Posts Tagged ‘convertible’

Bargain Bin – 1990 BMW 325i Convertible

October 21, 2015

There’s nothing more frustrating than uncovering a good deal when your garage is full. Of course, the easy solution is not to look, but that’s nearly impossible if you have the car virus. One for the bargain list is 1990 BMW 325i Convertible for sale for $2800 in Vancouver, WA.

1990 BMW 325i Convertible left front

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Alliteration – 1965 Chevrolet Corvair Convertible

October 19, 2015

When you have a car with a beautiful or even distinctive engine note, it’s nice to have a convertible so you don’t have to rely on tunnels and barrier walls to hear it. Of course, not every car with a great engine is available as a convertible, but the Corvair is one of those. And whichever second-generation Corvair you get, you’re guaranteed to have a head-turning car. Check out this 1965 Chevrolet Corvair Corsa Convertible for sale for $2500 in Portland, OR.

1965 Chevrolet Corvair Convertible right front

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The Un-Corvair – 1962 Pontiac Tempest Convertible

June 5, 2015

While GM has a well-deserved reputation for building mechanically ordinary V8 powered, live rear axle body-on-frame cars, they deserve more recognition for their innovative phase in the 1960s, where they really pushed some engineering boundaries to market some cars that should be truly interesting to the automotive enginerds among you. That’s how Chevrolet ended up with a rear-engine, flat-6 powered compact, and Pontiac sold a compact car powered by a straight 4 or aluminum V8 running through a torque shaft to a rear transaxle. Unfortunately, these haven’t survived in the same numbers as their full-size siblings, in spite of handsome styling and technological advancement – they’re probably in some purgatory between the big cars and 4-cylinder European imports, destined to be ignored by both American and European car fans. Check out this 1962 Pontiac Tempest convertible for sale for $3500 in Portland, OR.

1962 Pontiac Tempest left

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