Posts Tagged ‘coupe’

RustyButTrusty on the Track – 1979 Alfa Romeo Alfetta GT Goes To Laguna Seca

December 5, 2014

Forgive the repetition, but it’s no fun having old cars if you don’t use them – whether it’s for a car show, a track day, a cruising night or a backroads drive, or just a simple errand. So in spite of the ongoing relocation of RustyButTrusty HQ to a colder climate, and winter’s imminent arrival, there are still opportunities to get the cars out for some exercise. In this case, it was to use a gift certificate for a Hooked on Driving track day at the historic Laguna Seca race track in Salinas, CA.

1979 Alfa Romeo Alfetta GT at Laguna Seca corkscrew normal size

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Questionable Style – 1969 Lincoln Continental Mark III

October 21, 2014

It’s hard to know what to say about the Lincoln Continental Mark III. On the one hand, it was an unabashed success for Lee Iacocca, even greater than his more famous Mustang and Chrysler minivan. On the other hand, his brief for the car was said to be “put a Rolls Royce grill on a Thunderbird”, and sure enough, while the design is elegant, it’s a bit of a mish-mash of Rolls Royce, Elwood Engel Lincoln, and pre-war car, and of course some of the design cues shared by all 1970s personal luxury coupes. It also shares heavily with the Ford Thunderbird and Mercury Cougar, which was of course the key to its success as a profit generator. Check out this 1969 Lincoln Continental Mark III for sale for $3495 in Eugene, OR.

1969 Lincoln Continental Mark III left front

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The Other Flattie – 1965 Chevrolet Corvair Corsa

October 17, 2014

If today’s Mercedes SLC is too big, and a Porsche 911 is, well, too German, but you still want a 4-seat coupe with some style and a little sport thrown in, perhaps the Corvair is your pick. Corvairs are to car nuts as cats are to animal lovers – having one or two is pretty normal, but if you have ten living in your back yard, people will give each other that knowing look behind your back. To start you down the path of being crazy cat Corvair lady, check out this 1965 Chevrolet Corvair Corsa for sale for $3250 in San Jose, CA.

1965 Chevrolet Corvair 110 side

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