Rusted Automotive

This upcoming Sunday up in Riegelsville, Pennsylvania (about a twenty-minute drive north of my house), the annual Fall Roll Out car show takes place. With that, the outdoor classic automotive show season wraps up for southeastern Pennsylvania. Most people (including me) will likely attend the show, but if one of you car enthusiasts feel that you should come in style, this 1974 Chevrolet El Camino SS would be a nice way to attend. Find it here on Craigslist in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, with an asking price of $6,500. After a full redesign in 1973, the A-body based El Camino soldiered on through 1974 with minor changes. Major updates included a new Mercedes-Benz inspired grille and minor trim changes. This El Camino is a 1974 SS model, and is one of 4,543 built for the model year. Painted black with a white hockey-stick side stripe, this El Camino features a front end swapped from a 1976 or 1977 model; I personally prefer th...

I'll admit it: I dig station wagons, especially vintage American ones. The American station has slowly become a thing of the past in today's automotive industry, though a few companies (Mercedes-Benz, Cadillac, Volvo, etc.) build or have built station wagons in the past five years. I even told a person that once I become a dad, I would rather rock a station wagon than a minivan. A perfect project for the winter months is this 1969 Plymouth Satellite station wagon, which already looks pretty close to a Road Runner. Find it here on eBay in El Paso, Texas, with reserve not met. Apparently I'm not the only one who thinks that this wagon should be made to look like a Road Runner. After being introduced in 1965 as a top-of-the-line sporty model in the B-body lineup, the Plymouth Satellite and its B-body stablemates were redesigned in 1968, gaining Coke-bottle styling that was modern and edgy. This Satellite is a 1969 station wagon model, and ...

As I may or may not have mentioned before, my family owns a cabin up in the Pocono Mountains in Pike County. From time to time, the family will head up into Carbondale and Dickson City to check out the local shops and stores. While driving through Carbondale, there is a ratty-looking 1955 Chevrolet two-door sedan sitting in front of a car wash business (unfortunately, the car is not for sale; believe me, I checked). While this 1955 Handyman is a two-door station wagon and not a two-door sedan, this wagon is almost an exact twin to the two-door sedan. Find it here on eBay in West Chester, Pennsylvania, with no bids and a little under 22 hours left to bid. In 1955, Chevrolet revolutionized the automotive industry with its full-size models. Featuring bold, new styling inspired by Cadillac, the full-size Chevrolets ditched the dumpy styling of the 1954 models for edgy, cutting-edge styling. This 1955 Chevrolet is a 150 Handyman two-door stati...

If as an automotive enthusiast you've been paying attention to the recent auction trends, then you may have noticed that vintage Japanese vehicles are on the rise in terms of collectability. The rise has especially favored vintage Japanese trucks, especially ones that have optional four-wheel drive. A prime candidate and rarely-seen in any condition is this 1986 Isuzu Space-Cab pickup 4X4, which also has the desirable manual transmission. Find it here on eBay in Los Angeles, California, with reserve not met.  After being marketed for years as the Chevrolet LUV (Light Utility Vehicle) in the North American market and Chevrolet bringing its own midsize pickup to the market (the S10), Isuzu hit the ground running and rebadged the LUV as P'up (short for pickup). Available as a two-door pickup or extended-cab (Space Cab) pickup, the P'up was sold from 1981 to 1991. This P'up is a 1986 Space Cab model, and is a rare sight in any...

As I previously mentioned the other day, I saw a commenter on another car website complaining about how classic muscle cars are no longer affordable for the blue collar worker. The problem with that statement is most people have not looked outside of the box in terms of classic muscle cars. While most collectors typically think of muscle cars such as the GTO, Camaro, Mustang, Firebird, 'Cuda, Charger and others, there are plenty of other muscle cars out there that are not as well-known but still have plenty of punch. A prime example is this 1965 Plymouth Sport Fury convertible, one of four known to exist with the 426 Street Wedge. Find it here on eBay in Lakewood, Ohio, with a current bid of $20,300 and a little bit over 20 hours left to bid.  After three years of being downsized to the mid-sized B-body platform, the Fury grew larger to the full-size C-body platform. The highest trim, the Sport Fury, was intended to comp...

