Monday, 23 February 2009

1957 Rambler Rebel


The Rambler Rebel was born in 1957,from the AMC motor company.This car was AMC's bid to get a larger share of the car market which was dominated by Ford, Chevrolet, and Plymouth.Inded the Rambler aimed to become the saviour of the struggling company.
The 1956 model as from the beginning in 1950 produced only six-cylinder models. Meanwhile, both Chevy and Ply­mouth began offering V-8s in 1955 -- and they were selling at a surprisingly good rate. Ford, of course, had offered a V-8 for almost 25 years.So to compete against the rivals a V-8 was developed for the 1957 model.
The basic price starting at $2,253 for a Super four-door sedan, the Rambler V-8 offered very good value,this also came with standard dual exhausts which increased the Rambler's power. In addition, because it was designed around a unitized body/chassis rather than an old-fashioned body on frame, the Rambler weighed significantly less than the others, providing a more favorable pounds-per-horsepower ratio.

Saturday, 14 February 2009

The AMC AMX


The AMC AMX was produced by the American Motors Corporation (AMC) and sold at a budget price of US$3,245, which was over $1,000 less than the Corvette.
The AMX name originates from the "American Motors eXperimental" code used on two early AMC prototypes that were shown on tour in 1966.
The original AMX full-scale models were developed in 1965 under the direction of Charles Mashigan. In 1966 Vince Gardner, an outside consultant, designed the fiberglass-bodied car AMX II concept car as part of AMC's "Project IV" exhibit. AMC president Roy Abernethy sanctioned the Italian coachbuilder Vignale in Turin to construct an operational car in steel. Delivered in 78 days and known as the "AMX Vignale", it was first displayed at the 1966 New York International Auto Show.

DAVE Burton
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Saturday, 7 February 2009

The Buick Skylark


The 1965 Skylark Gran Sport had a larger engine - a 400 in³ Buick V8. This engine produced 325 hp and was known as the "nailhead" engine. Buick sold more than 15,000 Skylarks with the Gran Sport option that first year, and almost as many the next. It was renamed the GS 400 in 1967,Sales fell in the face of increasingly more hot and popular muscle cars from other marques when compared to those from the more stodgy and expensive Buick. Buick, however stepped it up a notch when introducing the Stage 1 option in 1969. This limited edition version produced 360 hp. The name Gran Sport replaced the GS moniker with the 1973 Gran Sport, and was again revived in the late eighties on the FWD Skylark model with various performance options added.

Dave Burton
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Friday, 30 January 2009

1972 Chevrolet Monte Carlo


The Monte Carlo was originally styled on the contemporary Cadillac Eldorado, although much of the body and structure were shared with the Chevrolet Chevelle adding new front end sheetmetal, wider C-pillars, and new rear fenders. Bulges were added to the fenders to create a more muscular appearance. The Monte Carlo also had the then-fashionable concealed windshield wipers.
Production was between 1970–1972 at Baltimore Maryland,Kansas City Missouri,Van Nuys California and Oshawa Canada,it was a 2 door coupe powered by a V8 engine and a 3 speed manual transmission(
2 speed auto box)

Dave Burton
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Saturday, 17 January 2009

The 1974 Plymouth "Barracuda"


The Plymouth Barracuda was a 2-door car that was manufactured by the Plymouth division of the Chrysler Corporation the E-body Barracuda, no longer Valiant-based,as where the originals from 1964 was available as a coupé and a convertible, both of which were very different from the previous models.

Dave Burton
www.bargain-motors.com

Sunday, 11 January 2009

The Chyrsler 300 series circa 1955


The Chrysler 300 series were high-performance luxury cars built in very limited numbers by Chrysler 1955 and 1965. Each year's model used a new letter of the alphabet as a suffix (skipping "i"), reaching 300L by 1965, after which the model was dropped.
These cars were the vehicles that really rekindled interest in performance among major American manufacturers after World War II, and thus can be considered the muscle car's ancestors.
Chrysler has recently started using these designations again for sporting near-luxury sedans,from 1999 ,unlike the first series, the second does not have 300 hp engines, except for today's top-line 300C.

Dave Burton
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Tuesday, 30 December 2008

The Hudson Hornet


The Hudson Hornet is an automobile that was produced by the Hudson Motor Car Company of Detroit, Michigan between 1951 and 1954.
The Hornet, introduced for the 1951 model year, was based on Hudson's "step-down" design which had already been introduced for the 1948 model year in the Commodore. The design merged body and frame into a single structure, with the floor pan recessed between the car's frame rails instead of sitting on top of the frame. Thus one "stepped down" into a Hudson. The step-down chassis's "lower center of gravity...was both functional and stylish. The car not only handled well, but treated its six passengers to a sumptuous ride. The low-slung look also had a sleekness about it that was accentuated by the nearly enclosed rear wheels."
The car was available as a two-door coupe, four-door sedan, a convertible and a hardtop coupe.

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