Threatened by Chevrolet’s Cameo Carrier Pickup trucks, Dodge knew it had to compete with them in the “passenger friendly” half-ton pickup market. Their “Sweptside” pickup series emerged in 1957 and it changed how pickup trucks would be used in the future. Pickup trucks now had dual purposes; to look nice enough for the family to…
A 1970 Mercury Cougar Eliminator is a rare and desirable classic muscle car in its own right. But the car you see displayed here is light years beyond that. This is an incredible find, being offered for sale this week in the Mercury Muscle Car Section of the Cars-On-Line.com website. The opportunity to own a…
There is a 1969 Dodge Charger Hemi R/T in the Cars-On-Line New Listings this week. It will have all Mopar collectors drooling. This is the ultimate Mopar muscle car. Only one problem. The seller is from Sweden. Does that give you pause? The internet can connect us with people we never had access to before.…
When American Motors came out with the Rebel Machine in 1970 it was their statement that they were in the Muscle Car Wars with the Big Three auto makers. The base price on this amazing muscle car was only $3,450. But sales were so poor that it was only offered for one year. That makes…
Ferrari sports cars from the 1960’s are almost untouchable as values continue to go up. But now we are also seeing later model Ferrari offerings increase rapidly in price. Although they produced over 10,000 of the famous Testarossa, these Ferraris are now almost three times the price they were only a few years ago. The…
Take a look at our Pierce-Arrow Section on the Cars-On-Line.com website and you will notice how the American automobile was evolving. By 1935 the Pierce-Arrow was to become an elegant touring machine, long known for dependability. It was competing with Packard and Cadillac for the high end car buyer with expensive tastes as the art…
Although it was quite unintentional on Pontiac’s part, their introduction of the Trans Am in 1969 was the best kept secret in automotive history. Pontiac literally only ran two ads about the Trans Am prior to its debut. Most new car buyers never knew the Trans Am existed. After all, it did not premier until…
Few cars live in our imaginations like the Chi-Town Hustler, a nitro-fueled Funny Car that ran dragstrips all across the country from the 1960’s through the 1980’s. You may have seen it more recently at nostalgia races and exhibitions. Today the car remains in much the same livery as it did when Frank Hawley drove…
By the turn of the decade Plymouth was phasing out the old and ringing in the new. They replaced the Belvedere with the Fury as top-of-the-line. With Virgil Exner’s designs, the Fury came of age as a big luxury car, floating down the road with all the new fangled options that Mopar could come up…
Chevy collectors know life began at Chevrolet in 1955 when the Bel Air got a huge facelift and the results were so spectacular that Chevrolet sold 1.8 million cars between the 150, 210 and Bel Air trim models, record breaking sales for the automotive industry at the time. The 1955, 1956 and 1957 Bel Air…