If there is one facet of American design that rivals the fashion industry for sexiness, it is the automobile. All of these cars were found on eBay, and the photography is spectacular. Expensive and stylish, these automobiles speak to a time when gasoline was as plentiful as water and the highway beckoned to drive it. How can you not fall in love with these kings and queens of the road?
1956 Chevrolet Bel Air Nomad Wagon: $169,900
1957 Chevy Bel Air: $129,900
1956 Cadillac 2-Door Coupe: $39,900
1946 Ford Super Deluxe VB Woody Wagon: $100,000
1939 Ford DeLuxe Convertible Coupe: $79,900
1969 Ford Torino Cobra: $62,900
1955 Ford Crown Victoria: $59,900
1955 Ford Thunderbird Convertible
1953 Chevrolet Corvette Roadster: $299,000
1961 Chevrolet Corvette: $64,000
1939 Packard 120 Darrin Convertible Victoria: $279,900
1958 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham: $139,000
1958 Chevrolet Impala Convertible: $89,900
1956 Pontiac Star Chief: $59,500
1956 GMC Model 100 Stepside Pickup: $51,000
1959 Edsel Corsair Convertible: $49,900
1953 Nash Country Club Coupe: $29,900
1956 Chevy Bel Air 2 Door: $16,350 with Reserve
Accidental Mysteries is an online curiosity shop of extraordinary things, mined from the depths of the online world and brought to you each week by John Foster, a writer, designer and longtime collector of self-taught art and vernacular photography. “I enjoy the search for incredible, obscure objects that challenge, delight and amuse my eye. More so, I enjoy sharing these discoveries with the diverse and informed readers of Design Observer.”
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