Photos courtesy Bonhams. Mickey Thompson sped along at 100 miles an hour or so. He didn’t have another land-speed record or motorsports title in his sights. He didn’t even have his hands on the wheel...
LCP veteran 1954 Volvo PV444 for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: This race car comes with an extensive list of modifications, beginning with custom made wide body includes front ...
From the seller’s description: 1953 Lincoln Capri 2 Door Coupe, This Capri was orignially owned by race car driver Duane Carter and used as his chase car for the 1953 Mexico Panamara Race. It was own...
Image courtesy ArteAuto.com. The videos are shaky and grainy and in Spanish, but 65 years later they remain fascinating because they’re first-hand accounts of the fourth running of La Carrera Panamer...
La Carrera Panamericana veteran 1965 Chevrolet Corvair Corsa for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: Only Corvair to start or complete Carrera Panamerican Road Race in Mexico! Color:...
La Carrera Panamericana veteran 1953 Studebaker Champion for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: Descripción del vendedor Studebaker Champion 53 Race ready and full prepared for La C...
Monte Carlo and La Carrera Panamericana veteran 1964 Ford Falcon Sprint for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: Bo Ljungfeldt and his Ford Falcon had an honourable 1963 Monte Carlo R...
Prologue Dallas Times Herald, January 1946: Down The Pan-American Highway: With approach of the first peace-time vacation period since 1941, many motorists who like to hit the long, open highways are...
Forbes this week ran an article discussing what happens when nobody wants your parents’ stuff, and though it doesn’t address collector cars, we know well that the old car hobby is a generational one,...
1954 Lincoln Capri, on loan to The Revs from the National Automobile Museum in Reno, Nevada. Photos by author. From the beginning of December through the end of April, I spend quite a lot of time thi...
1954 Carrera Panamericana-winning Lincoln Capri. Photos courtesy National Automobile Museum (The Harrah Collection), unless otherwise noted. Intended to publicize the completion of the Pan-American H...
At first glance it might look like a Cuban special, but this 1954 Chevrolet for sale on Hemmings.com is actually a veteran of Le Carrera Panamericana, though the ad doesn’t mention its record in the ...