Trucks, trucks, trucks! TRUCKS! Man, there have been a whole heap ‘o trucks on CC this week. Catch one lousy germ, stay away from CC for a few days while recuperating, and look what happens! The Mayor of Truckville has taken over! Well, that stops right now, friends and neighbors. We’ve got to mix things up, fer cryin’ out loud! I need me some Broughams! Some VWs! and how about a copper government-issue Maverick or ’64 Electra 225 convertible? We’ll see them all and more, just stay tuned to Truck Free CC, compliments of moi. Let’s start out on the right foot, with this Keystone-equipped 1979 Pontiac Grand Prix SJ LJ Landau. Ah, I’m feeling truck-free already…feel the Brougham.
Pillow-top velour, fake wood, light blue environs, and a custom cushion steering wheel. Nice.
But those 1978-80 GPs were a little, well, plain. Maybe you’d rather have this ’77 instead?
How ’bout a nice Exner-tastic 1962 Plymouth? JP, are you in?
Or perhaps a 1972 Delta 88 in ’70s Green would be more to your liking. Alas, I’m afraid this one has already been reserved by Junqueboi. I dig the whitewalls and Cragar SS’s.
Our own JP Cavanaugh would probably like this 1973 Newport, but I have a better one in mind for him, so let’s let BigOldChryslers have this one. Very solid, but for some reason it is sporting ’80s Fifth Avenue locking wire wheel covers instead of the factory units. Me, I’d go for some Magnum 500s–but keep the whitewalls, of course.
OK, JP might like that Fuselage Newport, but I am thinking this ’65 ’66 Sport Fury would be his primo pick. Just look how sleek it is–and a convertible to boot!
If you enjoy al fresco motoring but are more of a GM guy, perhaps this Electra 225 will light your fire. I can picture Carmine driving this through Miami, wearing a fedora and smoking a cigar. Not a Cadillac but still an excellent choice.
At the opposite end of the spectrum, we have this 1976 or ’77 Maverick, with no options visible save some aftermarket mud flaps and whitewall tires. This car reminded me of all the plain-wrapper Aspens and Volarés that used to get blown up and crashed on the A-Team.
There was also a very nice aqua and white 1964-66 Chevrolet Suburban. This one is a regular at the River Valley Classics cruise-ins, and it always looks good to me.
This early ’50s Dodge pickup was not near as factory-correct as the Chev, but no less cool. Dodge pickups are usually outnumbered by Fords and Chevrolets by about 20 to 1 at the cruise-ins around here, so it was nice to see one, especially one so vintage!
Look a Porsche! That line never fails to get a rise out of my dad, when friends see his 356. It has been a running gag for decades. Yes, the 356 and Karmann Ghia look somewhat similar. No, they are not the same. But both are cool in their own way! This one appears to be a very late one, a 1972-74 judging from the bumpers.
Inside it is classic, no-nonsense VW, with bucket seats, floor shift and plenty of open-air driving potential.
This one appeared to be in original condition, even sporting the whitewalls once so very common on U.S.-bound Volkswagens.
Not too far away was this black 1957 Skyliner. These are usually full show horses, with two-tone paint, continental kit (ugh!), and all manner of tacked-on accessories. I rather liked this one, with its solid coat of black, no whitewalls and a red-and-white interior. Very nice.
A 1960 Starliner was also present, with its “setting sun” taillights, which interrupted the jet-tube taillight dynasty at Ford that reigned from 1952 to 1965.
Not too many of these ’60s are around, but my Grandpa Fred had a Galaxie 500 he bought brand new, very much like this example. Just picture it in metallic aqua inside and out and you’re there.
This 1986 1983 Cutlass Supreme Calais was in mint condition, with gray bucket-seat interior and console. It was nice to see one in original shape, as many of these ’80s Cutlasses are hot rod fodder around here. I think they were very classy.
Well, we’re at an end to our little Big Rig Week break. Hey, I like reading about interesting old big rigs too, but we’ve got to remember, cars are our bread and butter at CC. Not to mention I have a couple thousand car show pictures. All of these were taken July 28, 2012. Let’s close with this very clean 1975-76 Nova SS. Nice to see cars that aren’t hot rods, Mustangs, Camaros or Corvettes, huh? And I am looking very forward to this spring and summer, when a certain Town Car Cartier, a cooler, a portable radio and a folding chair and myself will be joining the QC cruise-in scene–as a participant!
