Photos courtesy Historic Vehicle Association, except where noted. Both were built to entice the general public into buying a Ford Mustang. Both have gone 50-plus years without a restoration. And both...
Pumpkin Seed at Bonneville in 2006. Photos by the author, except where noted. It put multiple racers in the 200-mph Club. It’s had multiple land-speed racing luminaries in its cockpit between two sti...
Pumpkin Seed at Bonneville in 2006. Photos by the author, except where noted. It put multiple racers in the 200 MPH Club. It’s had multiple land-speed racing luminaries in its cockpit between two sti...
1962 Buick Skylark convertible for sale. From the seller’s description: This rare car is in excellent condition car with all matching #’s. Only 8,913 convertibles were produced. Second owner car. Ori...
Unrestored slant six pushbutton transmission 1961 Plymouth Valiant for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: The car was purchased new in 1961 by a Senior lady in Oxnard, California at...
Photos courtesy Carol Crumrine Williams, except where noted. Every now and then, we run something in Lost and Found that nets so many responses our physical and email inboxes literally overflow. Such...
Restored 1968 Zink Formula Vee racer for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: Turn key and ready to race, very good to excellent condition, rebuilt motor Oct 2015 (Autowerks), one rac...
On the trailer going to the shop. Just love those narrow whitewalls! Photos by author. I have come to and passed the turning point in the Corvair project: More things are now going in or on the car t...
Still from “ 27 Hours to La Paz.” It started out as little more than a lark, an informal competition among off-road racers to see who could make it from one end of the Baja peninsula to the other the...
Photos by David Newhardt, courtesy Mecum Auctions. Such indignity. Dispatched to remote Canada, passed over, and left to sit on a dealership showroom for a year before it sold, the first hardtop Must...
From the seller’s description: Outstanding two-year restoration of an original 1967 Cougar GT 4 speed A/C car. Originally painted in Inverness Green Metallic with Light Ivy Gold Crinkle interior. Car...
I just turned 13 years of age in October of 1959 when a couple weeks later my Dad said, “let’s go look at some new cars.” The local Ford dealer in a Chicago suburb had two 1960 Thunderbirds on the lo...
A nice example of ante litteram dual twin headlights, seen in the Ghia bodied Alfa 1900. Fiat Lux If you think that dual headlights were a typical American product, think twice! The first car that ap...
Offenhauser-powered Indy-raced 1965 Gerhardt for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: The 1965 Gerhardt Indy chassis was almost a direct copy of the highly successful Lotus 29 Formula...
Though the April 15 deadline for filing individual tax returns is still over a month away, those getting federal or state refunds have probably sent in (or electronically filed) paperwork by now. In ...
From the seller’s description: Very nice original 1966 Bonneville Station Wagon. 389, auto AM radio, power rear window, remote mirror. Mostly original paint, slight rust at base of side window, other...
Artwork provided by the Automotive History Preservation Society. This ad makes me envious that I wasn’t around to participate in the contest, but I can’t change the fact that it took place six years ...
1966 Oldsmobile 98 convertible for sale. From the seller’s description: This is a fairly rare car to find these days and perfect for this year’s car show season…. The brakes have all just been replac...
1967 Pontiac Tempest two-door post. Photos by author. I recently returned from the annual Scottsdale auto auctions, after spending nearly a week covering six of them with friends and co-workers Jeff ...