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Rare 1957 Dodge Coronet Lancer Sat 37 Years Untouched, Now Lives Again With a Hemi Heart

Chrysler speared ahead of the pack in the mid-50s, proposing its famous design language that paved the way for the American industry for the rest of the decade and influenced the early sixties automobiles. Virgil Exner was the ChryCo head…

1960 Survivor Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz Is Absolute Eye Candy, Had One Owner Since 1975

54 photos Photo: YouTube/Lou Costabile 1960 Cadillac offered two drop-top models: the 62 Convertible and the Eldorado Biarritz. Together, they amassed a little over 15,000 units of the total production of 142,184 automobiles recorded by the luxury division of General…

1961 Impala Bubbletop Is No SS, Hides a Nice Surprise in Its Ashtray (and Elsewhere)

46 photos Photo: YouTube/Lou Costabile In 1958, the Chevrolet Bel Air got a new moniker for the top trim level – and a legend was born. The Impala stayed for one year in the shadow of the popular Chevy. In…

Super-Rare 1967 Olds 442 With W30 Muscle Smokes Tires Any Day of the Week, Twice on Sunday

44 photos Photo: YouTube/Lou Costabile “With only 500 being made, you don’t see ’em too often.” To be accurate, five hundred-two units, it’s close enough as it is. The numbers represent the production run of a famous option package, the…

Man Restores a 1953 Bel Air Convertible in the 80s, Buys It in 2005, Drives It to This Day

47 photos Photo: YouTube/Lou Costabile 1953 was a transition year for motoring America, and perhaps nothing represents it better than the Corvette. The new Chevrolet was not just an upheaval against sportscar imports from across the oceans but the signal…