Photography by Matthew Litwin and Terry McGean. In the days before trucks were set up like big luxury sedans, the El Camino was a practical alternative for buyers wanting some light-truck capabilitie...
Hackaday, which normally focuses on Arduinos and other hardware hacking projects, recently examined the Lotus Seven and decreed it one of the most hackable cars. It’s always encouraging when the DIY/...
From Curbside Classic comes the interesting tail of an old-car owner who put his or her neighborhood vandals street artists to work preserving a ’61 Rambler American. Apparently the unidentified owne...
Caribou-built 1968 Cadillac Eldorado pickup for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: Hand built by Traditional Coachworks. 472 cubic engine. One of a kind. Unique. In storage 25 years...
Editor’s note: This piece includes excerpts from a story that appeared in the January 2014 issue of Hemmings Motor News. Today’s unit-body passenger cars are manufactured out of sheetmetal folded and...
From the seller’s description: 1966 Ford Ranchero Deluxe. Fully restored original special order California pickup. In original Candyapple Red, with Black deluxe Interior. All in original pattern and ...
Photos courtesy Burns and Co. It all started with a trip to Detroit. Specifically, to what as then known as the Henry Ford Museum, where a young Charlie McCarron saw both the first and last Ford Mode...
From the seller’s description: Rare 2004 Redline Red Chevrolet SSR – Joe Gibbs Supercharger, Low Miles! I am yet to come across another Chevy SSR with a dealer installed Joe Gibbs Supercharger Packag...
From the seller’s description: 1986 Subaru Brat GL with a dealer-installed at delivery, Subaru Serial No. 20047 Snug Top low profile shell. My BRAT (Bidrive, Recreational, All Terrain) was purchased ...
The El Camino sedan pickup kicked off in flamboyant fashion for the 1959 model year, came to an abrupt end in 1960, then resumed production in 1964 on the mid-size Chevelle/Malibu A-body chassis, whe...
The phenomenon of converting used luxury cars into wreckers more or less ended with the Depression, but as we can see from this 1950 Buick Roadmaster -based wrecker for sale on Hemmings.com, the idea...
1957 Ford Ranchero Custom. Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions. Early Ford Rancheros have inched up in value in the past few years, and current valuation guides put the price of a concours-quality ’57 Ran...
Car-based pickups may be absent from new vehicle showrooms, but in these days of plus-size, $50,000-and-up new pickup trucks they make more sense than ever. This base-model 1972 Ford Ranchero 500, fo...
Does any vehicle more exemplify the Choo-Choo Customs excess of the Eighties than this 1984 Chevrolet El Camino IROC-S for sale on Hemmings.com? It’s got the Camaro nose, of course, and along with th...