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RealRides of WNY #2660 ......................... 1975 Chevrolet Camaro Rally Sport OLCOTT, N.Y. – Hard to find any reference to the 1975 Chevrolet Camaro Rally Sport model in any of Chevy’s advertising/sales material for that year. A website dedicated to Chevy's SS396 has a blurb on one of their web pages about the Z85 Rally Sport option package though, which you can read b...

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RealRides of WNY #2630 ......................... 1970 Ford LTD SILVER CREEK, N.Y. – This 1970 Ford LTD doesn’t quite look totally abandoned. From its surroundings I’d say it’s either on its way out or has just come in from elsewhere. For model year 1970 you could choose a luxurious LTD or the even better LTD Brougham. Curiously, Ford described the LTD...

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RealRides of WNY #2628 ......................... 1981 Volkswagen Rabbit BUFFALO, N.Y. – It’s not everyday you come across a 1981 Volkswagen Rabbit Diesel pickup that still looks as good as this one. Even the example we found last month, parked in the driveway of a Coronado, California home (which was rented by L. Frank Baum from 1904-1910 while he wrote some of hi...

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RealRides of WNY #2626 ......................... 1950 Studebaker Champion SOUTH BYRON, N.Y. – When this body style debuted for model year 1947, some wags joked that they couldn’t tell if it was coming or going. The wraparound rear windscreen on this 1950 Studebaker Champion Regal Deluxe Starlight Coupe was certainly unique. It was the ultimate in eliminating those b...

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RealRides of WNY #2624 ......................... 1963 Chevrolet Impala SS NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. – In for an annual car inspection last month, I was taken into the back room to see shop owner Dave Mastracci’s 1963 Chevrolet Impala Super Sport (which was sporting a For Sale sign in the window) in temporary storage. The Impala SS was Chevy’s full-size sports car, if y...

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RealRides of WNY #2622 ......................... 1956 Mercury Montclair ELMA, N.Y. – This 1956 Mercury Montclair is definitely another case of “Where’d they all go?” The Montclair was the Big M’s top line for 1956, and they produced 50,562 of the two-door hardtops that year, but in my experiences you rarely see one these days (or a ’56 Merc of any series ...

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RealRides of WNY #2619 ......................... 1976 Dodge Aspen Special Edition FALCONER, N.Y. – This 1976 Dodge Aspen Special Edition is one of those cars you rarely see anywhere anymore, never mind at a car show/cruise night. But here this one was a few weeks ago at the annual Festival in the Park Cruise-In. Looking at these photos and comparing them with its cousin the P...

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RealRides of WNY #2608 (on the road) - 1960 Frontenac CHATHAM, Ontario – Odds are that if you’ve ever seen a 1960 Frontenac like this one, you were somewhere north of the 49th parallel. Although… thinking about it, when Niagara Falls, Ontario classic car photographer Bob King saw this one at this year’s Retrofest Car Show he was farther sou...

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RealRides of WNY #2594 (on the road) - Citroën Visa SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – If you want to stand out at a car show, what better vehicle to show up in than a Citroën Visa. Of course, seeing that we saw it at the 2016 Citroën Rendezvous — a celebration of all things Citroën — it didn’t stand out quite as much as it might of at your local ...

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RealRides of WNY #2580 ......................... 1954 Plymouth Plaza LOCKPORT, N.Y. – If I’d have taken this photo in the last ten years or so, I would have noticed immediately that it was blurry and taken another one. As it happened, I didn’t know it was a bust until the prints came back from the drug store photo lab. But, I still hung on to this imperfect p...

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RealRides of WNY #2577 ......................... 1954 Hudson Jet-Liner BATAVIA, N.Y. – The 1954 Hudson Jet-Liner was a last-ditch effort by Hudson to lure buyers into the compact car market. Hard to imagine the buying public was able to resist “The greatest luxury in the lowest price field!” with such niceties as: six-passenger interiors which were “rich be...

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RealRides of WNY #2576 ......................... 1951 Dodge Kingsway ANCASTER, ON. – From the front this 1951 Dodge Kingsway looks like any other Dodge in the lineup. But a look around back reveals a Plymouth Concord body from the doors on back. This allowed Canadian Dodge dealers to sell a two-door sedan priced lower than the Wayfarer which was sold in the State...