem like that long ago when we came across this mostly intact 1965 Chevrolet Impalasitting out front of a garage in Batavia. I’m sure that alert readers will probably zoom in on those gas prices at the station next door. But don’t everybody rush over there, as it was a little over a year ago when we drove by. The Impala was of course the top-selling nameplate in the U
General Motors’ luxury car division wasn’t one for putting model names out there where the general public could see them back when this 1949 Cadillac Series Sixty-One Touring Sedanwas new, but a quick glance at that year’s “prestige brochure” and a look at the side trim on today’s RealRidetells us it’s not a Fleetwood Sixty Special, nor is it a Series Sixt
Not every Reagan-era American luxury car buyer bought an actual American luxury car. Many opted for a more understated level of luxury — not to mention a car which handled better than a barge at sea — such as this Mercedes-Benz 380 SE. Known in-house as model W-126, these S-class sedans began life as the 280 SE in 1979, changing their numerical designation as the engine increased in si
This 1955 Oldsmobile 88sedan was seen on the side of the road on our way to Olcottone day early last fall. It was wearing a For Salesign in the windshield, as well as a pair of some of the strangest shaped factory fender skirts (IMO) to come out of Detroit… or in this case, Lansing, Michigan. I imagine Olds did it to mimic the shape of the front wheel opening but, why? The 88 models were re
An internet search shows that Community Chrysler-Plymouth was not only the name of the Jamestown dealer where this 1967 Chrysler New Yorkerwas purchased years ago, at the time it was also the name of a dealership in Martinsville, Indiana. I guess it isa rather generic name. The dealership in Jamestown was located at 1351 East Second Street, which is now the home of a Wendy’s restaurant. The
This 1967 Chevrolet Chevy II Novais from the marque’s final year of a short-lived second-generation of cars (1966-67). Model year 1968 would debut a totally new Chevy II — one available only as a two- or four-door sedan. Model year 1967 still included thetwo-door hardtop andfour-door station wagon body styles(the convertible disappeared after only two years — 1962-63). This one a