Simple enough, these are the top 10 Car Spots viewers liked in 2023. Did you miss one? Take a look!
Car Spot: Viewers’ Top Ten of 23
Car Spot: EAA Jeep Scrambler
History on four wheels Every year around the last week in July I head up to EAA's AirVenture in Oshkosh since I not only love cars but also aircraft. This is a massive event and a must-attend if you're into airplanes. One of the areas I spend a significant amount of time in is the... Continue Reading →
Car Spot: 1937 Bantam Roadster
From the same company that built the first Jeep My first thought when "small cars" are mentioned is the 70s with the Japanese imports and domestics like the Pinto, Vega, and Gremlin. But way back in the 30s this country was introduced to a small car, the American Bantam similar to the one in this... Continue Reading →
Car Spot: Ford Pinto
America's answer to the Japanese car invasion ... Let me set the scene for you if you weren't around for the late 1960s to early '70s. Up until this point, gas was cheap in the US, about 31 cents a gallon, and we drove cars with big engines that got crappy gas mileage. But then... Continue Reading →
Car Spot: 1987 Studebaker Avanti
Its design started on the back of an envelope during an airplane flight I love this story because it's about an American automotive manufacturer that swung for the fence to save the company, much like AMC which I've written about many times on car spots here. This 1987 Avanti I spotted one day at the... Continue Reading →
Car Spot: 1978 Lincoln Continental Mark V Diamond Jubilee Edition
The longest two-door coupe Ford ever marketed ... The Lincoln brand has always been all about luxury and this week's spot is no exception. In the late 1970s and '80s a new segment popped up, personal luxury cars and they were huge profit makers for the manufacturers and even more with specialty releases like this... Continue Reading →
Car Spot: 1960s Amphicar
A car that could swim ... I love spots like this because the Amphicar is certainly not a car, er boat, you see every day. Matter of fact, it's not really a car, well not a really good one, and not really a good boat either. What it is, is fun! I spotted this one... Continue Reading →
Car Spot: 78 Mustang II 2+2
Expensive fuel and insurance rates led to its development I remember the fall of 1973. The Arabs decided to punish the US for backing Israel and reduced our oil supply. Nearly quadrupling the price of oil from $2.90 a barrel before the embargo to $11.65 a barrel in January 1974 gas prices went through the... Continue Reading →
Car Spot: Plymouth Prowler
Weird but way cool The 90s was a great time for Chrysler as they cranked out hit after hit. There was the PT Cruiser. Don't laugh because it sold over a million copies in ten years and might have been made longer if Chrysler hadn't kind of forgotten about it. They had a total beast... Continue Reading →
Car Spot: 1954 DeSoto Fireflite
It went from sitting pretty to utter doom in just three years Do you remember DeSoto cars? I vaguely remember seeing comedian Groucho Marx pushing them. They are one of the many car brands that was a victim of competition and getting squeezed out of existence in the 60s. Introduced by Walter P. Chrysler in... Continue Reading →
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