1960 AUSTIN-HEALEY SPRITE Mk I
The Austin-Healey Sprite was inspired by the popular car of the pre-war era, the Austin Seven, and used the BMC A-series 9CC engine shared with the Austin A35 and Morris Minor 1000
1959 CHEVROLET IMPALA CONVERTIBLE
Chevrolet’s “wing” styling appeared in 1959. It was quite unlike the styling offered by the other manufacturers in the “Big Three”, even compared to the distinctive tail
1958 FACEL VEGA FVS 2
Considered the most successful brand of the century, Facel automobiles’ handmade GT, the FVS, is now a model with very few examples left in the world. Facel SA’s French founder
1958 CADILLAC SERIES 62 ELDORADO BIARRITZ
The most expensive luxury sports model of its year, the ‘58 Eldorado Biarritz was introduced with slight modifications, using more chrome, to the 1957 body style. Offered with a
1957 CHEVROLET TWO-TEN (210)
In 1957, the year it promoted the strapline “Number 1 in America” in its advertisements, Chevrolets had a much more chic and striking image than the renovated body designs of i
1957 CHEVROLET BEL AIR CONVERTIBLE
The mid-1950s are considered the time when the most remarkable Chevrolet models were made. The most desired and preferred model for collectors are the Tri-Chevy models and their co
1956 FORD THUNDERBIRD CONVERTIBLE
Ford’s T-Bird had sold 16,155 numbers in 1955, and for 1956 underwent many detail changes. Technically, the most important changes were a stiffening chassis, the addition of link
1956 CHEVROLET BEL AIR CONVERTIBLE
The 1956 Chevrolet is the neglected middle child of Tri-Chevy trend. As a classic car, it is always mentioned as falling after 1955 and before 1957. In fact, it was much more elega
1955 FORD THUNDERBIRD CONVERTIBLE
In February 1953, exactly a month after the introduction of Harley Earl’s Corvette design in the first “Motorama” concept auto exhibition in New York in January 1953, the wor
1955 CADILLAC SERIES 62 COUPE DE VILLE
In mid-1951, Edward “Ed” Glowacke took up the role of Cadillac’s chief designer, and initially focused on detailed changes. One of the first was the bullet-shaped chrome bump