Fancy Falcon: 1974 Ford Landau

The Australian breed of muscle car isn't especially rare, with GM, Ford, and Chrysler all building muscle cars somewhat analogous to their American counterparts. What was more rare was the Australian personal luxury car. 'Personal luxury car' isn't a term we use in Australia, instead we prefer to call everything with two doors, regardless of it being a Toyota Corolla or a Rolls-Royce Corniche, a coupe - even if they might be a hardtop. Interestingly, the Landau never featured a landau roof, which is as much of a blatant lie as calling your eighth child "Precious". Find this 1974 Ford Landau for sale in Williamstown, Victoria, for $20k AUD ($14,600 USD at the time of writing) via gumtree.

Red everywhere- 1977 Cadillac Coupe de Ville

How does this sound to you? Red paint, red landau roof, red leather seats, red carpet, red dash, and red steering wheel.  This downsized 1977 coupe is to the color red as golfer Ricky Fowler is to the color orange.  Find this 1977 Cadillac Coupe de Ville for sale for $12,500 via Northwest CT craigslist.

Hollywood Swinger- 1974 Dodge Dart Swinger

The Dodge Dart was one of the most durable cars of the 1970’s. The inline slant 6 engine garnered a reputation for being nearly un-killable. Most cars back them didn't even have a six digit odometers. The slant six was offered in almost every car and truck in the Mopar line up. The third generation Dart was produced from 1967 to 1976. We have a unmolested survivor with a claimed 45,000 miles for sale in Meriden, CT 1974 Dodge Dart Swinger for $6500.

5k: Landau? Try Depends: 1989 Ford LTD Crown Victoria, Minty Clean

In 1982 Ford split the LTD sedan into two models, the mid-sized LTD on the Fox platform, and the full-sized LTD Crown Victoria. The Crown Vic remained a body-on-frame Panther platform behemoth powered by Ford Windsor V8s. To add further confusion, the top of the line LTD Crown Victoria was originally called the LTD Landau and Crown Victoria was just a decor package typified by the big chrome band that ran from B-pillar to B-pillar over the roof like a 'crown.'  Find this 1989 Ford Crown Victoria LTD for sale in Shawsville, VA currently bidding on ebay for $3,603 reserve-not-met with a 4 days to go.

2k: Cougar Bait: 1981 Mercury Cougar XR7 Coupe

The Mercury Cougar led an interesting life before the Mercury brand name was dissolved in 2010. The Cougar has been variously based on Mustang, Thunderbird and Mondeo platforms, but the non-Mustang versions are tragic. Find this "pony cousin" Fox body 1981 Mercury Cougar XR7 Coupe for sale in Moon Township, PA for $2750 via craigslist.  Big thanks to tip from DT reader Doug!