1960 Austin-Healey Sprite

While we've had an early "bugeye" Austin-Healey Sprite on these pages before, that one was all dolled up with a roll bar, racing stripe, and alloy wheels.

This Colorado Red example still retains the factory wire wheels and the front bumper, plus it sports a natty-looking pair of driving lights.

Photographed with a Canon EOS R and a 24-105mm f/4L IS zoom lens in May of 2026.

1965 Chevrolet Corvair Monza Convertible

1965 marked the first model year of the Corvair's second generation. While it retained the basic air-cooled, rear-engined flat six layout of the first generation, the styling was completely refreshed and way ahead of its time, with clean, attractive looks.

The lineup began with the fairly spartan Corvair 500, moved up through the Corvair Monza, and was crowned by the Corvair Corsa.

The middle-of-the-lineup Monza could be had as a hardtop coupe or sedan or as a convertible, like the Regal Red example in the photos.

Base engine in the Monza was the 95-horsepower version of the 2.7L Turbo-Air 164, with 110- and 140-horsepower versions available as options. The 140-horse version had four single-throat carbs and dual exhausts, and the car in the photos has a lone tailpipe, so it's got either the 95 or 110 pony motor. The fact that it has optional wire wheels with knock-off hubs and a four-on-the-floor would have me betting it's got the optional engine.

This one was photographed in May of 2026 using a Canon EOS R and an RF 70-200mm f/4L IS zoom lens. It had just sold at the Mecum auction.

1962 Cadillac Sixty-Two Sedan

We've had a 1962 Cadillac Sixty-Two sedan on these pages before, but it was the shorter four-window Town Sedan, whereas this is the full-length six-window Sedan.

Like the shorter car, the six-window is powered by the 390 cubic inch iteration of Cadillac's 331 Series overhead valve V-8, rated at 325 gross horsepower.

This example, painted in the color Cadillac called "Sandalwood", was photographed in May of 2026 using a Canon EOS 5Ds and an EF 24-105mm f/4L IS zoom lens.

1963 Buick Riviera

The Chevrolet Corvette and Ford Thunderbird, both of which began life as sporty two seaters, quickly diverged in their evolutionary paths. The Corvette got more serious about being a sports car, while the Thunderbird acquired a back seat and became an entirely new thing: a "personal luxury coupe".

It retained a sporty vibe, but put an emphasis on plush, high-tech accommodations for two... plus maybe a couple of friends. The new category was a winner, with the 1958 and 1959 T-birds selling 37,892 and 67,456 units, respectively, vastly outperforming its two-seat predecessor in the marketplace and completely crushing Corvette sales numbers.

General Motors could not let this situation stand and launched a personal luxury coupe of its own. The task was handed to GM's second most prestigious brand, Buick, who launched the 1963 Riviera with unique sheet metal and on the all-new E-platform chassis. Even as far back as the early Sixties, that was a rarity for GM. (Prior to this car, Buick had used the "Riviera" badge as a trim level on other models.)

The standard engine was Buick's "Wildcat 445", which was what Buick called the 401 cubic inch version of its Nailhead V-8 with a four-barrel carburetor and 10.25:1 compression. The "445" was its output in ft/lbs of torque and it was rated at 325 SAE gross horsepower. Optional was the "Wildcat 465", which was a 425-cube Nailhead making 345 horses. Both engines were backed by a Turbine Drive automatic, which is what Buick was calling the old Dynaflow in the early '60s.

The license plate says this one has the 401, as did the car tested by Motor Trend when it was new. The crew at MT managed an 8.1 second zero-to-sixty dash and a 16.01 second trip through the quarter, hitting the traps at 85.71 miles per hour. Observed top speed was 115 and the finned aluminum drums brought the car to a standstill from sixty in 151 feet.

Price as tested was $5,159 in 1963 dollars, or about $55,100 in current bucks.

This example was photographed in May of 2026 using a Canon EOS R and an RF 24-105mm f/4L IS zoom lens.

1986 Chevrolet Suburban C20 Silverado

The seventh generation of Chevy's Suburban nameplate stretched from 1973 all the way to 1991 with only minor changes every few years. Going by the cosmetics, this one could be an '85-'87 and it's the Light Blue Metallic and Frost White two-tone paint job that has me leaning towards a 1986 model.

Not a diesel, so it's got one of two carbureted V-8 options: the 5.7L motor making 165hp or the 7.4L 240-horsepower big-block. 

This one was photographed in May of 2026 using a Canon EOS R and an RF 24-240mm f/4-6.3 IS zoom lens.

1993 Saab 900S

The owner had de-badged the decklid of this super-clean '87-'93 Saab 900 making precise identification tricky. With the alloy wheels I'm thinking it's a 900S and the Ruby Red color I think marks it as a 1993 model.  I'm not enough of a Saab nerd to pick up the subtler details.

The normally-aspirated 16V longitudinal inline four under the hood had received a displacement bump for 1991. Now called the B212, the 2.1L made 140 horsepower.

It was photographed with a Canon EOS-1D Mark III and an EF 24-105mm f/4L IS zoom lens in April of 2024.