Vintage Auto Appraisal will once again be at one of the biggest and best Truck Shows and Swap Meets on the Planet the 2026 Carlisle All Truck Nationals August 6th-August 9th, 2026. Offering on the Showfield, Car Corral and Swap Meet Appraisals. Appraisals for Insurance, value, pre-purchase or any reason. We are offering special reduced prices on all of our appraisals during the show. We will be on site at Space # D90 by the Famous Foodcourt. Offering Big Discounts on all of

Considered by many post World War II Ford purist 1972 was one of the best in Ford’s history. Good looking with a muscular stance the Torino and Ranchero models were new from front to back. With it’s large mouth grille Car and Driver called it the “Sharkmouth” Ranchero. Only 1972 would have this stylish front end and grille. You could order your 72 Car-Pick Up Ranchero from mild to wild. Engines ranged from the Econo-Thrift 250 cubic inch inline six up to a whopping 460 V8.

Based on the Omni/O24 platform the Dodge Rampage and its cousin the Plymouth Scamp was Chrysler's answer to the popular VW Rabbit Pickup. Produced between 1982-1984 it was the USA’s first and last car based front wheel drive pickup. By the early 1980′s boosted by sales of the all new K- Car Lee Iaccoca and Chrysler were on a roll. Wanting to be the Anti-GM and a Rabbit Wanna-Be Chrysler brought out some very non mainstream vehicles at that time. Seeing a need for a light h

Despite the economic times or the price of fuel big American pickups sell. Sure small pickups from Toyota or Nissan have flooded our shores for decades but us made in the USA types love our full size “Pick-Em-Ups” Even though Ford has out sold rival Chevy in full size pickup sales since FDR was president the Bowtie people have sold millions of trucks through the years and have owners who cherrish them. With all those Heavy Chevy’s sold these trucks have a very loyal followin

Ok enough..Ahhh. Stop with the stupid Bigfoot stuff. Don't you think that after all these years they would of caught the King Of Back Hair. We can use GPS etc to find a pimple on my ear from Neptune but they can't locate an 9-foot tall Hair-A-Fied Beast. Did you ever notice that Bigfoot is never spotted walking across The Long Island Expressway or riding on Subway. Also why is every picture blurry? Oh sure no problem taking a crystal clear picture of a Drunk Girl at Spring

Despite your feelings on the Chrysler K-Car it was a milestone vehicle. Its saved Chrysler from almost certain bankruptcy. It also saved Lee Iacocca and aging Chysler from itself. By the late 1970′s all of Chryslers offerings were dinosaurs. When the K-Car came out in 1981 it was a fresh sheet of paper for sinking Chrysler. Small by standards of the day it offerd front wheel drive in tidy but roomy platform. The 1982 LeBaron Convertibles were also milestone cars due to the f

In the world of high dollar Muscle Cars it tough sometimes to get respect. When you are “getting no respect” AMC its hard to stand out in a world full of Cuda’s, Mustangs and Big Block Camaro’s. For much of its history AMC was considered an outside looking in compared to the Big Three. Despite being the Rodney Dangerfield of Muscle Cars AMC produced some the most potent tire burners money could buy. After the solid sales of the original 2 seater AMX the Go Fast Boys at AMC h

The popularity and collectibility of the Amphicar has always been a mystery. Not comfy on land it was even less happy on the water. Still...

Back during the days of Reagan-Ism and Yuppie’s if you were a European Car Company you wanted a slice of the Big Apple Pie known as the...

As the summer winds swirl outside our Vintage Auto Appraisal Office we sit and ponder the autumn leaves but also Yearn for the sites,...