Items tagged with: Eighties

In bid to interest millennials, Historic Vehicle Association chooses first Chrysler minivan for Cars at the Capital

Photos by Preston Rose, courtesy Historic Vehicle Association, unless otherwise noted. If automotive appreciation can be reduced to generational preferences, then Mark Gessler at the Historic Vehicle...

Columbus, Ohio, 1983

Date: February 1983 Location: Short Street Municipal Garage, Columbus, Ohio Source: PhotOhio.org What do you see here?

Hemmings Find of the Day – 1985 Cadillac Eldorado Touring Coupe

Restored, last-year 1985 Cadillac Eldorado Touring Coupe for sale. From the seller’s description: Up for sale is a very rare Cadillac, a Touring Coupe! This model of the Eldorado was released in 1982...

Hemmings Find of the Day – 1984 Mercedes-Benz 500 SEC AMG

From the seller’s description: You are viewing a pristine 1984 Mercedes 500 SEC Euro Retrofit AMG . The engine is Euro spec M117.963 with Euro logs. It’s is an icon from the luxury car market of the ...

Hemmings Find of the Day – 1988 Dodge Daytona

1988 Dodge Daytona hatchback with t-top roof for sale. From the seller’s description: 2.5 Liter L4 engine, AT, PS, PB, PW, tilt wheel, CD stereo, cold R-12 AC, gray fabric seats, No accidents. Vibran...

Hemmings Find(s) of the Day – pair of 1987 Subaru GLs

One for resto, one for parts pair of 1987 Subaru GLs for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: A nearly matched pair of 1987 Subaru GL Wagons. Both have a 1.8 liter , 4 cylinder engine...

The $5,000 Challenge, Valentine’s Day edition

What is it that prompts automotive attraction? Why do some of us favor small cars over large cars, or station wagons over coupes, or four-doors over two? Is it genetics? Is it our experience early in...

Hemmings Find of the Day – 1988 Jeep Comanche

Restomodded 1988 Jeep Comanche for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: Pioneer trim package Short bed Fiat 500 seats New headlights and bezels, park lights, fog lights, bumpers, wind...

Hemmings Find of the Day – 1988 Ford Falcon XF ute

Editor’’ note: The purpose of the “Find of the Day” is to promote interesting cars from our classifieds. These are not the actual ads, so to view more images or contact the seller with questions, cli...

Toronto, Ontario, 1980s

Date: circa 1980s Location: King and Duncan streets, Toronto, Ontario Source: City of Toronto Archives, via blogTO What do you see here?

Thirty-five years later, there’s no van cooler than the A-Team’s GMC Vandura

Image via IMCDB. Yeah, the scripts were repetitive, the violence cartoonish, and the continuity near-nonexistent. So what, we children of the Eighties tuned into The A-Team every week for one thing o...

Marysville, California, 1950s through 1980s

Date(s): various Location(s): various around Marysville, California Source: postcard photos via Alden Jewell What do you see here?

Four-Links – Istanbul Auto Festival, RIP Robert Edwards, round-the-world 2CV, Sab Hori

More than a few years ago, we visited with some fine car folks in Istanbul during one of the Hemmings cruises. Now we learn that some of those same folks have organized the first Istanbul internation...

Hemmings Find of the Day – 1989 Bugatti Type 55

From the seller’s description: For Sale a Very Rare 1989 Bugatti De La Chapelle Type 55 Left Hand Drive. This was the only sanctioned replica of the Type 55 Bugatti by the Bugatti family. Built in Ly...

Nashville, Tennessee, 1985

Date: 1985 Location: MARTA station, Nashville, Tennessee Source: via David Bass What do you see here?

Hemmings Find of the Day – 1986 Peugeot 505

Mechanically sound 1986 Peugeot 505 Turbo for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: This seldom seen Peugeot has been owned and garaged by an enthusiast for nearly 20 years. New radial...

Hemmings Find of the Day – 1987 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS Aerocoupe

From the seller’s description: 1987 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS Aerocoupe , T-Tops, numbers matching, only 37,246 miles. Adult enthusiast owned, always garage kept, never modified or abused. This partic...

“Challenging, drive-me styling:” The genesis of the Pontiac Fiero

All materials courtesy General Motors. Editor’s Note Thanks to Harold Kie for sending along the raw materials for this week’s Hemmings In-Depth: An entire advance press kit for the 1984 Pontiac Fiero...

Hemmings Find of the Day – 1981 Pontiac Turbo Trans Am

From the seller’s description: 1981 Pontiac Turbo Trans Am 4.9L WS6 with T-Tops and 4 wheel disk brakes. 1981 was the final year of the second generation body style made famous in the “Smokey a new b...

Twin-turbo treat – 1987 Maserati Biturbo Spyder

Photos by author. It used to be that if you decided that your motoring passion could only be assuaged by an Italian car, you went in one of two directions. Depending on the era, you might choose a re...

1983 Honda 650 Turbo recalls the brief boosted bike era

The era of turbocharged production motorcycles from Japan was short and not particularly sweet. But the novelty of turbo bikes today, combined with their low-production numbers, makes them fun and un...

Granville, New York, 1980

Date: 1980 Location: West Main Street, Granville, New York Source: via Jim and Chester’s Garage What do you see here?

Hemmings Find of the Day – 1982 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale

Solid 1982 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: Your Attitude Adjustment Vehicle 307 V-8 , 4 speed automatic. 105,000 miles Power Steering, Brakes, Wind...

The $5,000 Challenge, saved from extinction edition

The passenger pigeon was once the most common bird in North America, with a population estimated as high as 5 billion, but on September 1, 1914, the last surviving example – a female named Martha – d...

Washington, D.C., 1980s

Date: circa 1980s Location: Connecticut Avenue Northwest, Washington, D.C. Source: Historic American Buildings Survey, via the Library of Congress What do you see here?

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