Ah, my first car, a 79 GP. Mine was black with a black vinyl bench – which you were guaranteed to sweat all over no matter what time of year it was.
All in all I’d say…not the best car; but they were reasonably popular back then nonetheless. I don’t think the styling has held up all that well tho.
And, as I’ve said before, I used to flip the air cleaner lid on that 301 2V just to hear that 4v sucking sound coming from under the hood. Who cares that the slug of a car was made even slower when I did that, I was only 16 and didn’t really know any better.
I always kinda liked the 78-80 downsized Grand Prix’s, true that they represented a more “Monte Carlo-ing” of Pontiacs personal luxury car, you could still get a pretty cool one if you ticked off the right options. I would take a nice SJ with the buckets and T-tops, suspension package and the T/A style snowflakes, the full gauge cluster, in black. You could even still get real leather seats as an option in this vintage Grand Prix.
And cornering lamps of course….
Did you notice how perfect the woodgrain is on that steering wheel? That car probably has like 8 miles on it. Amazing.
My favorite GP would be the ’78 because of the one-year-only slit taillamps & silver-faced gages….I mean gauges.
Ah, yes, the 78’s had the silver faced gauges, that was a nice touch.
These looked pretty good with the right options. When I was a kid a friend’s dad had a ’78 GP in Dresden Blue, white landau top and (I think) a blue interior. It also had the snowflake alloys, and I thought it was pretty nice. Carrie’s mom was also in the Pontiac fold, with a metallic blue G-body Bonneville LE sedan.
I always liked this black one in the ’78 Pontiac brochure:
A luxury cushion steering wheel in mint condition! The woodgrain on those always wears off. That one looks like new. I always wanted a Pontiac with that steering wheel. I thought it was so cool that Pontiac made you order an optional steering wheel if you got a tilt steering wheel. So if the luxury cushion steering wheel wasn’t standard you had to pay 20.00 extra for it if you ordered a tilt steering wheel! I always thought it was strange how Pontiac chose which models it was standard on. A Grand Lemans Safari has it standard, but the Bonneville Safari/Grand Safari doesn’t?
My neighbor had a 1980 SJ, loaded to the max that I thought was the nicest Grand Prix I had ever seen. It was white with a white landau roof and burgundy leather buckets. It had the snowflake wheels and a power sunroof. Their son inherited the car when it was only 3 years old and totaled it. He actually flipped it over by hitting someone head on going the wrong way on a local highway. He walked away from the accident basically unharmed. It was strange how one day a car that I really admired and saw every day was gone forever.
Love, love, love that ’62 Plymouth. Firmly believe that Chrysler had the right idea with those cars, and it was GM, Ford and the American public who were dead wrong. The lightness of those lines in a two door or convertible are just gorgeous.
And the mid-70’s Nova. Along with the ’55, the prettiest sedans Chevrolet ever made.
I’ve always loved the 62 Plymouth, so handsome compared to the 61, one of the worst Plymouths of all time. I concur – it always looked best in the two-door versions.
The 72 Olds is a real beauty.
That ’62 Plymouth is mine! It’s always been my favorite ever since it came out. I quite agree, its lightness flies. And red too, it’s red cars only at our house. Mine.
Gee, too bad people weren’t fighting over these cars when they were new; instead there was all that finger pointing at Chrysler corporate…
No, I think 3 people liked them back then, too. 🙂
More power to you, Tom. I once brought my `71 Cutlass to a car show, and even though I am quite gregarious, I was pretty much ignored. I haven’t been to one since.
Oh, I won’t be there for them, I’ll be there for me! And the nice thing about a cruise-in is you can leave whenever you want.
Not sure how it would work at this sort of show over there, but would you get comments about your car being too new?
I doubt it. Plenty of people bring brand-new Camaros, Mustangs and Challengers to these things–sometimes still with the 30-day tag on it!
What’s fun is to take my friends restored 71 Chevelle ragtop and my very tired original 77 Chevelle sedan to a show, park them side by side and see peoples reactions to them, and the age groups. The droptop will catch a lot of eyes, but people will stop and ask me about my sedan and its history.
