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Chevrolet Corvette 1973 images

by Ross Mills

The 1973 Corvette is the only one Chevrolet ever built with a soft, body-colored nose bolted to a hard chrome tail, and that mismatch was not a styling choice at all. A federal bumper rule landed halfway through the car’s life and forced Chevrolet’s hand, setting off a chain of changes that reached far deeper than the front end. Quieter, smoother, and riding on radials for the first time, the ’73 marks the moment America’s sports car started becoming something else entirely. Read on for what that year really changed.

Classic white vintage station wagon displayed indoors.

Pontiac Catalina Safari Wagon 1964 images

by Ross Mills

Pontiac never built a watered-down engine lineup for its 1964 Catalina Safari wagon, meaning a suburban family hauling kids and camping gear could order the same 421 cubic-inch V8 available in the flashier Catalina coupe. Roughly 33,000 found buyers that year. Read on to find out why these quiet family haulers have become genuine sleeper collectibles today.

Classic black convertible car parked outdoors on a clear day.

Austin Healey 3000 Mark II-1962 images

by Ross Mills

Austin-Healey”s 1962 3000 Mark II arrived as a car caught between two identities, keeping the raw muscle of the original Big Healey while smoothing out its roughest edges for a broader audience. Only a fraction of the run kept the earlier two-seat, side-curtain layout before Austin-Healey dropped it for good. Read on to find out why that scarce configuration commands such a premium today.

Classic blue convertible car parked with palm trees in background.

Buick Special 1957 images

by Ross Mills

Buick”s entry-level 1957 Special hid something genuinely unusual under its hood: a 364 cubic-inch Nailhead V8 named for its oddly small, sideways-mounted valves. Detuned to 250 horsepower for the budget-minded buyer, it still became one of the most enduring engine designs of its era. Read on to find out why hot rodders still chase Nailhead blocks decades later.

Classic black vintage car with shiny chrome details in a showroom.

Mercury Sports Sedan 1949 images

by Ross Mills

A single design decision in 1948 turned a struggling mid-priced brand into the sixth-best-selling automaker in America within a single model year, and most of the credit goes to a body that didn’t even start life as a Mercury. The 1949 Sports Sedan went on to become a Hollywood icon and a founding piece of custom car culture. Read on to find out what made this particular Mercury such a turning point for the brand.

Woman signaling racers at a drag strip with two cars ready to race.

Almost Vintage Mopars Against The World Video Ubly Dragstrip

by Pat C

A homemade video shot at a small Michigan dragstrip in 2001 captures something the big-budget car shows almost never do: what grassroots Mopar racing actually looked like when nobody was performing for a camera crew. Pat Muscle Car Fan’s footage from Ubly Dragstrip is a time capsule of a scene that shaped how an entire generation of Mopar owners learned to race.

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