I'm working on what might be a series of images depicting Americana circa 1950 thru 1970. It obviously would benefit from a lot of different and varied vehicles from those years; all kinds, not just the usual "muscle cars". There are some nice free models on the web, but I need to model specific cars in a wide range. The few that fit my needs that I have found around the web are retail models out of my budget (this is hobby stuff for me). Aside from high poly, high detail modeling in Max and AutoCad or Rhino, is there a middle ground where you can model something for Bryce or Vue that has detail and looks good, without having to take a course in CAD to do it?

Thanks much