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Either will have to find the right buyer. We like them, sure, but the masses aren't exactly beating down the doors for a 56 Lincoln or a 62 Meteor.

You'd hate to put it thru the rigors of use, but this would be a plumb stylish delivery vehicle for the right business in the right area.

Look close at the horn ring center. Ford interchangeability! Reproduction brake pedal pads are available. Seller ought to invest in one. Nice looking car. Mercury had it going on in 62.

Nice looking Rambler but I would like to know what type of electrical work has been done. More importantly was it done to standards or hackjobbed like most old car electrical repairs are done. I'm jaded. Seen and had to repair too much jackleg automotive electrical work.

And Karim is trying to peddle rust resistant varnish. I asked a Greensboro friend if he knows this Oldsmobile. He doesn't, but he does know of Rumley. Says he has some very good stuff, and a lot like this one. Appears to have a low compression four-barrel 394. HydraMatic, power steering and brakes, and standard cable operated heater and ventilation. $16k is "optimistic". $4500 is closer to realistic and that's provided it runs, drives and stops without issues. Overpriced 1961 Oldsmobiles seems to be a thing lately.

I guess seeing Wayne with all that exotic machinery that goes thru his shop, I never had him figured for something as "ordinary" as a 60s Ford. I like this car.

Wasn't that Cars drummer David Robinson's Mangusta? That's like those knuckleheads on Trans Am who, without the customer's OK, replaced the Olds 455 in that customer's Vista Cruiser with some type of GM LS engine and had to eat it.

Someone mentioned a lot of Imperials showing up for sale lately. June '24 Collectible Automobile has a great feature on 1957-75 Imperial LeBarons- basically the timeframe when Imperial was its own marque instead of just the top-level Chrysler.

That's a huge dash pad and will be very expensive to ship from Germany to USA and back for restoration. If you can find a dash in US and have an ROA or AACA-Buick forum member handle restoration here in the States, you might come out ahead on shipping. Last one I had shipped within US from Chicago to Southern Virginia, shipping was as much as the dash. It came in a wooden crate. Gorgeous GS by the way.

Just a guess. In their current condition, if the outer edges aren't dented or road-rashed and the spinners and hubs aren't terribly pitted, $25-30 each. Spend a little time cleaning and polishing them and you're moving into $65-75 each. To do that properly will require some disassembly.

Mid 60s Chrysler products wear that bronze color well. Above average appearing car, seems most issues are from lack of use. Not sure a mid-line 4d sedan can command that money but we've seen less car for more money.

I like this bambalance!👍 Obviously well cared for and maintained.

"They said there were fish under here😡"

Try owning a Hurst/Olds. People are forever saying "never seen no hearse like that". Along with a lot of other homonyms. Spell check is the cause of a lot of it. Even though the writer may get it correct, spell check can and will corrupt it in editing. Thanks again to Varun's immense car knowledge! We can only hope some young person is sitting at his feet soaking it up for the future.

Well said. I'm at a point in life the number of doors or length of the roof makes no difference. Anybody notice this car has the remote control outside mirror? I think 56 was first year for that. It came up on an Oldsmobile forum a few weeks ago and someone with 50s parts books and sales brochures found it in the 56 Olds option list. Neat option, and IMO superior to the cable operated units that came later. And waaaaay superior to the current crop of electric operated mirrors that will invariably refuse to work when you need to adjust them!

Was just thinking "a Topo that didn't get turned into a Gasser". Let's hope the price scares off the crowd who would do that to this one. You know there are people whose brains are ticking at this very moment. I do kinda like that 56 Chevy two-door wagon in the top picture.

For such a huge car this Crown Coupe looks amazingly light on its feet. The angles suggest motion and performance. Pre-64s did too but they had those ridiculous high-mounted gunsight taillights. The 1963 rear end redesign finally brought Imperial out of the weird. Unless you're a complete as-built purist, lack of A/C might not be that big a problem. Find an aftermarket hang-on unit that looks era-correct and find proper Chrysler compressor mounting bracketry. Problem solved. Aftermarket air conditioning was way more common in this Imperial's time than factory installations. I like it.

Interesting car in what is probably its definitive color. The only thing that worries me with these years is Chrysler's less than stellar engine management electronics. Though to be fair they probably weren't any worse than anyone else's.

There are times I wish some of the cars in this section weren't on the other side of the country.😐 Then I realize it's probably a good thing that they are!

Are both pictures of the same piece? Can you give us its size? It looks a bit large to be a hood ornament or mascot unless it's for a large truck. My first thought was maybe part of a trophy.

I'm not quite as phobic about red cars as I am silver/gray/white, but I can't think of many cars that truly look good in gaudy red. Especially if combined with white vinyl, and certainly not a Cadillac or other luxury brand. If a red car doesn't have enough tastefully applied brightwork, it will invariably look like a fire chief or other fleet car. Same goes for other bright colors. I grew up with a boy who never really got past his primary colors. By age 16 he was a fairly decent painter but every car he ever had, within a couple weeks of acquiring it he painted it red, yellow or blue. It wasn't unusual for him to own 3 to 5 cars a year either, and he always managed to sell the bright colored cars. If questioned about his color choices "it's what I like".

And we're supposed to believe that what happens in Disneyland/Lalaland is the real world? At first glance I wondered are 67-70 Eldorado really trading at those stratospheric prices? then I saw the Mecum reference. I still say the auctions, bolstered by the "investment" crowd, have irreparably damaged the car hobby. I normally won't even watch them though I did watch about 15 minutes of the GAA auction in NC a couple nights ago. Between the talking head commentators who obviously didn't know diddly-squat about the cars crossing the block and the uneducated bidders grinning stupidly as they bid mundane cars past common sense, that 15 minutes was all I could stand.

Kinda makes you wish Matt Harwood had gotten this pretty Ninety Eight, don't it?

This sent me searching for Oldsmobile cookbooks, and danged if there aren't some! The Oldsmobile Girls Club at Lansing headquarters seems to have published several editions. This was the female employees' social and service club. Found one called "Olds Ala Mode" from 1986. This one looked like a typical fundraiser cookbook that churches, civic clubs, volunteer fire companies etc published. Again, a Lansing office effort, with several names I recognized. West, I think you have a couple of AA topics here if people will help research them. First, the car company cookbooks, then the customer magazines like Ford Times, Oldsmobile Rocket Circle and others.

Cruise Control speed set dial. The underhood components are missing. The yellow hood insulation is correct for 1962.