Hemmings Find of the Day – 1971 Plymouth Duster

There seem to be a contingent of Slant Six enthusiasts in Hemmings Nation, judging from the responses to the sleeper 1969 Valiant that we posted a few days ago. This 1971 Plymouth Duster, then, is for you Slant Sixers. From the seller’s description:
all original unrestored, slant six 225 /auto /one repaint 15 yrs ago […]

Hemmings Find of the Day – two 1958 Pontiac Chieftains

What would you do with two Pontiac Chieftains, both in project-car condition? The obvious answer is to strip the useable parts from one to aid in restoring the other. But which of these two 1958 Pontiac Chieftains deserves the restoration? The two-door, which looks rather rough, even from here, or the four-door, which runs and […]

Gordon v. Gorgoni – postwar streamlined diamonds an ocean apart

The years following World War II provided perhaps the greatest experimentation with the automobile since the first couple decades of the Twentieth Century. In those years the microcar became a European staple, the sports car spread to the United States and drivetrains started to move away from the traditional front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layouts. Also in those […]