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

To be OFFERED AT AUCTION at RM Sotheby’s Monaco event, May 14, 2016.Estimate:€7,500,000 - €9,000,000 317 bhp, 4,100 cc Tipo 340 60-degree V-12 engine with three Weber 40 DCF carburettors, five-speed manual transmission, independent front suspension with transverse leaf spring, rear solid axle with semi-elliptical leaf springs, and four-wheel dru..

To be OFFERED AT AUCTION at RM Sotheby’s Monaco event, May 14, 2016.Estimate:€290,000 - €350,000 118 bhp, 2,451 cc OHC V-6 engine with dual Weber carburettors, four-speed manual transaxle, independent front sliding-pillar suspension, de Dion rear axle with leaf springs and shock absorbers, and four-wheel hydraulic drum brakes. Wheelbase: 2,451 mm..

287 cid V-8, 180 HP, four-speed manual transmission, front and rear solid-axles with semi-elliptic leaf springs, hydraulic front and rear drum brakes; wheelbase: 123.25" Four-wheel drive trucks are commonplace today but that was not the case in the 1950s. The Big-Three utilized specialty drivetrain vendors to provide their customers with such a v..

265 cid V-8 engine, 162 HP, three-speed manual transmission with overdrive, independent coil spring front suspension, rear semi-elliptic leaf spring, four-wheel drum brakes; wheelbase: 115” Chevrolet’s top-of-the-line Bel Air convertible was dripping with class and gleaming with chrome in 1955, and it was just the car for any occasion and the pub..

201.5 cid inline six-cylinder engine, 114 HP, two dual-barrel carburetors, three-speed manual transmission, independent coil spring front and leaf spring rear suspension, four-wheel drum brakes; wheelbase: 105" Hudson, like most auto manufacturers, spent some time during World War II mulling ideas for its postwar automobiles. Hudson, unlike most ..

239 cid V-8 engine, 100 HP, three-speed manual transmission with overdrive, independent front suspension, leaf spring rear suspension, four-wheel hydraulic brakes; wheelbase: 114” It took a few years after World War II for automakers to introduce completely new postwar era cars. Most had been updates of pre-war cars and, with demand high, Ford ha..

292 cid Y-block V-8 engine, 192 HP, three-speed manual transmission with overdrive, independent front suspension with coil springs over shocks, semi-elliptic rear springs with live rear axle, four-wheel drum brakes; wheelbase: 102” The first generation Ford Thunderbird made its public debut at the Detroit Auto Show on February 20th, 1954. Taking ..

235.5 cid “Blue Flame” OHV inline six-cylinder engine rated at 150 HP, three single-barrel Carter side draft carburetors, two-speed Powerglide automatic transmission, independent front suspension with unequal length A-arms and coil springs, live rear axle with semi-elliptic leaf springs, four-wheel hydraulic drum brakes; wheelbase: 102" With the ..

1,582 cc SOHC air-cooled, horizontally-opposed four-cylinder engine, 88 HP (SAE), 75 HP (DIN) at 5,000 rpm, four-speed manual gearbox, four-wheel independent suspension, four-wheel hydraulic drum brakes; wheelbase: 82.7" The rakish 356 Speedster was one of Porsche’s most successful models and it ranks today as one of the true icons from Stuttgart..

283 cid V-8 engine, Rochester mechanical fuel injection, Powerglide two-speed automatic transmission, independent front suspension with unequal-length A-arms and coil springs, live rear axle with semi-elliptic leaf springs, power-assisted four-wheel hydraulic drum brakes; wheelbase: 115” For much of its existence, General Motors’ high-volume Chev..