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

2,994 cc 1978 3.0 ‘SC’ air-cooled flat-six engine, Bosch electronic fuel injection, 180 HP at 5,500 rpm, 1978 ‘SC’ Type 915 five-speed manual gearbox, four-wheel independent suspension, four-wheel hydraulic disc brakes; wheelbase: 89.4” Relentlessly developed, improved, and race-proven over the past 50-plus years since it was first introduced to ..

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..

3,442 cc DOHC inline six-cylinder engine rated at 180 HP, upgraded five-speed manual gearbox, independent wishbone front suspension with torsion bars and anti-roll bar, live rear axle with semi-elliptic springs, upgraded disc brakes; wheelbase: 102" Jaguar wasn’t always a company that built sleek and fast roadsters. In the beginning they did a br..

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 ..

430 cid OHV V-8 rated at 350 HP, automatic transmission, independent front suspension with coil springs and wishbones, live rear axle with leaf springs, four-wheel hydraulically-actuated power drum brakes; wheelbase: 131" When Continental ended production of the Mark II in 1957, it was the end of America’s most expensive production car. It was a ..

270 cid “Super Red Ram” V-8 engine rated at 183 HP, PowerFlite two-speed automatic transmission, independent front suspension with coil springs, live rear axle with semi-elliptic leaf springs, and four-wheel hydraulic drum brakes; wheelbase: 120" Virgil Exner was a man of vision and talent, which Chrysler sorely needed in the mid-1950s. When Exne..

1,991 cc SOHC inline six-cylinder engine, triple SU carburetors, 102 BHP, four-speed manual gearbox, independent front and rear suspension with transverse semi-elliptic leaf springs and dual wishbones, four-wheel hydraulic drum brakes; wheelbase: 90" Without doubt, the Ace stands as the signature product of AC, Britain’s oldest independent automo..

1,488 cc air-cooled, horizontally-opposed OHV four-cylinder engine, 64 HP at 4,400 rpm (SAE)/55 HP at 4,400 rpm (DIN), four-speed manual gearbox, independent front suspension with parallel trailing arms and laminated torsion bars, independent rear suspension with swing axles and transverse torsion bars, four-wheel hydraulic drum brakes; wheelbase: ..

134 cid F-Head four-cylinder engine rated at 72 HP, three-speed manual transmission with two-speed transfer case, four-wheel drive, live front and rear axles with semi-elliptic leaf springs, four-wheel hydraulic drum brakes; wheelbase: 81" When America went to war, the mighty Jeep went with it. Built as tough as nails and reliable to a fault, the..

255 cid V-8 engine, 125 HP, three-speed manual transmission, independent coil spring front suspension, live rear axle with leaf springs, four-wheel hydraulic brakes; wheelbase: 118” Since the introduction of the Mercury brand in 1939, Ford used it to bridge the gap between its namesake and the upscale Lincoln brand with great success. The 1940s pr..