For 1966, Datsun went to 11. The durable and Pininfarina-styled Datusn P410 was stepped up with more engine and became the Datsun P411. In 2004 Pete Peterson found this 1967 Datsun RL411 Bluebird SSS wearing various shades of blue and surface rust, and woke it up from a 20-year junkyard slumber. The chronicle of the this Datsun is one of two cars, forty years, and a meandering … [Read more...]
Victory Econoline
Long before the Car Allowance Rebate System prematurely doled out billions for OK and used up automobiles alike, cars and trucks that outlasted their useful purposes met a natural dismantled end at the junkyard. A few chosen junkers of the highest order sidestep this recycling time line for a last go in the name of entertainment. Any automobile that makes a final pre-junkyard … [Read more...]
The Golden Gator
More can be better when it comes to forced induction. The Al Lidert Golden Gator rear-engine dragster ran with Chase Knight at the wheel, a supercharger on top of the intake manifold, and not one but two turbochargers feeding the 464 cubic-inch hemi engine underneath all the plumbing. Two turbos boosting a supercharger through a Hilborn mechanical fuel injection system at 60 … [Read more...]
Compact Executive J-Car
From the spell check has no idea what sort of word Cimarron is department comes this 1988 Cadillac Cimarron. A junkyard hoof over the holiday weekend revealed dozens of quality automobiles ready to be picked clean, and melted down into steel poles for partially solar-powered sustainable parking meters that simultaneously confuse the public and spit out squares of recycled … [Read more...]
Sunbeam Minx DeLuxe
Some of the more interesting cars at any car show are often found at the adjacent parking lot. Recent proof is this 1967 Sunbeam Minx DeLuxe. The car is driven daily as an around town runabout by Maggie Ware, whose father picked up the sedan only slightly used in 1968. The car has remained in the family since. This Rootes Group survivor is in original condition, soldiering on … [Read more...]