OCTOBER 29 STAR OF THE WEEK: DODGE LITTLE RED EXPRESS-A LEGEND EVEN IN RETIREMENT

OCTOBER 29 STAR OF THE WEEK: DODGE LITTLE RED EXPRESS-A LEGEND EVEN IN RETIREMENT

This classic Dodge Little Red Express has clearly seen better days but it does represent best of class in the late 70s muscle car era.

For that reason alone, this former heavyweight champ is MSCC Star of the Week because we like to see things as they were-not how they are now.

Many thanks to Mopar guru Kori Alexander for this picture of a former Dodge truck street thug...

OCTOBER 28 STAR OF THE DAY:1966 RAMBLER-YOUR GRANDFATHER'S CAR WAS BULLETPROOF

Very rarely did the words Rambler sedan and excitement end up in the same sentence-that's why they were popular with grandfathers.

Dependable and reliable but never exciting-that was life with an American Motors four door sedan in the Swingin' 1960s.

It was like going on  a date with a librarian...

That doesn't matter because if you wanted a car that would start and go 365 days of the year through the proverbial rain, sleet and snow with the dogged determination of a sled dog-the Rambler was the answer.

427 Corvettes still get the glamor and the money but back in 1966 if it was 40 below in the middle of a January blizzard you wanted this Rambler, not a Vette in your driveway.

Your grandfather was right-this is a Star of the Day.

OCTOBER 27 STAR OF THE DAY:LITTLE RED EXPRESS-FASTEST NORTH AMERICAN PRODUCTION VEHICLE IN 1978

The late 1970s were tepid performance years for Detroit iron and it showed in the quarter mile times. Chrysler beat the system in 1978 when they added a police package 360 cubic inch engine to a light little Dodge truck.

Better yet, this Dodge skated under the emissions control laws because it was a truck-this 360 was a free-breather.

That year  was special because this truck outran every North American production vehicle in 1978-they corrected the laws in 79.

This Little Red Express has clearly seen better days;the stacks are gone and the box is broken, but for a brief, shining moment in 78 it was the monster on the street.

An MSCC Star of the Day.

OCTOBER 26 STAR OF THE DAY: 1946 FORD-THE POST WAR LOOK WAS REALLY THE PRE-WAR LOOK

This 1946 Ford shouldn't exist. It was a pre-war design sold brand new at a post war dealership because the car manufacturers were dedicated to winning a war. 

Nobody cared that this design was 6 years old because cars were at a premium so there was no room for negotiation. You simply lined up at your local dealership and put your name on a list.

If you were lucky you could buy this classic 1946 Ford-the MSCC Star of the Day.

OCTOBER 25 STAR OF THE DAY:1961 DODGE-THE PLUCKED CHICKEN INSPIRED DEBATE

History lesson-in 1961 the last vestiges of the legendary designer Virgil Exner surfaced in the 1961 Plymouths and Dodges.

Detractors called them plucked chickens.

This look inspires debate to this day in the Mopar world but nobody will argue that these are easily forgotten cars.

This 61 Dodge was at a show back in August and it will be the subject of an up and coming MSCC story.

Where does MSCC stand on the 61 Plymouths and Dodges? Star of the Day should answer that question...

OCTOBER 24 STAR OF THE DAY-CLASSIC CUSTOM LOOK ON A POST-WAR PONTIAC

Late 40s cars really lent themselves to car builders with imagination.

They were relatively tame looking cars and most came with lukewarm 6 cylinders but car builders could see the magic in this classic era.

This old Pontiac was seen at a car show in 2009 and it exemplifies the classic look-flames, low rake and a color you can see from the space station.

Star of the Day...a post war Chief that's a show stealer.

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