When we passed by this 1938 Chevroletearlier this summer on a bike ride in Tonawanda, we made a mental note to stop back some day and see how it turned out. Luckily, we’re now committing that note to virtual paper, as mental notes are often never heard from again, Lol… We’re also hoping to ask if this one has front-wheel-drive. Why else, we wondered to ourselves, would it be wea
Right in the midst of a bunch of Mustangs, Challengers, and many of the usual suspects seen at every cruise-in across America, sat this unrestored 1970 Chevrolet Novaa few weeks ago at the 12th Annual Kiwanis Car Cruiseat the Town Park in Pembroke. Showing mileage in the 50k range, this stock-looking Nova (well, except for those red stripe tires!) has one of Chevy’s two available six-cylinde
It’s not often we revisit a RealRide, but over the summer we received an email from Don Paterson in Elmira, who told us he is the new owner of this 1960 Ford Fairlane 500, which we had seen in Sweden, N.Y.back in September, 2016 wearing a for salesign — you can see the original piece here:https://buffalocars.com/real-rides-of-wny-1002-092216. He came across it online while perusing our
Okay, so this 1939 Plymouthhas me perplexed. It’s wearing a pair of round, sealed beam headlights, set into round openings, with a separate set of turn signals mounted below. Yet, all of Plymouth’s sales & advertising material shows the new ‘39s with rectangular-shaped headlights, and no turn signals in sight (see brochure cover at bottom of page, from OldCarBrochures.com). G
A quick glance at this bottom-of-the-heap 1961 Chevrolet Biscaynetwo-door sedan might evince the comment “Nice to see that one of these original, low-budget cars survived intact.” Then, you look closer and see just a bit of a header poking out beneath the door. Not likely that this was Joe Salesman’s company car back in the day — at least not as it sits today. Standard engi
You might not think so to look at it, but this 1976 Pontiac Bonnevillehas been described as “…a great road car.”(Full disclosure: it was Pontiac who described it that way.) That, IMO, is open to wide interpretation. Yes, you candrive it on the road, Lol. But when thinking of great road cars of the mid-1970s, my mind wanders more towards BMW’s 2002, Volkswagen’s Sciro
The For Sale sign on this 1977 Ford LTD, seen last week in Lewiston, seems to indicate it might be all original. This one was in the middle of Ford’s big-car lineup for 1977 — a lineup which was doing battle with Chevy’s new downsized cars. In the brochure they reminded us that “Ford hasn’t forgotten the big-car family,” and they hadn’t “…redu
Day 1 of Buick Week...With a starting MSRP of just $2,513, this 1968 Buick Special Deluxe coupe was the least expensive offering from the Flint manufacturer that year. It was also available as a four-door sedan and a station wagon — both on a longer, 116-inch wheelbase (the two-doors were all 112”). If the plain-jane coupe wasn’t your cup of tea, pillarless hardtops were offered
If your daily commute is getting to be a grind, we noticed that this 1965 Mercury Comethas been put up for sale, where we found it outside of a Pendletonrepair garage. The fender badge indicates that there’s a Ford 427 under the hood, and above that are graphics which tell us it’s a factory lightweight, so I’m sure it’s great on gas! Didn’t get a peek inside to count
When the brochure for this 1941 Chevrolet Special Deluxewas being prepared, copywriters decided some of the features they’d mention would be (and we’re quoting here, punctuation and all): Ventilating rear quarter windows. Full-width front seat cushion with divided back. Two robe cords, two ash receivers, two arm rests, and foot rest, in rear seat compartment. Two coat hooks.First of al