GuysWithRides.com Daily Volume III (082) | Monday, April 12, 2021

Thank you for subscribing to the GuysWithRides.com Daily Newsletter. We start each week featuring classic rides from the Malaise Era (1972 through 1984) when engineers struggled to meet ever increasing safety, emissions, and fuel economy standards with then-available technology. In addition to today's features, you can see our past Malaise Monday "Classifinds" by clicking here.

GwR Success Story: 1974 Pontiac Ventura 56K Survivor – SOLD! April 12, 2021 Update – Back on March 27, Rudy received a request via text message asking for help locating a ’74 Pontiac Ventura similar to this Green Hatchback survivor we featured in November 2020. Fast forward to this past weekend, when Rudy received a follow-up text from Greg indicating that he bought the Ventura as a surprise for his father! It turns out Greg has been on a ten-year search to find a ’74 Ventura like the one his father originally owned when he worked for GM Canada in Ontario before it was totaled by a truck in 1976.  Greg is anxiously awaiting for the car to be shipped from Ohio to the Houston area where they live now so he can present it to his father as a surprise! Greg found some old pictures of his Father’s original Ventura from back in the day, one of which includes his mother, who sadly passed away in 2015. Thank you for sharing Greg! We were glad to help you find a replacement Ventura you and your father can start creating your own memories with!

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Quote of the Day "Had one, very good car." (Anonymous Website Reader commenting on this Silver 1975 Chrysler Cordoba we featured in a March Malaise Monday feature.

Our daily Craiglists "Classifinds" features provide detailed pricing estimates and a brief background. Three even feature vintage videos we came across on YouTube!

Classic Colonnade: 1974 Pontiac Grand Prix – $8,500 For 1973, GM redesigned its entire mid-size line-up of “A” Body cars. One of Pontiac’s many offerings of this “Colonnade” hardtop was this the third generation grand Prix produced through 1977. A prime example is this one-family-owned, 71K original mile, Fern Mist Green 1974 survivor example listed by...

Malaise Miser: 1978 Toyota Corolla – $7,500 Toyota Corollas are not usually the sort of car awarded “Collector Car” status, however, given the notoriously poor rust-prone quality of Japanese steel in the 1970s, it’s a rare sight to come across a nice survivor E30 generation such as this 1978 two-door sedan example currently listed

Mint Merc: 1977 Mercury Cougar XR7 – $6,500 Capitalizing on Ford’s huge success of the Mustang, Mercury launched a lengthened and more luxurious Cougar XR7 version of the pony car for 1967. Fast forward ten years and changing tastes found the fourth generation Cougar XR7 nothing more than a badge-engineered version of the Ford Thunderbird...

This time of year, we frequently come across fresh listings of rides from last fall where the sellers decide to wait until Spring to try selling again. Here are our two latest examples

Eight Months Gone: 1978 Volvo 262C Bertone – NOW $6,000 March 30, 2021 Update – Fast forward eight months, and this rare Volvo Bertone Coupe we thought had sold was in fact kept by the same owner until now. Perhaps they had a change of heart at the time and thought they would continue working on it. Unfortunately, based on the new ad it appears he hasn't...

Eight Months Gone: 1976 Ford Starsky & Hutch Edition Gran Torino – NOW $33,000 April 9, 2021 Update – Our hunch back in August turned out to be true as over the weekend we stumbled upon the first new listing in eight...

Three Months Gone: 1973 Ford Thunderbird – NOW $8,000 April 9, 2021 Update – In early March, Elliot, the current caretaker of this Big Bird Era ’73 Thunderbird, commented below when he came across his very own car while researching revised pricing on what to offer his car for. We reached directly to Elliot by phone and had a great conversation with this nice...

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1966 Oldsmobile 442 L49 4-Speed - ENDS FRIDAY! Due to the Easter holiday, we're extending bidding on this gorgeous all-black 1966 Oldsmobile 442 until Friday, April 16th. This 442 features the very desirable combination of the 400 cubic inch L69 tri-power engine and factory A/C. The seller is also offering free shipping to the winning bidder (conditions apply)

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