Car: Cadillac Series 62 Convertible Year: 1956 What makes it special: Cadillac’s Series 62 is a series produced from 1940 through 1964. Originally designed to replace the entry level Series 65, it became the Cadillac Series 6200 in 1959, and remained that the 1965 model year. The Series 62 was also marketed as the Sixty-Two and the Series Sixty-Two.…

Car: Plymouth 426 Hemi Road Runner Year: 1968 What makes it special: By 1968, muscle cars had evolved from mainstream models with expensive special engines to expensive special models with expensive special engines. America needed an inexpensive mainstream model with an inexpensive special engine. The 1968 Plymouth Road Runner was that muscle car. What made it famous: It started…

Car: Chevrolet Camaro SS Convertible Year: 1969 What makes it special: The 1969 Camaro carried over the previous year’s drivetrain and major mechanical components, but all-new sheet metal, except the hood and trunk lid, gave the car a substantially sportier look. The grille was redesigned with a heavy “V” cant and deeply inset headlights. New door skins,…

Car: Pontiac LeMans Sport Convertible Year: 1970 What makes it special: LeMans was a model name that was applied to subcompact- and intermediate-sized automobiles marketed by Pontiac from 1962 to 1981. Manufactured in five generations, the LeMans line was replaced by the downsized Pontiac Bonneville for the 1982 model year and later resurrected from 1988 to 1993 as a badge-engineered version of the Daewoo LeMans car manufactured by Daewoo in South Korea.…

Car: AMC Javelin SST 390 Coupe Year: 1970 What makes it special: AMC’s Javelin was a front-engine, rear-wheel-drive, two-door hardtop model manufactured and marketed across two generations, 1968–70 and 1971–74. Styled by Dick Teague, the Javelin was available in a range of trim and engine levels, from economical pony car to muscle car variants. In addition to manufacture in Kenosha, Wisconsin,…