Car: Buick Gran Sport 455 Stage-1 Coupe Year: 1970 What makes it special: The Gran Sport name has been used on several high-performance cars built by Buick since 1965. In the GM brands hierarchy, Buick was surpassed in luxury and comfort appointments only by Cadillac, which did not produce performance models. As a result, the Buick GS series were…
Car: Plymouth Barracuda Convertible Year: 1967 What makes it special: The second-generation Barracuda, now a 108 in wheelbase A-body, still shared many components with the Valiant model but was redesigned with model-specific sheet metal, and a convertible and hardtop coupe joining the original fastback offering. The new Barracuda now featured Coke-bottle side contours and heavily revised front and rear…
Car: Pontiac Firebird 400 Convertible Year: 1967 What makes it special: Designed as a Pony Car to compete with Ford’s Mustang, Pontiac’s Firebird was introduced in February 1967, the same model year as GM’s platform-sharing Chevrolet Camaro. This also coincided with the release of the 1967 Mercury Cougar, Ford’s upscale, platform-sharing version of the Mustang. What made it famous: The first generation…
Car: Ford F-1 Pickup Year: 1951 What makes it special: The first-generation F-Series were a series of pickup trucks and commercial vehicles produced by Ford. Introduced in late 1947, the F-Series was the first post-war truck design and would remain in production until 1952. F-Series trucks were assembled at sixteen different Ford factories. The most common model…
Car: Chevrolet Bel Air 4-Door Hardtop Year: 1957 What makes it special: The 1957 Chevrolet was introduced in September 1956 for the 1957 model year. It was available in three series models: the upscale Bel Air, the mid-range Two-Ten, and the One-Fifty. A two-door station wagon, the Nomad was produced as a Bel Air model. What…
Car: Dodge Challenger 383 Magnum R/T Hardtop Coupe Year: 1970 What makes it special: Challenger is the name of three different generations of automobiles, two of those being pony cars produced by Dodge. However, the first use of the Challenger name by Dodge was in 1959 for marketing a “value version” of the full-sized Coronet Silver Challenger. From 1970 to 1974, the…
Car: Buick Skylark Gran Sport Hardtop Year: 1965 What makes it special: The 1965 Skylark Gran Sport was the intermediate Buick Skylark with the Gran Sport option added. Although a 300 cu in V8 was already offered in the Skylark, the Gran Sport had the largest engine permitted by GM, a 400 cu in Buick V8. What made it…
Car: Oldsmobile Cutlass Holiday Hardtop Coupe Year: 1967 What makes it special: Cutlass was a marque of cars produced by General Motors’ Oldsmobile division between 1961 and 1999. At its introduction, the Cutlass was Oldsmobile’s smallest model. It began as a unibody compact car, but saw its greatest success as a body-on-frame intermediate. Introduced as the top trim level in Oldsmobile’s compact F-85 line, the Cutlass evolved…
Car: Dodge Coronet 500 Convertible Year: 1968 What makes it special: Dodge’s Coronet received a complete redesign in 1968, and shared the B-body platform with the Charger and Belvedere models. Trim levels initially included the base Coronet, Coronet Deluxe, Coronet 440, Coronet 500 and Coronet R/T. Coronet 500 retained its 2-door hardtop, convertible and 4-door sedan through 1970.…
Car: Edsel Pacer Convertible Year: 1958 What makes it special: The Pacer model was produced by Edsel and was based on the shorter, more narrow Edsel platform which was also used by Ford and the Ranger. It is one of two Edsel model names reused by other manufacturers, Corsair being the other, which was used…