1938 - Pontiac . . .

Pontiac strives inressantly to accomplish one basic purpose: to bring finer quality and greater luxury to buyers of cars in the lower price field. That’s why Pontiac this vear has made a big improvement in a wonderful ear. The 1948 Pontiac has been made finer in every way. It is far more beautiful. Its interiors are more lexurious.

And there has been made available—as optional equipment at extra cost on certain models — the greatest contribution to driving ease in the history of the motor car; the GM Hydramatic Drive! Few cars at any prie effer so many of the features you want. The four series of 1948 Pontiac describled here the Fleetleader, Fleetleader Special, Torpedo and Streamliner, differt in power plant, over-all length, and details of finish. All share Pontiac’s traditional thoroughbred character.


Streamliner...

Largest of all Pontiacs, the 1948 Streamliners have wheelbase of 122 inchs,and overall length of 210¼ inches. Availahle with either the six-cylinder or eight-cylinder Pontiac engine, they offer all standard Pontiac features, including: balaneed weight distribution, heavy, bridge-type cantilever frame, knee aetion in its finest form, stabilizer bar and hydraulic cushion levelators, to provide amazing riding qualities.
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PRESENTING

"the car that has everything"

1935 - OLDSMOBILE

Six and Eight

Oldsmobile—"The Car That Has Everything!”  Big, moderm, balanceed, with streamline beauty! Its features include: The world's most sturdy body — solid-steel "Turret-Top” Body by Fisher. Built-in Knee-Action, cngineered into every model to level out every road. Big Super-Hydraulic Brakes, center-control  steering and ride stabilizer.

Silent Syncro-Mesh gear-shifting, threepoint engine cushioning, and a perfected method of roof amd body insulation combine to make Oldsinobile—the thoroughly sound-proofed car.

Furthermore, Oldsmobile is a genuine quality car. The finest Oldsmobile ever built—and at its low price the greatest value—in 38 years of quality manufacturing. A General Motors value, it is also the faithful, modem exprssion of Oldsmobile’s firm belief that "you are entitled to all that is new and better.”

O L D S M O T O R W O R K S
Lansing, Michigan


THE OLDSMOBILE SIX SPORT COUPE • • • The last word in smart style with a touch of youthful
daring lo it, the sport coupe helps earn Oldmobile’s reputation for "the best-dresed cars in toicn.”
Note ample and comfortable rear deck extra seat. Like all other Oldsmobile models, the spare wheel and tire are concealed to accentuate streamline beauty.
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The Chevrolet Monza was available as a rear-wheel drive hatchback, coupe and wagon, sold from 1975 through 1980. It replaced the Chevrolet Vega, with three years of overlap, and was based on the same GM H platform. Other 1975-1980 H-bodies are twins of the Monza: the Oldsmobile Starfire, Buick Skyhawk, and the Pontiac Sunbird. Chevrolet previously used the Monza nameplate as a separate model within the Corvair lineup. Olds had previously used the Starfire nameplate from 1954 to 1957 on the flagship Ninety-Eight convertible, and then again from 1961 to 1966 on a specially trimmed hardtop and convertible based on the B-body Oldsmobile 88 featuring a distinctive roofline, leather bucket seats, console and sporty/luxury trim as an early entry in the personal-luxury car market created with the 1958 Ford Thunderbird before the advent of the front-drive Oldsmobile Toronado in 1966.

The Chevy Monza and its corporate clones were not designed to replace the Vega. Rather, it was to be the platform for GM's Wankel engine. However, that project never went into production, so traditional I4 and V8 engines were offered instead, leading to a very crowded engine bay in the case of the V8, requiring one spark plug to be accessed through the driver's side wheel well (or, frequently, not at all) by jacking up the engine. The heavy V8 in the Chevrolet models led to severe driveline vibrations due to a sagging front frame and suspension. The Skyhawk and Starfire also got a V6. The Monza 2+2 won Motor Trend's Car of the Year award for 1975. The 1975 Monza, along with several GM full-size models, were the first cars to adopt the newly approved quad rectangular headlamps.

This was the first GM to incorporate a torque arm rear suspension (rear coil springs with 2 links) - its design was later incorporated into GM's third and fourth generation F-bodies.

