The whole spectrum of Classic Americana was on display at the November 2017 edition of the Autotron classic car show. A good number was outside, in the brick paver parking lot. All driven to the show by their owners, so there were classic V8 sounds pretty much all they long.
A fine example, this very clean 1978 Cadillac Sedan de Ville.
1964 Chrysler New Yorker Salon.
1967 Ford Fairlane Ranchero.
1967 Chevrolet Step-Van.
1978 Lincoln Continental Mark V.
1972 Chevrolet C Series dually (350 engine).
1961 Plymouth Fury.
1952 Chevrolet Suburban, slightly modified.
1966 Buick Special station wagon. It goes by the name of Roodkapje (Little Red Riding Hood).
1972 Chevrolet Impala.
1959 Chevrolet El Camino.
1955 Chevrolet 3100 panel truck.
1969 Dodge Dart Swinger.
1967 Cadillac Coupe de Ville.
1965 Imperial Crown convertible.
Straight from Arizona, a 1956 Dodge C Series pickup.
1979 Lincoln Continental Mark V Bill Blass Edition.
1987 Ford F-150 SuperCab.
1969 Dodge Dart GT.
It was an eclectic gathering indeed.
Love seeing these cars. Thanks for sending this collection.
Re that Sedan DeVille [Fr: Town Car], those shields on the front fascia always look worse than a few stone dings on an unprotected front.
That Chevy C-series “dually” looks custom; if was ever a factory option, I’ve never seen it on that generation.
The early Cadillacs 1977-79 of this generation, the fiberglass nose section paint tended to chip badly, at my detail shop I saw them with bug deflectors, bras, clear vinyl stuck on, and bug deflectors painted body color (which was the least noticeable)
There were companies from the beginning of pickups that did dually conversions, this looks like rear fenders, probably fiberglass that resemble the next generation PU fenders, looks well done
Love The Red Riding Hood.
Haven’t seen a Step Van in years. During my 1970s kidhood they were INCREDIBLY common here.
Love the Bill Blass Lincoln… Peak Brougham (IMHO).
There’s a Step Van like this one — is that the smallest available size ? — on the streets here, in the same color, piloted by a pair of lady florists.
The desert-patina Dodge pickup really shouldn’t have those wide whites, but they look nice anyway; the whole thing reminds me of a slightly dusty Creamsicle.
It was a long way from 1955 to 1959 at Chevrolet, wasn’t it . . .!
Beautiful shots. The door gaps on the 64 Chrysler could use some gap filler! Otherwise that car looks very clean and possibly original.
The door edges have the door edge protecters optionally available in stainless or black. Looks like the black ones got used here (the black ones are paintable, are on my black 66 Imperial). Noticed this is a New Yorker Salon, which used Imperial seats and real wood trim, as well as every accessory available. This one has mid-late 70’s Ford Mercury wheelcovers. I had several 63-64 Chryslers and the original hubcaps never stayed on, rare to see one original.
Really a nice varied group of cars. My favorites are the ’64 Chrysler New Yorker and the somewhat odd looking ’61 Plymouth. I think that the New Yorker was what Exner was trying to accomplish with his new styling direction. I find it’s look taut, athletic and handsome. The Plymouth shares some of the clean lines but with that unfortunate front aspect and tacked on tail light pods. It is still fun to see.
I think the 63 Chrysler was probably the pure Exner version. The 64 has a more interesting taillight shape but also has those little fins tacked on in an attempt to square up the profile view. I prefer the 63’s relative purity. But this one, a Salon 4 door hardtop with air, would be hard to kick out of the garage.
I’m with you, JPC, on the 1963 Chrysler looking better than the 1964 model. Of course, I may be biased as a 1963 Chrysler was my first car. Which was followed by a 1964 Chrysler which was cleaner, nicer and in overall better condition. However, I still liked the looks of the 1963 far better.
Not only factory AC, but power windows and cruise control. Somebody checked all the option boxes on this one.
I much prefer the ’65-’68 models, but wouldn’t turn down this ’64.
I had two 1961 Fury’s, a black convertible and coral hardtop (wrote an article for the Plymouth Owners Club entitled “The Martians are Coming”) I loved everything but the front end, since finding out awide selection of Chrysler products front ends will bolt on, I think a 63 Dodge 880 would fit with the rest of the 61 Plymouth. posting a pic of my 61 convert, very old pic.
A nice selection. It is nice to see several mostly original cars, even if the paint or trim is a little worn. The 64 Chrysler is an example. That car in 4 door hardtop form is fairly rare – sedans were the norm on big Chryslers of the 60s.
I never liked those late 70s Cadillacs in red – it just does not suit them. I have also never understood the allure of the chrome front facia on those 70s Chevys.
The Dodge Dart Swinger and GT are just lovable.
It seems to me that bright red looks great on a car up to a certain size, then it’s WAY too much on anything larger. I’d agree that this Cadillac is in the latter category. Still a beautiful old cruiser, though.
In detailing many thousands of cars over 50 years of my restoration/detail shop, with the Chrysler, Plymouth, Imperial dealer as a prime client it was rare in this area to see Mopar sedans, even in Plymouth the 4 door hardtops far outnumbered the sedans here. Of 63-64 NY Salons, I owned several of these in Hardtop form and have never seen a post sedan Salon (Just checked my Chrysler production of the Salon states NO post sedan models were built) I have traveled all over the American continent and other places I have seen a lot of sedan, but here in California, not many compared to hardtop 4 doors.
Oh yeah, I was all set to vote 64 New Yorker, because how can you top a square steering wheel and that mighty A/C compressor?
With a 61 Fury, that’s how. Gloriously ugly car, and I mean that in the best possible way 😛
The red Cadillac immediately made my think of the car Walter White used in the finale of Breaking Bad, but upon further research that car was more of a burnt orange.
as for me I’ve thought red exterior with the white top looked great on the late 70’s Cadillac’s, I’ve always liked red cars from that era.
Gotta love the 1964 Chrysler New Yorker and the 1965 Imperial featured in the photos.
I’m particularly taken with the 1967 Ranchero. Make mine a 500XL.
That Stepvan brought a smile to my face, the slotted mags, the Confederate flag, it all just works. Thanks for sharing these excellent photos!
My eyes were immediately drawn the ’62 Special convertible hiding behind the ’78 Caddy. My nickname is Captain Quirk for a reason.
Me too, that’s the gem of the bunch.
So other cars had a “quartic” steering wheel besides the Austin Allegro?
Wow, yeah Chevy Stepvans were everywhere in the 70’s! Milkman, ice delivery, plumbers, electricians, painters, dry cleaners, newpapers, you name it! Hadn’t thought about them in years. I guess the trades had not fully migrated to the Econoline and to a lesser extent, the Chevy G Series work vans, until post 1980 or so. And those are of course still very thick on the ground.
You see the “new” choices but there are so many, no one model seems to have it cornered like the Econoline/Chevy G-Van did: Sprinter (Mercedes, Dodge and Freightliner), NV, Transit (big and small), all the Fiat/Ram thingamabobs, there’s more choices than ever!
The Buick wagon was interesting! I don’t think I’ve ever seen one before. It would be an interesting backstory to find out how such a rare vehicle in its homeland found its way to Europe!
Great selection. El Camino please.