Let’s remain in the PNW for today’s carspotting scene, though we’ll have to give up aircraft carrier decks for this land-based scene in Olympia, presumably downtown, though we’ve yet to come across a...
Many a significant car existed in multiple configurations, but there can only be one existing car, and thus it can only represent one of the multiple configurations, right? Then there’s this 1932 For...
Introduced in 1964, the Chevelle was meant to bridge the gap between the compact Chevy II and the brand’s full-size models. Those seeking a sportier Chevelle could opt for the Malibu trim level, then...
Four-doors aren’t the only cars from the Sixties that enthusiasts and collectors often overlook: Some full-sizes tend to get the short shrift too. Take, for instance, this 1969 Ford Galaxie two-door ...
Longtime reader Steve Sieker of North Bend sent along today’s carspotting photo, one which his father, Larry, took in 1963 in San Diego. “There’s a little bit of something for everyone in it, includi...
While most Americans are familiar with Toyota’s popular FJ40 series of Land Cruiser, sold in this country from 1958 through 1984, the Japanese automaker produced other variants of the FJ40 series pla...
What an interesting life this 1957 Meskowski-Foyt-McKee Champ Car for sale on Hemmings.com has led so far: Raced by A.J. Foyt, once owned by Tony Lapine, rebuilt by Porsche, and later breathed on by ...
As improbable as a rust-free original-body Sixties GM truck of any sort from any part of the world is, here we see a 1965 Chevrolet Suburban for sale on Hemmings.com that meets just those criteria. N...
Santa Pod Raceway over in England is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year and released a snazzy little promo video, but we thought it’d be more appropriate to take a look at this home video fro...
First offered by Lincoln Mercury dealers in 1962, the Mercury Comet had actually been designed as the entry-level Edsel. Similar in concept to the Ford Falcon, the Mercury Comet was a bit more upscal...
Most of the yearbook carspotting photos posted to Annualmobiles come from dealerships, but here we see The Pit Stop, a speed shop in Pasadena, Texas, with all sorts of goodies to offer. * What is a t...
Ronan Glon’s Ran When Parked has plenty more European carspotting gold in addition to yesterday’s two scenes from southeastern France, including these three from the touristy coastal Dutch town Schev...
Chances are, if it’s an assembly line car, it was built to a certain price point, which of course means compromises. One side-benefit of restoring a car, however, is the ability to un-compromise. Tak...
Text by Mike McNessor. Photos by Jeff Koch, restoration photos courtesy Evan Gavrilles. Some kids are drawn to sports. Others, fashion or music. For Evan Gavrilles and the rest of us, it was–is–muscl...
Two things about the late David Bowie. Yes, he designed a chrome Mini for BMW for the 40th anniversary of the marque in 1998-1999. Torch had a pretty good writeup on that over at Jalopnik this week. ...
It might not be a loaded-to-the-gills 4-4-2, but this 1967 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme two-door hardtop for sale on Hemmings.com – which has benefited from some refurbishment, but apparently hasn’t re...
Perched near the top of Plymouth’s 1966 model range, just below the VIP, the Fury III was a car that owners could proudly show off to the neighbors. It stands to reason that many were preserved, thou...
See? I’m perfectly capable of posting non-wintry street scenes during winter. Just take a look at these two additional photos from the Richfield Historical Society from the Sixties – above, dated 196...
For many of us, the fun part of owning an old car is working on it ourselves – troubleshooting mechanical problems and then getting our hands dirty repairing or maintaining the car. But sometimes it’...
Retired designer Rodell Smith. Still from American Dreaming trailer. Aiming to eliminate the industrial stigma the art world has attached to automotive design and renderings, two collectors and chron...
1965 Plymouth Barracuda. Photo by author. Speaking of the 273-cu.in. Mopar small-block V-8 that I recently wrote about, here’s a noteworthy car that has one. More significantly, this 1965 Plymouth Ba...
For 1963, the Ford Falcon Futura replaced the Falcon Deluxe atop the model’s range, and a new two-door hardtop model was introduced. While a six-cylinder was still the standard offering on Falcon Fut...
Roy Lunn, the man behind Ford’s GT40 and, ultimately, its racing successes, recently was feted at an event put together in Florida that featured plenty GT40s, GTs, and Cobras. Car Guy Chronicles has ...
One of American Motors’ tributes to the legendary and durable straight-six that went on to power just about every AMC-built vehicle until the company’s end, this 1964 Rambler Classic Typhoon has surv...
Could’ve sworn we previously ran these two images of San Francisco that Those Old Cars recently posted, but after a review of our voluminous (750-plus) carspotting archives, it appears not, so let’s ...