1969! UNBELIEVABLE Year!There is a year or sometimes years in someone’s life that is or are so special or so extra ordinary; the year: you get married, your children are born, your first love, your first car. Other than the year I married and the birth years of my children. 1969! was the year for […]

When did the Muscle Car Era start? Well, some say 1964! I say it started in 1957! When cars were equipped with BIG engines, fuel injection, multi-carburetors, and superchargers! Examples: 1957 Corvette 283 FI – 1957 Studebaker Golden Hawk with supercharger 1957 Chrysler Hemi with dual carbs 1957 Oldsmobile J2 1957 Thunderbird with supercharger and […]

Welcome to the Jungle… In the sixties, drag racing was mostly “show” with some “go.” There were a lot of cars competing on the drag circuit up and down the East Coast. Some of them were a little more colorful than others. One of the most colorful duo on the funny car circuit was James […]

Thank you Zora Arkus-Duntov… In 1955, Chevrolet introduced the small block overhead valve 265-cubic inch (cu in), 162 HP motor; it was the engineering brainchild of Ed Cole and dubbed “Mighty Mouse”. Chevy small block 265 cubic inch. In 1956, a “Power Pack” kit was available and produced 205 HP. A special package was put […]

When Chrome was King!…Chrome loaded cars in the 50s – 60s A few of weeks ago, someone called me and asked if I would checkout his Oldsmobile he was restoring. I said great and made an appointment to look at the car. It was a 1957 Oldsmobile 88 two door Coupe. He was in the […]

OLD SCHOOL… A couple of weeks ago I was having lunch with a friend of mine when I overheard a conversation from the next table about cars. Most of the talk was about building cars. One of them, talked about “changing out components on the engine, one being a computer chip, he said it was […]

It’s all in the DETAIL… We started Old Iron a little over 4 years ago and have listed a lot of cars and trucks. I found out one important thing about listing a vehicle – it’s all in the DETAIL.  I tell sellers to clean their vehicle before we list it. We take over 30 […]

Old Iron News – NewsLetters Archives We created our ‘Old Iron News’ Newsletters because there was a need for a local Tucson paper describing what is happening in the classic car industry here in Tucson and Southern Arizona. We list featured cars for sale. We list upcoming car show events. Please email us with your new […]

Age old Battle between Ford – Chevy still Rages on… A few weeks ago, I was at a car show and a couple of young guys were in a heated discussion over whose car was better, Ford Mustang or Chevy Camaro? Well, this battle has been going on for decades. Back in the early 50s […]