Cars-On-Line’s Classic Car Newsletter is Your No. 1 Source for Classic Car News Mopar and Chevrolet experts can argue at length about whether the LS6 Chevelle SS 454 or the Plymouth Hemi Cuda was faster at the drag strip. A lot depends on who prepped the car and who was driving it. But there is…
Cars-On-Line’s Classic Car Newsletter is Your No. 1 Source for Classic Car News There was a little bit of buzz on the internet this week when a Microsoft AI bot picked up on an ad that appeared on Cars-On-Line.com with a reference to Elvis Presley. It is amazing the way a celebrity reference like that…
Cars-On-Line’s Classic Car Newsletter is Your No. 1 Source for Classic Car News “What is that?” … is the most often heard comment when you see one of these cars at car shows. “Oh, that’s one of those El Moroccos.” It was the dream of Ruben Allender, a Detroit entrepreneur and Canadian born businessman, to…
Cars-On-Line’s Classic Car Newsletter is Your No. 1 Source for Classic Car News The 1972 Buick Gran Sport Stage 1 Convertible is one of the most highly coveted muscle cars of all time. Not only was it fast at the track, it was a young executive’s dream car back in the day. After all, it…
Cars-On-Line’s Classic Car Newsletter is Your No. 1 Source for Classic Car News The year was 1969, and the “aero-car wars” were just beginning in NASCAR. Aerodynamics was the only way to increase speed on the super speedways of NASCAR (or so they thought at the time.) Every automotive manufacturer was looking for the edge…
Cars-On-Line’s Classic Car Newsletter is Your No. 1 Source for Classic Car News When a car is this rare, a “cost-is-no-object” restoration is expected. This 1969 Boss 429 Mustang was the subject of a recent nut-n-bolt restoration to concours condition. It might be considered a trailer queen since only test miles have been put on…
Cars-On-Line’s Classic Car Newsletter is Your No. 1 Source for Classic Car News In 1970 you could get an R Code 428 Cobra Jet engine in many Ford and Mercury model cars. But the most exciting R Code of all was the Cougar Eliminator. There were 2,268 Cougar Eliminators built that year. Only 374 were…
Cars-On-Line’s Classic Car Newsletter is Your No. 1 Source for Classic Car News The collector car market is ever changing. What is common place today may be very rare and desirable tomorrow. So it was not a surprise when we realized early last year that the Mustang Mach 1’s from 1969 and 1970 were getting…
Cars-On-Line’s Classic Car Newsletter is Your No. 1 Source for Classic Car News The legendary Pierce-Arrow motorcar represented luxury, innovation and craftsmanship in an era when automobile manufacturing was changing American lifestyles. Pierce-Arrow’s signature feature was first seen in 1913 when Herbert M. Dawley patented the iconic Pierce-Arrow headlight which integrated headamps into the front…
Cars-On-Line’s Classic Car Newsletter is Your No. 1 Source for Classic Car News During the 1971 Indianapolis 500 parade festivities, a local Indianapolis Dodge dealer was driving the 1971 Dodge Challenger Pace Car Convertible when it accidentally hit a photographer stand injuring 29 people. In the following year, no U.S. automotive manufacturer wanted to participate…