I always like people watching and a car show can be very interesting.
the 73-77 GP is my favorite car of the 70s. So big, so sexy. The 78-87s were OK but nowhere near the greatness of the previous GPs and the 88+ were abysmal. I love my 73 and my 77 parts car is too nice for parts so I just may have to build it…
Is that a 68 Coronet next to the Cutlass? Any info on that one?
I believe that is a ’68 or ’69 Coronet. It is a regular around here, but I don’t think I have any pictures of it.
I figured you’d ask about that gorgeous white ’77-’78 T/A hiding behind that custom dodge truck thing.
I’m hoping Tom will post a pic of that ’67 Impala behind the T/A eventually. Of course I’m quite happy with the ’72 Delta convertible he gave me in this post. I can’t wait to put a black top & some Super Stock IVs on that baby…
I saw that TA but admittedly wrote it off as ‘another’ S&B-era Trans Am, although white is a nice change from the standard black and red ones I always see at the shows.
I like the Olds too but I would leave the Cragars and WWs
Thanks! I think we all needed that. And I’ll duke it out with Syke over that ’62 Fury. I wouldn’t bet on me winning, though 🙂
Mine!
Im jumping in the ring on that one too! WrestleMania, baby!
The ’79 Grand Prix was my first car (claret – a burgundy color with creme landau top). I’m not sure about the vinyl top on the example here. This looks like the style they put on the ’78s. I thought all ’79s with vinyl had the full padded version with opera window, like mine.
I considered the interior design better than the divisional rivals at the time, and still do. All those round vents made for good air positioning. In looking at the photo, I remembered how that black horizontal piece with Grand Prix script over the glovebox fell off on mine, and it rattled around the footwell area for a long time. Every time I thought I had secured it in place again, I would go over a bump and it would launch into the seat.
As was common for GM then, it was not a reliable car, with the a/c going out several times and the left power window only lowering a few inches before getting stuck in a cacophony of loud, groaning protest.
Nice pictures, but I’ll take my post-’73 Pontiacs with cladded sides over vinyl roofs.
Nice shots, I like all of them. I had a ’77 Grand Prix for a short time many years ago. I’m with the others on the ’62 Plymouth. I haven’t seen one of those in ages. I like the Fury convertible, although I think it is a ’66 model. I had a neighbor that had one the same color when it was close to new. I had a chance to buy a ’64 Electra very similar to that one in about ’74 or ’75. It was very nice and dirt cheap as convertibles were in a low slump at that time. But, I was young and free and had no means to take care of a car like that. I agree with you on the ’57 Skyliner. It looks like a real car, not a show queen. I see there was a ’58 in the crowd, also. I’ve always thought the ’60 Starliner’s were a sharp design. And some regular four door sedans to boot.
Many of them look lonely, with the crowds around the Mustangs, etc. But I would be hanging out with these cars and others like them.
Send that 86 Cutlass my way, please. Comfortable and fast and fun.
Before you hand over the keys to every Mopar pictured to JP, I’d like to speak up for that sweet 65 Sport Fury convertible. 🙂
That is a 1966 Sport Fury. Amazing how different it looks from the 65…much longer and sleeker looking, but aside from the minor front & rear end changes, and side trim, it was pretty much the same car!! 🙂
Yeah you’re right. Tom wrote that it was a 65 in the article, so that’s what I wrote. I never paid as much attention to the Fury as I do the Chryslers and Dodge Polara/Monaco, so I didn’t catch his typo.
Right you are. I thought it was a ’65, but obviously was a bit off…
Here’s a ’65 Sport Fury.
Cool, I have the Town Victoria version of the green Galaxie in the advert.
Nice pics. I’d give any of them some time in my garage except for the Maverick sedan. Well, maybe two days just to make me appreciate something broughamier.
I like the ’79 GP, but that crappy bit of vinyl top has to go. I saw quite a bit of vinyl like that when they were new, and I suspect it was dealer installed. Yuck!
Hard not to give the ’65 Fury the nod as the best of the bunch.
Patrick Bell is correct — that red Sport Fury is a ’66, with the taillights mounted higher up than on the ’65, with the split trim panel.
The ’62 Plymouths are really beginning to grow on me also. They seemed so wrong at the time, but were much closer to that “sweet spot” Paul often mentions in regard to true midsize cars like the ’55 Chevy, ’64 Chevelle, and today’s Camcords.
I’ve seen a Dodge pickup like the one pictured, and they are tiny compared to today’s monsters (and seem noticeably smaller than even GM’s Advance Design trucks).