Initial engines for 1975 were the 2300 I4 (ironic, since many buyers had heard of the rapid engine wear problems with the Vega and bought this car as an alternative, only to get the same engine) and the 262 V8 on the Monza and the 231 V6 for the Skyhawk and Starfire. 1976 Sunbirds got just the 4 or 6. 1975 Chevy Monzas saw a special California/High Altitude-only edition which used the 350 V8 tuned for just 125 hp (93 kW). 1976 saw the introduction of GM's new 305 V8, but only available to California/high altitude customers while the rest of the world was limited to the I4 and 262 V8 until the following year, when the 262 was discontinued. From 1977 through 1979, the whole country got just one V8 Monza, the 305 V8. Oldsmobile offered the Buick 231 V6 then started offering the 2300 in 1977 and the 305 V8 in 78, and Pontiac launched the 305 in 1979 but also used the 151 Iron Duke L4 and Buicks 231 V6 engines. 1980 saw the complete removal of the V8 powerplant in the GM H platform along with the availability of the five-speed manual transmission.

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The 2300 was replaced across the line in 1978 with the "Iron Duke" I4. Buick versions got the 231 throughout the 6-year model run. Also, in 1978, the station wagon from the now dropped Vega line was added, which lasted two model years; it was dropped for 1980 because the new Citation hatchback offered about the same cargo space for the same price, with vastly better rear seat space. There was also a Monza S for 1978, which was essentially the old Vega hatchback body with a Monza front clip. Less than 3,000 were built, presumably to exhaust a supply of surplus 1977 Vega bodies.
There were several trim levels of the Monzas, and Special Edition vehicles were released also. Monza Spyders were produced from 1976-1980 and could be ordered as a performance package alone (including a tuned suspension, and other goodies), or a performance and styling package (including Spyder decals). The Monza Mirage was produced in 1977 only, by Michigan Auto Techniques, an aftermarket company contracted by GM. The Mirage was painted cameo white, with red and blue racing stripes along the length of the car. It also featured flared body panels, and a special airdam & spoiler. The vehicles were built in GM's St. Therese plant, and sent to MAT for modification, after which they would ship to the dealer. There were approx 4,097 Mirages made from MAT, but there were also Mirages created by dealerships, which were un-traceable. There are only an estimated 25 to 30 Mirages left in running order. The H-body Monza, Starfire, Skyhawk, and Sunbird were replaced in the spring of 1981 with the new front-wheel drive J-cars which were designated as early 1982 models including, the Chevrolet Cavalier, Oldsmobile Firenza, Buick Skyhawk, and the Pontiac J2000 (which became the Sunbird again in 1985). Because the forthcoming J-body cars were to be sold as 1982 models, there was an unusually long production run of 1980 H-body models in order to provide sufficient inventory to carry dealers into the 1981 model year. A modified version of the car, known as the Dekon Monza, was raced in the IMSA Camel GT road racing series in the United States.

1963 Dodge custom 880

The Custom 880 was a quick solution to consumer demand for a full-size Dodge passenger car during the 1962 model year.

The 1962 Dodges introduced in the fall of 1961 had their origins in a rumor heard by a Chrysler executive that Chevrolet was planning to downsize their fullsize automobiles for the 1962 model year. Not wanting Chrysler to play catch-up, and wanting to beat Chevrolet at its own game, Plymouth and Dodge designs were placed in an emergency downsize program that took the approved fullsize designs and shrank them to smaller vehicles that would compete head-to-head with the rumored smaller Chevrolet.

When introduced for 1962, Chevrolet's fullsize lineup emerged as a vehicle slightly larger than it was in 1961, with the mid-range Chevrolet Bel Air (119 in wheelbase) a half inch longer in its body, but weighing 45 lb less than its 1961 predecessor. The rumoured small Chevrolet turned out to be the new Chevy II compact. The "fullsize" Dodge Polara and Dart that emerged for 1962 were built on a three inch shorter (116 in) wheelbase and were seven inches shorter overall than the comparable Chevrolet, placing Dodge in the precarious position with consumers of not offering a true full-sized automobile.

Compounding the size issue were the designs themselves, which did not translate well from fullsize to what amounted to a new intermediate size. Dodge’s awkward design features for second year in a row, combined with its smaller overall size, threatened the viability of the make enough that Chrysler moved almost immediately to stem Dodge's financial and market share losses.
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For 1963, the Custom 880 returned with a full offering of body styles, and a new base model, simply named the 880. Chrysler redesigned its cars for 1963, leaving the 880’s body unique to Dodge.

The car received restyled taillights (round, set in heavy chrome housings), a new convex grille in the shape of a very long oval, and new 880 and Custom 880 scripts were placed on the front fenders aft of the headlights. Base 880 station wagons were available as a pillared model in both six and nine passenger models; Custom 880 wagons featured a hardtop design. With Chrysler no longer using the body and its interior trim elements, Custom 880s were better appointed than they had been during the 1962 model year. A total of 28,200 vehicles were produced for 1963, of which 5,600 were station wagons.