Classic Car Buyer's Guides
Expert buying guides for classic cars and trucks. Pre-purchase checklists, common issues, year-by-year analysis, and current market pricing — written by our editorial team of restoration specialists, historians, and collectors.
Definitive buyer's guide for classic Ford Bronco 1966-1996. Early Bronco 1966-1977 and Big Bronco 1978-1996 generations, frame and tub rust, 289/302 V8 identification, current market pricing.
The Karmann Ghia is the proof that beautiful design and honest engineering are not mutually exclusive — a hand-built body by Ghia of Turin on the proven Beetle platform, producing the most elegant Volkswagen ever made and one of the most practical classics available today.
The Ford Falcon is the original pony car ancestor — a compact that outsold every competitor in 1960 and directly inspired the Mustang, making it one of the most historically significant American cars of the postwar era.
The Chevrolet Cheyenne was General Motors' answer to the question: can a truck be both capable and comfortable? For two decades it was the top-trim C/K pickup — the truck that made it acceptable to use a work vehicle as a daily driver without apology.
Definitive buyer's guide for classic Oldsmobile 442 1968-1980. Stand-alone model authentication, W-30 verification, A-body frame inspection, current pricing for survivors and concours.
The K10 has the visual appeal of the most desirable C10, plus a live front axle and transfer case. Values have tripled in a decade. A genuine factory 4WD is a different truck — and a different price — than a converted C10.
Definitive buyer's guide for classic Pontiac Firebird 1967-2002. Generation breakdown, Trans Am identification, PHS documentation, frame inspection, and current market pricing.
Definitive buyer's guide for classic Volkswagen Beetle 1949-1979. Year-specific identification, pan rust hotspots, air-cooled flat-four inspection, and current market pricing for survivors and restorations.
Complete buyer's guide for the classic Chevrolet K5 Blazer (1969–1994). Generation breakdown, frame and body inspection, 4WD system assessment, and current market values for drivers through to restored examples.
The Buick Special introduced America to the modern lightweight V8 — an all-aluminum engine so advanced that Land Rover bought the design and is still using it today. Behind its modest compact-car exterior lay engineering that would define performance for half a century.
Definitive buyer's guide for classic Oldsmobile Cutlass 1961-1988. F-85, A-body, and G-body generations, 442 trim verification, frame inspection, current pricing.
Definitive buyer's guide for classic Jaguar E-Type 1961-1974. Series 1, 2, and V12 generations, monocoque rust hotspots, XK6 and V12 engine identification, and Jaguar Heritage Trust documentation.
The MG TD introduced a generation of American buyers to the British sports car experience — a small, nimble, beautifully proportioned two-seater that proved driving pleasure had nothing to do with horsepower and everything to do with balance, response, and character.
The Ford Model B is the last four-cylinder Ford before the flathead V8 took over — and the body it shares with the Model 18 is the most iconic hot rod platform in American history. Whether you want an original prewar survivor or the foundation for a traditional build, understanding what you're actually looking at before you buy is the whole game.
Definitive buyer's guide for classic Porsche 911 1965-1989. Long-hood and G-body generations, structural rust hotspots, engine number authentication, and Porsche Certificate of Authenticity essentials.
The Pontiac Bonneville started as the fastest American production car of 1957 and evolved into the Wide-Track performance flagship that defined Pontiac's golden era — a full-size car that combined genuine V8 performance with the luxury appointments that buyers at this price point expected.
The Buick Regal Grand National and GNX are legends of the turbocharged 1980s — cars that humiliated Ferraris at stoplights and proved that American engineering could match European performance on its own terms. But the Regal's story is richer than just the performance variants.
The Mercedes-Benz 380 SL is the R107 generation at the intersection of elegance and engineering — a two-seat roadster that set the standard for open-top grand touring across two decades of production and still delivers the experience today.
Definitive buyer's guide for classic Chevrolet Chevelle 1964-1977. SS variants, COPO and LS6 authentication, A-body frame inspection, engine code verification, current market pricing.
Everything you need to know about buying a classic Chevrolet Camaro — from 1967-1969 first-generation icons to the third-gen IROC era. VIN authentication, common rust hotspots, engine identification, and current market pricing.
Complete buyer's guide for the Chevrolet 3100 Advanced Design pickup (1947–1955). Generation details, rust and body inspection, engine identification, and current market values for original and restomod trucks.
The Land Rover Defender is the closest thing to a purpose-designed military vehicle that civilians can legally buy — an aluminum-bodied, coil-sprung 4x4 of extraordinary off-road capability that has been refined over 68 years of continuous production without ever compromising its fundamental character.
The Volkswagen Westfalia is the original van life vehicle — a factory-built camper that has spawned a devoted global following and price tags that would surprise anyone who remembers when these were just cheap old campervans.
The C20 is the three-quarter-ton workhorse that buyers overlook in favor of the C10. Heavier axles, stronger payload, and lower prices make it the serious truck buyer's choice.