Legend American Muscle

1963 Chevrolet Corvette ONLY A MAN WITH A HEART OF STONE COULD WITHSTAND TEMPTATION LIKE THIS. You can wear a blindfold. have your wife tie you to the old family sedan, lock up the checkbook, anything of the kind; but Mister, if you ever hankered to buy a sports car, you're about to become the owner of a new Corvette Sting Kay. Sensible talk about the family budget, the good years left in your present car, any kind of rational thought, forget it! Here's why: The new Corvette Sting Ray, available in sport coupe or traditional convertible model, takes all the excellent characteristics of earlier Corvettes and multiplies them by two. The previous Corvette was the world's most exciting sports car for the last five years, and this new one shows every indication of keeping the title for the next live. It has fully independent rear suspension, bigger self-adjusting brakes, retractable headlights, a V8 engine that's prettier than most girls, and new extra-cost options like a fo

  1953 Buick Roadmaster When better automobiles are built Buick will build them From the first blueprint they were Tagged with Greatness We started with the engine and made it a V8. A V8 designed, tested, perfected by eight years of development. It is not just another V8. It is the newest, most modern V8 - with the highest compression of any engine in a passenger car today. The world’s first Fireball V8. But that was only the beginning. With higher compression, you need a hotter spark, so we introduced a 12-volt battery. You need belter cooling, so we shrouded the fan. To handle the lubrication problems introduced by a V design, we built the first vertical-valve V8 - and for good measure, threw in a shorter, surer warm-up period, a continuous clean oil supply, and the first zero-power-loss muffler. Next, we took a look at the chassis. With a lighter, more compact engine, many things could be done. Inches could come out of the bumper-to-bumper length for easier parking and handling - an

  1950 Ford I TS QUIET WHISPERS QUALITY It feels like America's costliest cars '50 Ford Yes, the only low-priced car with a V-8 engine - a 100 h. p. V-8! As quiet as skiing in the moonlight! With super-fitted pistons that are designed to start quietly and run quietly! With a new "hushed" laminated timing gear! With "quiet contoured" camshaft lobes that soft-pedal valve action! Yes, the new 100 horsepower Ford V-8, the same type engine used in America’s costliest cars, whispers while it works. And Ford production efficiency brings it to you for less than many others ask for a Six! The new "Hushed" Ride. As quiet as honey on velvet! Ford's "Lifeguard" Body is "sound-conditioned" in doors, roof and body panels. You get fine car comfort, too, with new nonsag front seat construction and foam rubber cushioning. But take the wheel - try the feel of the one fine car in the low-price field!

  1949 Cadillac Never before have Cadillac cars been to distinguished for beauty and smartness as they are today. In every line and contour, they bespeak the matchess quality upon which Cadillac's reputation hits been to solidly built. Yet - beautiful at these new models are - the most notable Cadillac advancement is found in performance For, with its 1940 models, Cadillac present a wholly new, history-making engine which is changing the current conceptions as to what an automotive power plant can do. This new V-type, overhead valve engine - of high-compression design - is a superlative performer. It is extremely powerful and flexible: it is silken smooth and unbelievably responsive, and the power flow is so smooth that the car seems almost to move by automatic propulsion. You will never knov how wonderful performance can be until you drive a 1949 Cadillac. Your dealer will gladly arrange for a trial demonstration.