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As we’ve noted previously, the one question we field more often than any other is “What’s my car worth?” It’s also the one question we can’t directly answer for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is that Read more

1979 Chevrolet Impala station wagon front bench seat. Photos courtesy GM Media. Just as the manual transmission was once considered standard equipment – enough for people to use “standard” synonymously with “manual” when referring to their transmissions – so too Read more

We’ll make today’s street scene – shot by Charles Cushman in May 1965 in Istanbul, Turkey – a little more difficult. Because Cushman was focused on the Galata Tower (also seen in a previous Cushman street scene), all we really Read more

For those of you who’ve noted the lack of trucks in the Texas street scenes we’ve highlighted in the past, have a look at this circa 1970 shot of the East Texas National Bank on Spring Street in Palestine, Texas, Read more

Sure, the woodgrain’s not exactly correct, and the wheels and tires might not be everybody’s cuppatea, but this 1978 Plymouth Fury Suburban for sale on Hemmings.com, a rare car to begin with and one hardly ever seen today, looks like Read more

Automotive dealerships in the Fifties had so many more things to ogle than today’s dealerships – besides the cars, there were printed brochures, cutaway engines and cutaway cars, and purpose-built sales tools, such as this Arthur Fulmer seat cover display Read more

The second of four planned communities built by William Levitt, Levittown, Pennsylvania, offered the prototypical postwar suburban experience, complete with pools, schools, and shopping centers. And as we can see from this street scene taken during a Levittown open house Read more

Al Moss, the founder of Moss Motors and one of the early champions of the postwar British sports car movement in the United States, has died. He was 80. The cause of his death has not been released. Al Moss bought his Read more