Menu
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Article Archive
The Ultimate Automotive Rewind
New Articles

Old Car Memories

Old Car Memories

Categories

  • Classic Cars
  • Commentary
  • Import Classic Cars
  • Muscle Cars
  • New Cars
  • Performance Times
  • SUVs
  • Uncategorized

Random Articles

  • 1981 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham Sedan d’Elegance – Unsurpassed Luxury and Beauty
  • Pontiac GTO History – Part 4: 1973-1974
  • Has Ford Caught the GM Front-Wheel Drive Virus?
  • 1984 Chevrolet Corvette – the Reborn Corvette
  • Germany’s Toyota Supra – 1983 Porsche 944
  • European Exotic Sports Car Bucket List – 3 Vintage Exotics You Must Drive Before You Die
  • $1,000,000 Trans Am – 1969 Pontiac Trans Am Convertible
  • Why GM Quashed Pontiac’s 1982 Turbo Trans Am
  • Pontiac – Goodbye Old Friend!
  • 1980-1982 Ford Thunderbird – Luxury with Loads of Electronic Gizmos

Recent Articles

  • 1979-1985 Cadillac Eldorado – a Very Special Cadillac
  • 1977 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 – When Performance Returned to the Camaro
  • Which was the Victor, 4th Gen. Mustang or 4th Gen. Camaro?
  • 1977-1984 Buick Electra – When Buick Had Character
  • 1977-1978 Dodge Monaco – Wonderful Quintessential 1970s Family Car

1957-1959 Plymouth Fury – the Grand Plymouth

August 8, 2019
Pete Dunton

Plymouth from the 1931 model year through the 1960 model year during most years was the number three automaker in the U.S. when it came to sales. For 1970, 1971, and 1974 Plymouth would again regain its title as number

Continue reading...

Pontiac GTO History – Part 5: 2004-2006

July 26, 2019August 8, 2019
Pete Dunton

Pontiac fans had been clamoring for a new GTO ever since GTO production ceased at the end of the 1974 model year. In March 2002, Bob Lutz then Chairman of GM North America, made the announcement that the GTO would

Continue reading...

1975-1976 Cadillac Eldorado Convertible – the Ultimate Convertible

July 10, 2019
Pete Dunton

Cadillac is GM’s luxury car division, and back in the days when GM was the largest automaker in the world, Cadillac was the king of luxury cars. Cadillac’s success was offering the most luxury features in attractive big cars which

Continue reading...

1974-1978 Ford Mustang II – Kept the Mustang Alive

July 5, 2019July 5, 2019
Pete Dunton

What do you do to celebrate the 11th production year of the successful Mustang? If you are Ford the answer was simple, downsize it and turn it into a sporty fuel efficient compact car. For most Mustang performance fans what

Continue reading...

1989 Shelby Dakota – First Genuine Performance Pickup

July 3, 2019July 3, 2019
Pete Dunton

The Chrysler Corporation during most of the 1980s ignored the Dodge truck lineup which was based on a truck platform and a general exterior design that dated back to the early-1970s. In order to stay alive from its 1980 financial

Continue reading...

Real Story Behind the 1965-1970 Chevy L78 396 V8

June 6, 2019
Pete Dunton

The 1960s Chevrolet performance big-block V8 engines, the W-series 409 and 427 cubic-inch V8s and the Mark IV 427 cubic-inch V8 were some of the most legendary performance engines produced during the 1960s. These engines were primary designed for professional

Continue reading...

Why GM Quashed Pontiac’s 1982 Turbo Trans Am

March 8, 2019March 9, 2019
Pete Dunton

In the 1970s when most muscle cars could not survive The Pontiac Trans Am thrived. It had the looks, true muscle car image, and Pontiac 455 cubic-inch V8 and 400 cubic-inch V8 power under the hood. Horsepower and torque numbers

Continue reading...

1964 Pontiac GTO Vs. 1962-1964 Ferrari 250 GTO

January 21, 2019
Pete Dunton

The granddaddy of all European sports cars is the 2-seat 1962-1964 Ferrari 250 GTO. This wasn’t a fast car produced for sale to the general public, but a genuine race car that was produced to drive on public streets. It

Continue reading...

1968-1969 Buick GS 400 – Mediocrity No More

December 18, 2018March 8, 2019
Pete Dunton

The cornerstone of the GM’s 1960s muscle car offerings was its A-body platform. This was the GM platform the Pontiac GTO, Chevrolet Chevelle SS, Oldsmobile 442, and Buick GS were all built on during the 1960s and early 1970s. It

Continue reading...

1962-1965 Chevrolet Fuel Injected 327 V8 – Why Chevrolet Abandoned This Magnificent V8

December 14, 2018
Pete Dunton

Chevrolet was an innovator when it pertained to fuel injection. It wasn’t the first automaker to offer it in a performance car, that honor goes to Mercedes Benz which first released the fuel injected 300 SL for the 1955 model

Continue reading...
  • ←
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • …
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • …
  • 28
  • 29
  • 30
  • →
WordPress Theme created with Themler.
WordPress Theme created with Themler.

Copyright © 2008-2023. All Rights Reserved.

Old Car Memories - Potomac Web Designs, LLC