The 1960 Starliner is basically the only 1960s Ford I like. Like a 59 Chevy but with the crazy turned down just a notch.
+1 on 60 Starliners,I thought i was the only fan.I also like the Edsel version that was shown at CC recently
I call seconds on the ragtop Olds! Needs some white letters, though.
Good to also see the G-bodies represented. That vintage of GP didn’t have much appeal for me, but I do approve of the Keystone Klassics. (I ran a set on my first car, a “midnight blue” Regal with the wheels’ centers painted to match, and they looked great.)
The Cutlass would be more my style – dark paint color, RWLs on factory sport wheels with rings and caps, plus buckets and a console to boot. The T-tops are also a neat option you don’t see on these every day.
Still, when it comes to G-body choices, I’d pick the Regals every time. Clean lines, a classy look, and it doesn’t take much to make even the cushiest example sporty.
Not to undermine a future COAL, but here’s one “before” shot of a work in progress…
Why does the brother in law’s ’84 Gran Prix look like a hill billy hot rod. He swears the steering wheel and front seats are factory-spec, while I say they belong on a ’87 Pontiac Grand Am
I’m all over that Electra convertible. Looks nice and loaded, cornering lamps and those heavy ass cast 2 piece wheelcovers, any shots of the interior? The brown Maverick reminds me of the identical car that was owned by the secretary at my grandmothers condo when I was a kid, brown just like that with basic wheelcovers.
Also, is that back seat in the Galaxie advert the most absurdly exaggerated thing ever? Wow.
60 Fords are few and far between. I’ve seen very few at shows.
Holy crap! Is that a Century Turbo Coupe next to the Nova?
I think it is. I KNOW Tom took a picture of that car….
“Holy crap! Is that a Century Turbo Coupe next to the Nova?”
Could be. I was so busy trying not to look directly at the nose of that Nova, that I didn’t even notice it.
If it is, I wonder if it’s the same one that was floating around the Minneapolis craigslist a couple summers ago? The color combo seems to be the same, IIRC.
From what I understand from a guy that worked on the line building ’60 Fords, they were poor cars and were not durable at all. He hated them said the 59 and 61 cars were vastly better cars.
Yes, I have previously shown that Turbo Coupe in a Car Show Classic post: https://www.curbsideclassic.com/blog/cruise-i-classic-mainlines-monzas-and-more-in-moline/
I hate to say it….but other than the fuzzy dice, I really like the Maverick. Totally not my thing but that example looks to be perfect. Kudos to the owner for showing it.
I like the 59 Ford we had a wagon for towing recalcitrant cars at a wreckers I worked at I liked that one and I like the white 2 door model too, I went to a show last weekend and found something really rare Its on the cohort but no-ones spotted it yet.
Bryce, the only trouble is half of the pictures in that upside down universe car show we (at least I) have never seen so they all look rare so I tried to copy one to say “is it this the one” but it wouldn’t copy. That 1600 super Avenger is one I have never heard of but i’ll guess it’s not rare.
Well, Bryce, you posted some really good stuff on the cohort – and quite the variety too. Edsel’s are rare, but I’m going to guess you are thinking of the Hudson Jet.
Or the Avenger?
Or the Minx ragtop?
I’m going to nominate the Ford Zodiac wagon because they were built-to-order only and the top-level Zodiac instead of a Zephyr would have been most unusual.
But then 1906 Cadillacs don’t grow on trees, Riley Elfs are unusual, the Alvis TD21 would be rarer than the Nissan Gloria at least originally but probably more survive.
A Grand Prix with a bench seat is as unnatural as a Ford Skyliner with black wall tires.
Yeh, all those big trucks laid an egg the size of a blown out Firestone Steel500 GR78 X 15 radial tire.
I for one really appreciated this look at trucks, which if anything have less exposure then Broughams.
Now Tom, you didn’t think I would stay away for this one, did you???
As always, great pics of an undoubtedly great show!
FWIW, that lovely Cutlass Calais (and I mean Lovely!) looks to be a 1983 model. I know the grille looks similar to the ’86 model…
The biggest giveaway though, is that the Cutlass Calais was replaced with the Cutlass Salon in 1985.
I shot an EVEN BROUGHAMIER ’79 GP the other day. I’ll write it up eventually!
