Posts Tagged ‘sedan’

Who Doesn’t Like Hardtops? – 1968 Pontiac Bonneville

January 22, 2014

Continuing the fascination with older American sedans, here’s where GM really excelled in design – with its hardtop sedans. Who needs a silly b-pillar holding your roof up when style is in question? These cars really let you have it all – the style of a coupe, the practicality of a sedan, the power of a sports car, and the handling of Grandma’s chesterfield. They’ve become fairly unusual today, although many manufacturers strive to emulate the look of a pillarless sedan by blacking out the b-pillar. Today’s example of this body style is a 1968 Pontiac Bonneville, for sale in Turlock, CA (east of San Francisco) for $2800.

1968 Pontiac Bonneville hardtop left front

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Shopping on Holiday – 1964 Imperial LeBaron

January 21, 2014

Continuing today’s theme of shopping while you’re on vacation, apologies are in order for not finding a Porsche Speedster buried in a mine tunnel. Although if you found one, that would be no fun, because then you’d have to drag it out of its hole, catalog everything, and then put it up for auction and rake in some ridiculous six-figure sum from the same guy who never heard of the tulip craze. So to save you from that miserable fate, here’s a 1964 Imperial LeBaron for sale in Jamestown, CA for $2500 (clearly, the empire has fallen).

1964 Imperial Le Baron rear

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Pre-Escort – 1961 Ford Anglia

January 12, 2014

So we’re going to get through this whole posting without mentioning what movie this car appeared in, right? Right. Okay, as with many older little British economy cars, you can find nicely restored examples near the $10,000 mark, or absolute sheds needing a full restoration that will cost you more than the $10,000 car did in the first place. So it’s refreshing to find what appears to be a nicely weathered one of these cars available – it’s this 1961 Ford Anglia for sale for $3500 in Olympia, WA.

1961 Ford Anglia left front

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