Car: Pontiac Catalina Convertible Year: 1961 What makes it special: Catalina was part of Pontiac‘s full-sized line from 1950 to 1981. Initially, the name was used strictly to denote hardtop body styles, first appearing in the 1950 Chieftain Eight and DeLuxe Eight lines. In 1959, the Catalina became a separate model, as the “entry-level” full-size Pontiac. The 1961…
Car: Nash Metropolitan Year: 1961 What makes it special: Nash’s Metropolitan was sold from 1953 to 1961. It conformed both economy and subcompact car. In today’s terminology the Metropolitan is a “subcompact”, but that category had not yet come into use when the car was built. At that time, it was variously categorized, for example as a “small…
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 the…
Car: Plymouth 340 Duster Hardtop Coupe Year: 1973 What makes it special: The original Duster was a semi-fastback two-door coupe version of the Valiant model that was marketed by Plymouth from the 1970 to 1976 model years. Duster was also positioned to compete with Ford’s slightly smaller semi-fastback Maverick compact car and the AMC Hornet that were both also introduced in 1970, and the slightly larger semi-fastback Chevrolet Nova whose design…
Car: Ford Mustang Coupe Year: 1973 What makes it special: The Mustang was revised in 1971, with the model growing in size, gaining 3 inches in width in order to accommodate Ford’s big block 429 cu in V8 without need for an extensive suspension redesign. Three body styles offered. A Hardtop available in base or Grande trim, a Sportsroof…
Car: Mercury Colony Park Wagon Year: 1978 What makes it special: The Colony Park was a full-size station wagon marketed by the Mercury division of Ford Motor Company between 1957 and 1991. Colony Park was marketed as either the premium-trim or the sole full-size station wagon offering of the division. Full-size Mercury and Ford vehicles adopted similar bodyshells, with the Colony Park becoming the counterpart of…
Car: American Motors Corporation (AMC) Gremlin Year: 1975 What makes it special: American Motors Corporation’s Gremlin was a subcompact introduced in 1970, manufactured and marketed in a single, two-door body style for model years 1970-1978 in the U.S. as well as in Mexico from 1974-1978 by AMC’s “Vehículos Automotores Mexicanos,” ( aka VAM ) subsidiary. Featuring a shortened Hornet platform and bodywork…
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Car: Plymouth Belvedere II 426 Hemi Hardtop Coupe Year: 1966 What makes it special: For 1966, the Belvedere/Satellite received new sheet metal, resulting in a crisp body that was truly elegant. When equipped with the smaller 273, 318, and 361 cu in V8’s, they were the best all-around Plymouths in the line. Their chiseled styling was…
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