Rusted Automotive

If you haven't been paying attention to the latest trends of Hollywood, the ongoing theme of interest is the 1980s. The 1980s have been the inspiration for television shows such as Stranger Things and The Goldbergs have manage to take the 1980s and make that decade actually cooler than it really was. The decade I'm hoping television returns to at some point however is the 1960s; Mad Men did the overall best representation of the 1960s, but that's the only show I can think of that focuses on the 1960s. Until that day comes, you can throw yourself back into the 1960s with this 1964 Mercury Montclair four-door sedan. Find it here on Hemmings in Newport Beach, California, with an asking price of $11,500 obo. After a four-year hiatus, the Montclair returned to the Mercury lineup to replace the Monterey and Monterey Custom lines. Available as a convertible, coupe and sedan, the Montclair was not much more than a trim option, albei...

When it comes to Mopars, the cars that typically come to mind are the Plymouth 'Cuda, Dodge Charger, Dodge Challenger, Plymouth Road Runner, and the Dodge Super Bee. However, Mopar had been building high-performance models well before those models even appeared. Perhaps the most notorious was Chrysler's Letter-Series cars, which were built from 1955 to 1965. This Letter Car is a 1964 Chrysler 300K, which was the second-to-last year for Letter Car production. Find it here on Craigslist in Grover Beach, California, with an asking price of $3,890. With the exception of the convertible model returning to the lineup, not much changed for the 1964 300 Letter-Series car, though the designation was changed from 300J to 300K. Thanks to a base price being reduced by $1,000 dollars, this was the highest total of production for the Letter-Series, with 3,022 coupes and 625 convertibles built. This 300K is a coupe, and looks to b...

As autumn enters the month of October, the work on classic vehicles slowly begins to shift from outdoors to indoors. For my family, the work outdoors continues, with my dad, my brother Kurt and I are working on repairing my brother's 1990 GMC K2500 and my dad's new 1997 GMC K2500 HD. By the time winter rolls around, work will shift to my dad's 1986 Corvette. For those still looking for a classic car to tinker on, looking outside of the box is a perfect way to score an interesting classic vehicle. This 1972 Ford Gran Torino Squire would be a perfect car to build up to one's desired look. Find it here on Craigslist in Chattanooga, Tennessee, with an asking price of $6,800, with trades for a 1999 or newer Dodge Cummins pickup or 1998-2002 Ford Powerstroke pickup considered. For 1972, the Torino was redesigned using many characteristics carried over from the previous generation. The 1972 Torino styling emphasize...