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1973-1975 Chevrolet Caprice Classic – Chevy’s Last Full-Size Convertible

January 17, 2018January 18, 2018
Pete Dunton

After World War II until the mid-1970s, Chevrolet always had a full-size convertible model. The full-size Chevrolet convertible was as American as baseball and apple pie. When the 1975 model year came to a close, Chevrolet’s full-size convertible was gone

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1969-1973 Plymouth Fury – Elegant Big Car Styling

December 17, 2017December 17, 2017
Pete Dunton

The Plymouth Fury which first debuted during the mid-1950s, quickly evolved into a very attractive bold sporty full-size car for 1957-1960. By 1961, the Fury had more conservative boxy styling. The 4-door 1962 Fury was Ward Cleaver’s car in later

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Why the 1998-2011 Ford Crown Victoria is a Modern Legend

November 28, 2017
Pete Dunton

There are very few cars that have such a loyal following that they can continue to be produced for many years and even decades with very few changes and still encounter strong sales. One of these cars is the full-size

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1958-1960 Ford Thunderbird – the Square Bird

January 27, 2017
Pete Dunton

By the late-1950s, the U.S. Auto Industry was on a high. Styling was reaching a new apex where cars were no longer were just cars, but works of art. Chrome wasn’t just something that was added to a car but

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1972 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight Regency – 75th Anniversary Edition by Tiffany & Co

October 27, 2016December 13, 2016
Pete Dunton

1972-oldsmobile-98-regency-sIn 1972, Oldsmobile celebrated its 75th birthday by offering a special edition of its luxury flagship – the Ninety-Eight. The end result was the 1972 Ninety-Eight Regency, it was a car so high on the luxury scale it even rivaled

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The 3 Largest Post-WWII Landyachts

July 27, 2016August 29, 2016
Pete Dunton

3-landyachts-sThe 1970s were the pinnacle of large American cars. Some may argue that large cars are alive and well today. They would be wrong. The massive shrinking of large cars which began in the late-1970s and continued through the 2010s

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3 Hollywood Celebrity Owned Buicks

April 3, 2015
Pete Dunton

celebbuick-s.jpgBuick has a special place in automotive history. It not only produced its share of unique and special cars but manufactured many pedestrian cars that served as reliable transportation for many American families. However when reliability tends to be the

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’80s Flashback: 1980-1989 Pontiac Bonneville Safari/Catalina Safari/Parisienne/Safari Wagon

February 24, 2013
Pete Dunton

1980spontiacwagon-s2.jpgOver time there are certain niche classic cars that get left behind and forgotten and then suddenly begin to gain in popularity. One such niche which for many years was forgotten, but has been gaining steam in recent years is

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1976 Buick Electra – the Titanic’s Last Cruise

October 14, 2012
Pete Dunton

1976electra-s.jpgBuick has been suffering from an identity crises for the last 30 years. The switch from rear-wheel drive bigger cars to smaller front-wheel drive cars due to the federally mandated Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards in the 1980s and

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1986 Cadillac Eldorado – Roger Smith’s Cadillac

August 31, 2012
Pete Dunton

1986eldorado-s.jpgWant to know where GM went wrong and where the heavy slide down the abyss occurred? You need not look any further than the 1986 Cadillac Eldorado. Cadillac which had been GM’s crown jewel since GM’s inception was once as

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