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Top 5 ~ Barn Find Cars Edition ~ This Week’s Craiglist Classic Cars for March 13, 2023
13Mar By Brian CoreyNo Comments
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Top 5 ~ Barn Find Cars Edition ~ This Week’s Craiglist Classic Cars for March 13, 2023

Who doesn't love a good barn find? While we would all surely love to come across a rare barn find Mopar muscle car, prewar Duenseberg or -- hey, I'll take a cool station wagon, please -- we can't all be so lucky. However, that shouldn't stop you from looking for some rusty and dusty metal hidden away in a barn, field, warehouse or otherwise. Let's clear the air, applying barn find terminology doesn't always mean the car is found in a barn. The moniker generally applies to any car that's simply been sitting or seen better days, just like these Craigslist barn find cars for sale. Check out the video below and scroll down to find links and a bit more information on each cheap classic car for sale. Be sure to subscribe on YouTube for the latest finds and more automotive history! Barn F...
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January 10, 2020 – Bullitt Mustang sells for $3.74 million
10Jan By Automotive HistoryNo Comments
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January 10, 2020 – Bullitt Mustang sells for $3.74 million

1968 Ford Mustang GT. The Bullitt Mustang (Mecum) There are some cars that just leave a mark on society. Then there's the 1968 Ford Mustang driven by Steve McQueen in the film Bullitt. It left a fat rubber streak that stretched across San Francisco and all the way to Kissimmee, Florida, where it sold for $3,740,000 at Mecum Auctions on this day in 2020. What made this Mustang so cool, besides being driven by the King of Cool himself? For one, it set the standard for Hollywood car chases. The ten minute chase through the hills of SF saw McQueen outracing a Dodge Charger R/T driven by a pair of dubious hit men. Second, the car itself is bad, in the best way possible. Watch the chase scene here. Article continues below. Get it here. What is the Bullitt Mustang? The star car of th...
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December 9, 1969 – The first 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS LS6 is built
9Dec By Automotive History4 Comments
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December 9, 1969 – The first 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS LS6 is built

The pilot RPO LS6 Chevelle (Russo & Steele) For a short time, a certain spec of the 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle offered more horsepower than a Corvette of the same year, marking the first time any General Motors car out HP'd America's Sports Car. The absurdity began on this day in 1969, when the first regular production order (RPO) LS6 Chevelle SS rolled off the line at a Baltimore plant. A GM executive ordered it as a zone demonstrator, and when he received it, he found someone had scribbled two notes on the build sheet, "Pilot job" and "If it had wings it would fly." The latter is perhaps true. Under the hood of that first Chevelle LS6 and others like it sat a 454-ci Turbo-Jet LS6 V8 that cranked out 450 horsepower at 5,600 RPMs. Comparatively, that year's top Corvette initially ...
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