The 1975 Oldsmobile Omegawas “A lot of little Olds”as the folks from Lansing told us in their advertising. Although it was only a very thinlydisguised Chevy Nova, it didhave some distinctive Olds touches: its front end looked a lot like the supremely popular Cutlass (see what we did there?), right down to the swingaway grille (below), which moved back on minor impacts. The rear treatme
This 1973 AMC Gremlin Xis owned by Orchard Park’s Connor Kolband his uncle, Dave Hulin. You may have seen it recently gracing the top of the “AMC Hornet, Gremlin, Concord, Eagle, and Spirit”Facebook page (bottom photo). We saw it in person at the Orphans in Orchard Park Car Show(where it won a Best in Classaward) which was held at West-Herr Chevrolet earlier this month. This one
Day 5 of Discontinued Marques Week…When this 1965 Plymouth Barracuda was new, who’d-a thought that 37 years later the Plymouth name would drive off into the horizon (pun intended). The Barracuda, as you might remember, preceded the Ford Mustang into what was still the unnamed genre of automobile which would evolve into the pony car. It was heavily based on Plymouth’s compact Val
This 1949 Chevrolet DeLuxeis from the stable of WNY’s Joseph Galvin, whose dozen or so cars are all registered and insured so as to see regular street duty during our more agreeable weather months. This one looks like someone had a good time thumbing through (and making notations in) the Genuine Chevrolet Accessoriescatalog. From here we can see: chrome-plated trunk guard (which rises from t
Ran into this 1972 Dodge Polaraa couple of summers ago at the owner’s home in South Wales. Discovered the next day that the photos didn’t turn out all that well; but luckily we crossed paths again this past summer at the Quaker Dayscar show in Orchard Park, where Pete Mistrettaand his California Highway Patrol car were part of the opening ceremony’s parade of cars. Keen observers