Raymond Burr drove a Skyliner just like that one in the first seasons of Perry Mason.
That 1979 Poncho…
That and all of its siblings I call the slab-sided models. Just a hint of the classic GM styling with none of the panache of the previous model years, or the next, for that matter.
I never liked these because of that – they just looked cheap. The 1980 models addressed that perception and from my experience became the last of the classic GM mid-sizers – basically re-designed Colonnades for the 1980s, but only in coupe form. Fixed back glass or not, I’d have one of those!
I’ll take the Suburban for the missus who has an SUV obsession but put me in any of the big sedans/coupes. My faves would be the Newport and the Starliner, you wouldn’t see too many of those around while you were driving them. I also have grown to love Chrysler’s big car styling of the 60s and 70s.
Given a choice, I’d like to be the guy at the show, where nobody else has the same vehicle as me. Not the Maverick!
Give me that 66??? Suburban, What a vey cool, and certainly, very different show vehicle.
I will admit that I am starting to come around on the 62 Plymouth. My biggest gripe today, though, is the unwritten law that EVERY 62 Plymouth or Dodge must be modded in some way. Just once I’d like to see one all stock and not red. Didn’t Chrysler paint 94% of production beige or baby blue?
I have always been a sucker for a 73 Newport, and as a former owner of a 66 Fury III am a fan of that Sport Fury too.
Since MikePDX and BOC are taking all the cars you promised me, can I have Carmine’s Electra? That is a nice old Buick. And I also will second JB on the Maverick. You could drive it around thankful that it’s not a Granada. Finally, isn’t solid black with that gold sidespear the classic 57 Ford color combo? Love it.
I like that 62 Plymouth, at least if you don’t like the rims you can switch them back. And anyway I do like those rims, you don’t see those much.
Do I see a spindly air cleaner for the leaning tower of six cylinder power under the hood?
I dunno, it looks too centered. I’m leaning towards some kind of little performance air cleaner. I’ll bet that there are not 5 of these left in the world that have stock wheels, are not red, and have a wideblock 318 under the hood. That is the one I want.
As I recall, that car had a V8. Wish I had more pictures, but back in 2012 my camera was limited to about 20 pics before filling up.
Not a problem with the new camera!
At least half a dozen cars here that I wouldn’t mind having, including the ’62 Plymouth, the Olds convertible and the fuselage Chrysler. Even the Karmann Ghia would be great for top down cruising, at least as long as you weren’t in any kind of hurry. I learned to drive in a 1960 Ford, not, of course, a Skyliner. For my father cars were just transportation modules and our 1960 Ford was a Fairlane 500 two door sedan, complete with 223 CID six and Fordomatic. I managed to total the Ford within two months of getting my driver’s license. This did not improve my popularity at home.
I don’t get one reserved for me Tom? 🙂
Great assortment though. I’ve been yearning for some non-trucks this week. I’ll take that 1980s Cutlass Supreme. My grandfather owned 2 like those in the ’80s.
Well, there weren’t any Acuras or 1990s Olds Eighty Eights or Ninety-Eights 🙂
The Maverick reminds me of an old guy I knew in the Seventies. His was brown, too. Charlie was always grumpy, apparently because his Metamucil never worked. His old buddies would greet him with “How you doin’ today, Charlie?” He would snort and say, “That damned Metamucil won’t kick in”. I always wondered if he chose that color out of wishful thinking. And now that I’ve grossed everyone out, I’ll take that ’62 Plymouth, thankee.
Thanks for the break from the trucks, I was about to write this week off.
I like that 79 GP. I believe these were available with a manual transmission.
I think my favourite is the Newport. I just love that 70s green.
The 79 grand Prix is certainly a comedown from the 77. Very ugly and plain.
I don’t see it as plain. Today’s cars are very plain with hardly any chrome in sight, no exterior trim and little in the way of bling. The GP for 78-80 had a distinct hood ornament, lots of chrome, nice optional rally or snow flake alloy wheels, luxurious interiors and a much more toned down look from the forced look of the Monte Carlo’s of the same era.
Nowadays, seeing a bone stock 70’s car lights up my memory bank. The Maverick and Newport look like they were beamed by ‘Scotty’ to today.
I agree with comment that it seems like most 1962 ‘Exner’ Mopars are modded or drag racer clones. Most were police cars, cabs, or family cars. I do prefer the 1963 and 64 updates to these Furys, though.
