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1929 Ford Model A Roadster: Ralph Malph’s Car from Happy Days

“Sunday, Monday, Happy Days…” — Happy Days theme song A very big TV hit in the 70′s.  A show about high school teenagers growing up in the 50′s.  A time when kids were growing drag racing their hot rods.  The cars seen in Happy Days were really old school.  Ralph Malph, one of the main [...]

1957 Ford Thunderbird in Breathless

It has been awhile since I saw this classic 80′s gem.  But one thing I did remember about Breathless was the nice rotation of cars that Richard Gere drove.  He stole them, for the most part.  Towards the end of the movie, he was riding around in a red Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz, a very rare [...]

1957 Ford Fairlane Convertible 500 Skyliner from The Lost Boys

In The Lost Boys, one of the cookier moments was when Sam (Corey Haim) went with Grandpa (Barnard Hughes) for a short “ride” in Grandpa’s car, a 1957 Ford Fairlane Convertible 500 Skyliner with Retractable Hardtop.  If I remember correctly, Grandpa fired up the car only to have it backdown the driveway, idle it for [...]