Though the month of October ends after tomorrow, the past few weeks the temperatures outside have been fairly mild. After a Nor'easter swept through yesterday, however, dumping down close to two inches of rain, the temperatures have dipped down to more seasonable numbers. With that, as the year draws to a close and the days get shorter, automotive projects begin to move inside. If for some reason you still do not have a project to wrench on during the winter, this V8-powered 1964 Mercury Comet Caliente convertible would be a great project to work on during those colder months. Find it here on Craigslist in Fox Chase, Northeast Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with an asking price of $5,500.  Initially intended to be a part of the ill-fated Edsel lineup, the Comet instead debuted in the Mercury lineup as a twin to Ford's compact Falcon in 1960. Initially marketed as a low-priced economy car, the Comet eventually began to ...

As the year comes to a close and 2018 inches closer and closer, my thoughts turn to what cars I want to build up next year. Sure, I have cars that I alfready own that are ahead of everything else in terms of future automotive builds, but I do keep a close eye out for cars that pique my interest. This 1971 Dodge Demon race car caught my eye when I saw it online, especially since it was originally a Demon 340 but ran a 426 Hemi when it drag raced. Find it here on Craigslist in Ardmore, Pennsylvania, with an asking price of $2,500.  Though today's Dodge Demon is essentially a street-legal race car based off of the Dodge Challenger Hellcat, in 1971 the Dodge Demon was the kissing cousin to the Plymouth Duster. Essentially a rebadged Duster with minor differences, the Demon, much like the Duster, was only available as a two-door hardtop. While Dodge offered trim packages like the Sizzler  as an insurance-friendly appearance package, ...

One of the truest statements that I've ever heard is that if an enthusiast cannot afford a classic car, then the next best thing is a classic truck. Classic trucks offer the same amount of style a classic car does, with the added benefit of utility that a car typically does not offer. As a family that mostly owns GM vehicles, my preferences typically lean more towards trucks from Chevrolet and GMC. This classic GMC pickup is a long-bed, big-window half-ton model, and is a much rarer sight in any condition than its Chevrolet brethren. Find it here on eBay in Denton, Texas, with no bids and a little under ten hours left to bid. After the success of its New Design series pickup trucks, GMC redesigned its light-duty pickup trucks and were thusly designated the Blue Chip series. For its 1958 model, GMC switched its headlight setup from dual to quad headlamps, and every pickup truck celebrated GM's 50th anniversary with minimal chrome a...

While I was writing the other day, I saw a commenter on another car website talking about how muscle cars are becoming more expensive and thus are further and further away from the grasp of blue-collar enthusiasts. While that statement is fairly true, the problem with that statement is it pertains mostly to 1964 to 1974 muscle cars. While the later muscle cars are not as desirable and fast as their predecessors, their handling is fairly decent, as is their performance. This muscle car is a 1979 Hurst/Olds, and is believed to be the first one built for 1979. Find it here on eBay in Naperville, Illinois, with no bids, a Buy-It-Now price of $8,900, and a little under eight and half hours left to bid. After a four-year hiatus, the Hurst/Olds returned for 1979; now based off of the Cutlass Calais coupe, the Hurst/Olds came in either white and gold or black and gold and came with unique 15X7 aluminum wheels. This 1979 Hurst/Olds i...

Before we begin, I would like to acknowledge that I am aware that in Wayne's World, Garth drove a Pacer hatchback. Having said that, this AMC Pacer DL wagon definitely looks like something Garth and Wayne would cruise around in. A 1978 model, this DL wagon is a factory V8-equipped model and comes with a rare Carl Green fiberglass wide body kit. Find it here on eBay in Thurman, Ohio, with a little over nine and half hours left to bid. Initially available as a two-door hatchback, a two-door station wagon was added to the Pacer lineup for 1977. Measuring six inches longer and weighing 76 pounds more than the coupe, the Pacer wagon featured a squared-off back and almost upright side windows. This Pacer wagon is a 1978 DL model, and is one of 13,820 station wagons built for 1978. Painted silver, there is a bit of rust on the inside of the driver's door and on the firewall, and the windshield is cracked, but the seller men...