Archive for January, 2012
by Jim Pickering in Listings, Trucks
1955 was a split production year for GM trucks, with early production getting the previous year’s Advance Design body, and later trucks getting the all-new larger Task Force body. This truck is a rare one, as it’s an early ’55 Advance Design with a period NAPCO 4×4 conversion. Like all NAPCOs from this era, it [...]
by Jim Pickering in Listings, Vintage Cars
The Vega was introduced in 1971 as a small car for the Chevrolet line, and it didn’t take long for muscle car owners to figure out how to modify them for better performance. In fact, well-known tuner Baldwin Motion out of New York built and sold “Super Vegas,” which could be ordered with 350-ci small-block [...]
by Chad Tyson in Listings
Fiat’s 600 debuted in 1955. It was designed to seat four with room for luggage. The 600’s top speed from the factory was a stated 59 mph — and that might actually be true assuming you’re going downhill and have a tailwind. This custom example will probably hit that speed in the first three gears, [...]
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