It was snazzy, with a padded canvas-covered top and sweeping contrast-color panel on the bodysides, but sales were only fair at 17,601 for 1950 and another 8703 for '51. Crestliner's real purpose was to counter Chevy's true "hardtop-convertible," the 1950 Bel Air. Otherwise, the 1950...
Chieftain gained an important new body style in Pontiac's first "hardtop-convertible." Called Catalina and sold in DeLuxe or new Super DeLuxe trim, it accounted for 42,305 sales, nine percent of the division's total model-year volume. As in past years, an illuminated countenance of Chief P...
The Mustang’s price tag was set at $2,368 and was available in a coupe or convertible and numerous engine options. Due to the Mustang’s popularity GM decided to respond back with the Pontiac Firebird and the Chevrolet Camaro. And later on in 1969 Dodge introduced yet another entrant ...
Few cars can sum up the automobile style preferences of the 1960s like the Ford Mustang. Beginning with the Mustang I, a two-seater that prioritized style over substance, the car eventually morphed into its 1966 identity: often a red convertible with all the flair of the popular muscle car ...
Ford stepped up the competition against Chevy with models such as this 1940 Deluxe Ford Convertible. Gregorie made Fords even prettier for 1940 -- so much so that the DeLuxes in particular have long been coveted collectibles. Sealed-beam headlamps arrived, as elsewhere in Detroit, neatly...