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Just when you think that all barn, garage and let's not forget, dealer lot finds, have been unearthed, along comes another story to prove you wrong.
- Ebay Find: Peugeot 404 Up For Sale After Sitting For More Than 25 Years
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- Garage Find: 1993 Lincoln Mark Viii Wakes Up After 19 Years Of Slumber
And the garage finds keep piling up. The car you see pictured here is a 1993 Lincoln Mark VIII coupe that woke up from a very, very long sleep – 19 years to be precise. The story has it that the original owner was forced for an unspecified reason...
- New Rumors Of The Pontiac G8 Returning To North America As A Chevrolet
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- Aussie Poles Ferrari 360 Modena, Manages To Escape Unhurt...
You'd think that owning a $250,000 AUD Ferrari would at least make you a bit careful but apparently that wasn't the case with the Australian owner of this five-year old 360 Modena. Eyewitnesses reported that the driver of the Italian supercar...
- Holden Celebrates Commodore's 30th Anniversary
The introduction of the Commodore in GM Holden's range in 1978 along with the addition of a Statesman De Ville in the family the same year is probably one of the first -though very vague- automotive memories of yours truly. The first Commodore rolled...
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New 1979 Holden Kingswood HZ Steps Out of its Time Capsule
Just when you think that all barn, garage and let's not forget, dealer lot finds, have been unearthed, along comes another story to prove you wrong.
This past Sunday saw the unearthing of a 1979 Holden Kingswood HZ saloon in Adelaide, Australia. Warren Edwards, a photographer from Adelaide and a family friend of the car's current owners, was on hand to snap the pictures you see posted here.
The mid-size Aussie sedan, which is powered by a 4.2-liter V8 rated at 120kW/161hp, had been bought brand new but due to the owner's sudden illness at the time, it was parked in his garage after covering a little over 900km (~560 miles).
It had been taken out only once in 1985 to replace its alternator before heading back to its resting place where it remained until a few days ago.
Edwards tells us:
Read more »- Ebay Find: Peugeot 404 Up For Sale After Sitting For More Than 25 Years
Here’s another cool car from the world of eBay. It’s a Peugeot 404, from 1968, which had been in storage more than 25 years. The seller explains, “This 404 has been stored in a garage since 1985. The original owner purchased this...
- Garage Find: 1993 Lincoln Mark Viii Wakes Up After 19 Years Of Slumber
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- New Rumors Of The Pontiac G8 Returning To North America As A Chevrolet
The demise of the Pontiac brand in 2009 also brought about the death of the G8, the Americanized derivative of the Australian-built Holden Commodore SS. It was a sad day for Pontiac and Holden fans alike, the loss of the G8 export contract costing Holden...
- Aussie Poles Ferrari 360 Modena, Manages To Escape Unhurt...
You'd think that owning a $250,000 AUD Ferrari would at least make you a bit careful but apparently that wasn't the case with the Australian owner of this five-year old 360 Modena. Eyewitnesses reported that the driver of the Italian supercar...
- Holden Celebrates Commodore's 30th Anniversary
The introduction of the Commodore in GM Holden's range in 1978 along with the addition of a Statesman De Ville in the family the same year is probably one of the first -though very vague- automotive memories of yours truly. The first Commodore rolled...