The Market; all post-war cars and bikes for sale

55.1 cid (903cc) inline four-cylinder engine, 48 HP, rear-engine and rear-drive, four-speed manual gearbox, A-arm front suspension with transverse leaf spring and semi-trailing arm rear suspension, hydraulic front disc and rear drum brakes; wheelbase: 79.8" The beach culture of Southern California spawned a plethora of leisure and recreation vehic..

400 cid V-8 rated at 300 HP with four-barrel carburetor, three-speed automatic transmission, independent front suspension with four-link coil rear suspension, hydraulic brakes; wheelbase: 112" The muscle car era was drawing to a close by 1971 but Pontiac, the division that brought the world the GTO, continued to spread the performance choices thro..

6,750 cc V-8 engine, twin SU carburetors, 218 HP, three-speed automatic gearbox, fully-independent suspension with coil springs front and rear, hydraulic self-leveling height control at rear, four-wheel hydraulic disc brakes; wheelbase: 119.75” Introduced in 1965, the Silver Shadow marked a veritable revolution as the first Rolls-Royce model with ..

2,418 cc mid-mounted DOHC V-6 engine, triple Weber twin-choke carburetors, 195 BHP at 7,800 rpm, five-speed manual gearbox in rear transaxle, four-wheel independent suspension with wishbones and coil springs, four-wheel hydraulic disc brakes; wheelbase: 92.1” Consistently ranked among the most beautiful and engaging automobiles ever conceived, th..

4,941 cc V-8 engine with dual overhead camshafts per cylinder bank and 32 valves, 394 BHP, six-speed manual gearbox, four-wheel independent suspension, hydraulic four-wheel ventilated disc brakes; wheelbase: 98.6" In developing the Z8, BMW married form and function like never before. Power came from the 4.9-litre V-8 of the M5, mated to a proper ..

2,927 cc mid-mounted Tipo F106AL DOHC V-8 engine, four twin-choke Weber carburetors, 230 BHP at 7,700 rpm, five-speed manual gearbox in rear transaxle, four-wheel independent suspension with double wishbones, coil springs, and anti-roll bars, four-wheel hydraulic disc brakes; wheelbase: 100.40” As Ferrari’s all-new successor to its Dino-badged 246..

350 cid V-8 rated at 310 HP, three-speed automatic transmission, independent front suspension with four-link coil spring live-axle, hydraulic front disc and rear drum brakes; wheelbase: 112" In 1970, Oldsmobile wanted to enter the burgeoning market for smaller personal luxury cars. They chose the Cutlass Supreme nameplate. Completely restyled for ..

500cc two-cylinder air-cooled engine, 18 HP, four-speed manual gearbox, four-wheel independent suspension; wheelbase: 72.8” With more than four million produced during its 20-year production run, the tiny Fiat 500 was something to behold. Easy to spot by its rounded egg-like body, the Fiat 500 filled a need for utilitarian transportation for the ..

2,778 cc SOHC inline six-cylinder engine, Bosch mechanical fuel injection, 180 BHP at 5,700 rpm, four-speed automatic gearbox, fully-independent suspension with wishbones and coil springs front and rear, single-joint swing axles, power-assisted four-wheel hydraulic disc brakes; wheelbase: 94.5” Debuted at Geneva in March 1963, the W113 Mercedes-Be..

848 cc inline four-cylinder, 35 HP, automatic transmission, four-wheel hydraulic brakes; wheelbase: 80.2" The Mini was a product of Britain’s slow economic recovery and the oil shortage created by the Suez Crisis in 1956. Built by the British Motor Corporation, and later its descendant British Leyland, the Mini first came to market in 1959. From t..