Photo courtesy Indianapolis Motor Speedway. For nearly 20 years, Mari Hulman George was the voice that started the Indianapolis 500 with the command, “Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines,” but h...
Photos by Gary Kessler, courtesy of Mecum Auctions. These days, photochoppers don’t waste much time in slapping together station wagon or shooting brake versions of every new car after the first offi...
The Super Charger concept, posed with the “Hellephant” 426 supercharged crate HEMI engine. Photos courtesy FCA. Let’s face it: Nostalgia still sells, especially to hardcore horsepower junkies. To hig...
From the seller’s description: 1995 Chevrolet Corvette Indianapolis 500 Track Car, 1995 Authentic Corvette Indianapolis 500 “Track Car” Convertible, 1 of 75 vehicles produced. This car was used by Da...
Superformance’s Shelby Daytona coupe replica. Photo courtesy Superformance. Despite a number of pleas from the Specialty Equipment Market Association to move along regulations that would allow replic...
Chevrolet’s eCOPO Camaro Concept. Photos courtesy Chevrolet. At this year’s SEMA Show, Chevrolet marked the 50th anniversary of the COPO Camaro with a limited run of racing-use-only 2019 COPO Camaros...
If you saw our latest issue of Muscle Machine s, you’ll notice that the car on the cover is what the kids call a “WIP:” Work In Progress. And the great thing about a WIP is that, sooner or later, it’...
Photos courtesy VanDerBrink Auctions. As a salesman traveling all over the country, Jim Jackson had plenty of seat time looking through a windshield out over vast ribbons of asphalt. By the mid-Seven...
Hot Wheels Original 16 Display Set. Photo courtesy Mattel. Mattel’s eternal diecast brand may be celebrating a birthday, but collectors get the presents. Hot Wheels turned 50 years old in 2018; many ...
Images courtesy Evro Publishing. Books about famous racing drivers and titans of industry abound, but tomes on mechanical engineers are few and far between. Reid Railton was no ordinary engineer, and...
From the seller’s description: 1972 Plymouth Road Runner 340 4-speed . One of only 329 made with this engine/transmission combination in 1972. This car has the very desirable Air Grabber hood option,...
Photo courtesy PWORA. Though the group of Jeepers and off-roaders dedicated to rebuilding off-highway vehicle trails in the wake of devastating wildfires only formed a few months ago, it has already ...
Bill Hirsch in 2007. Photo by David Traver Adolphus. William S. “Bill” Hirsch, founder of Bill Hirsch Automotive Products in Newark, New Jersey, died on October 23 at age 90. Bill was a lifelong car ...
From the seller’s description: 1991 TOYOTA COROLLA GTS TIME CAPSULE 6800 ORIGINAL MILES ALWAYS GARAGED IN HEATED STORAGE, ON BLOCKS AND COVERED FOR APPROX 20 YEARS 100% ORIGINAL, ORIGINAL TIRES ARE R...
An aerial view of the Buick City site. Image courtesy Google Maps. Buick City, a massive industrial site in Flint, Michigan, has been largely vacant since the last of its manufacturing plants were sh...
BMW in Greece. Photo by Charlie. Just as a farming accident inadvertently imperiled the future of motorsports in Europe, an ill-fated joyride has now made it more difficult for museums, collectors, a...
Parnelli Jones at Indy in 2015. Photo by Sarah Stierch. He was successful as a driver, on pavement and off, and later enjoyed wins and championships as a team owner. Mario Andretti called him “the gr...
So, three buddies, who each happen to have YouTube channels, like going to junkyards, finding old cars and getting them started, running and moving. “Thunderhead289,” “Junkyard Digs” and “Dylan McCoo...
1969 Chevrolet K5 Blazer. Photo courtesy GM Media. Sure, the Chevrolet Blazer heavily influenced sport utility vehicles by using a shortened version of GM’s standard pickup chassis, as many histories...
Images are by RBW Classic Electric Cars, except where noted While the sounds, smells, and feeling of an internal-combustion engine and three-pedal manual transmission have always been an integral par...
Photo by Bud Juneau. In many of the obituaries of retail giant Sears penned this month in response to the company’s bankruptcy filing, it’s been noted that the company sold everything, even automobil...
Photos courtesy Bonhams. These days, do-it-yourself implies building a headboard out of pallet wood. When the automobile was still in its infancy, the term called for a wider range of skillsets in or...
A 1927 Bugatti Type 40 driven by Mark Gessler and his son, Kurt, on the 2018 1000 Miglia. Photos by Riccardo Palazzani, courtesy Historic Vehicle Association. Each May, the 1000 Miglia – the modern e...
Pfaff Design’s rendering of the H and H Performance 1970 Bronco. H&H Performance Inc. of DuBois, Pennsylvania, has long been known for Mustang restorations, but it also does Bronco buildups, and its ...
From the seller’s description: 1963 Pontiac Catalina 2 door hardtop. This car has been PHS documented a real 421 HO, factory rated at 370 HP. One of only 1365 HO engines built in 1963. Has original b...