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Martin Auto Museum, Part 12 |
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1951 Kaiser Special
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From the first year of a dramatic restyling that would endure for the rest of Kaiser's automaking history, this 1951 Kaiser Special is one of 38,078 four-door sedans produced that year in the entry-level model range. This Special has been in the same family since new, with Caribbean Coral Iridescent paint that is believed to be original. The car still bears access stickers from the Air Force base where the seller's father served as an officer.
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1976 Chevy Monte Carlo Landau Custom
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But, if you know the classic body lines of the 1976 Monte Carlo, you will recognize that this car has been customized. This modified Monte Carlo has both the front-end and rear-end from a Rolls Royce, giving this car a whole new look. On top of that, this beautiful car has only 2,000 original miles.
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Only 100 of these one-of-a-kind cars were made by a small Florida company between 1973 and 1977. This car was featured on the cover of the March 1976 issue of Car and Driver magazine.
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1977 Lincoln Continental Mark V
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At 230 inches long, the Mark V is the largest two-door coupe ever sold by Ford Motor Company, with the 233-inch long two-door and four-door Lincoln Continental sedans (produced alongside it) as the only longer vehicle ever marketed by Ford. Distinguished by its sharp-edged exterior design, design themes of the Mark V would be adapted onto Lincoln vehicles throughout the 1980s. For 1980, the Mark V was replaced by the Continental Mark VI. As the Mark series underwent downsizing in the interest of fuel economy, the Mark VI saw significant reductions in exterior dimensions.
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1972 Oldsmobile Cutlass Coupe "442 W30 Tribute"
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Approximately 38,000 Cutlass Coupes were built in 1972 and sold originally for about $3,000. This is a 442 W30 Tribute car. In other words, it is closer to a standard 1972 Oldsmobile Cutlass that was painted and badged to look like a 442 W30.
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1975 Chevrolet Cosworth Vega
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All 2,061 1975 Cosworth Vegas were finished in black acrylic lacquer with gold "Cosworth Twin Cam" lettering on the front fenders and rear cove panel and gold pinstriping on the hood bulge, body sides, wheel openings, and rear cove. Black was not available on other Vegas until mid-1976. Most Cosworth Vegas have black interiors. All had a gold-colored engine-turned dash bezel, gold-plated dash plaque with build sequence number, 8,000 rpm tachometer, and Cosworth Twin-Cam Vega steering wheel emblem.
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1969 Buick Skylark GS Convertible
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For 1969, a locking steering column with a new, rectangular ignition key became standard on all 1969 GM cars (except Corvair), one year ahead of the Federal requirement. Buick dropped the Skylark model after 1998.
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To be continued... |
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