Car: Chevrolet Chevy II 2-Door Hardtop Coupe Year: 1962 What makes it special: Chevrolet’s Chevy II/Nova was a compact model, produced in five generations for the 1962 through 1979, and 1985 through 1988 model years. Nova was the top model in the Chevy II lineup through 1968. After having their Corvair model outsold by the conventional Ford Falcon in 1960, Chevrolet…

Car: Ford Galaxie Hardtop Year: 1962 What makes it special: Ford’s Galaxie model a full-sized offering built for model years 1959 through to 1974. The name was used for the top models in Ford’s full-size range from 1958 until 1961, in a marketing attempt to appeal to the excitement surrounding the Space Race. For 1962, all full-size…

Car: Oldsmobile 4-4-2 Coupe Year: 1968 What makes it special: The 4-4-2 was a muscle car produced by Oldsmobile from 1964 to 1980. Introduced as an option package for the F-85 and Cutlass models, it became a model in its own right from 1968 to 1971, spawned the Hurst/Olds in 1968, then reverted to an option through the mid-1970’s. The “4-4-2” name (pronounced…

Car: Pontiac GTO 2-Door Coupe Year: 1964 What makes it special: The GTO was produced by Pontiac in generations from 1964 to 1974 model years, and by GM’s subsidiary Holden in Australia from 2004 to 2006. The first generation GTO was a muscle car of the 1960’s and 1970’s era. Although there were earlier muscle cars, the Pontiac GTO is considered by…