Actually the 1979 Grand Prix shown in the picture is an LJ model. The SJ was the sporty trim level. Think “L” as luxury (Brougham) and “S” as sporty. The SJ model came strictly with bucket seats and floor shifter and from 79-80 had a silver dash and sport steering wheel as opposed to the wood trim on the LJ. You could get optional split bench or buckets in the LJ but the wood grain dash was your only option. The SJ also came with the 4BBL version of Pontiac’s 301 with a mighty 150 horses for 1979 and 170 for 1980 using the W72 version of that same engine.
The Cutlass Calais shown is a 1983 model. That name was dropped from the G-body line after 1984 and instead applied to the N-body and the G-body became the Salon up to 1987. There is currently this exact same car on ebay with a 307 and near brand new condition that i would love to get my hands on.
Thanks for the info, I couldn’t tell if the little front fender logo said “LJ” or “SJ.” I should have figured on an LJ with the blue velour and bench seat!
Joe you are right. The 79 gap does have a lot of style compared to all the hprrid looking new cars made by just about everyone but Chrysler and kia. Still mu momma drove a 77 and I always thought the 78-80 go looked terrible compared to the 77 go PR the Cordoba and t bird.
Yeah, the ’78-’80 looks pretty good, until a 1973-77 parks next to it! But a ’78 looks way better than any new Altima, Camry, etc.
Without a doubt, the blue Dodge pickup and the ’62 Plymouth would be my faves. I hear some naysaying on anything but bone stock but I fall smack into the ‘modify it’ camp. That said, neither of these has been chopped up or butchered but rather presented as you would expect to find them in their heydays. Coke bottle mags FTW, all day every day! That Dodge has probably slid around turns on a few dirt roads in its time, and the Plymouth is just a nice clean ride. I don’t care much for most of Exener’s work but those and the toilet seat Valiants speak to me. Looks a lot less like a plucked chicken with the mags.
I do like seeing the G-bodys on Keystones. Reminds me of some of the cars upper classmen had when I was in H.S. in the early 90s. The kids 1-3 years ahead of me seemed to have an appreciation for the coke bottle wheels also, but my class and under was all about the sawblades and 5-stars. Blasphemy, I say! But in the case of the Nova or that Cutty above it, stock wheels are just fine. I have no love for GM in general but I gotta say, from the late 60s right til the early 90s whoever was designing wheels for them was doing a KILLER job. Wheels like those don’t look like the normal boring factory trash, but rather something youd pay to put on your ride. And many swapped that flavor of rolling stock onto lesser rides like S-10s etc.
For some of us, not car show oddballs but the car show interesting and worthwhile. That ’64 Electra 225, long sleek flanks and diecast ‘jewelry’ does it for me! Loved those then, still do. My high school French teacher drove a light tan four-window four door hardtop, the only luxury car in the parking lot.
Exner’s “plucked chickens” were harder to love overall but other than the front and rear styling, the side view, mid-section looked very sophisticated compared to their dirt-ordinary competitors. Really wished the planned S-Type ’62-’64 Imperial as a further development of that ’60 Valiant design theme had made it to market
To be fair, I’ll give the owners of the popular but over-exposed pony-muscle car their due for spending the family fortune to preserve yet another belly-button, me-too “classic” but enough of those boring things already! Don’t be hurt when I ignore your Camaro, Mustang, Hemi-Mopar, or whatever while making a bee-line for one of these ‘aahhdddiitiiees”!
For some of us, not car show oddballs but the car show interesting and worthwhile. That ’64 Electra 225, long sleek flanks and diecast ‘jewelry’ does it for me! Loved those then, still do. My high school French teacher drove a light tan four-window four door hardtop, the only luxury car in the parking lot.
Exner’s “plucked chickens” were harder to love overall, but other than the front and rear styling, the side view, mid-section looked very sophisticated compared to their dirt-ordinary competitors. Really wished the planned S-Type ’62-’64 Imperial as a further development of that ’60 Valiant design theme had made it to market
To be fair, I’ll give the owners of the popular but over-exposed pony-muscle car their due for spending the family fortune to preserve yet another belly-button, me-too “classic” but enough of those boring things already! Don’t be hurt when I ignore your Camaro, Mustang, Hemi-Mopar, or whatever while making a beeline for one of these ‘aahhdddiitiiees”!