Reminiscing – Driving on the beach
The day that I fell in love with Chrysler products was the day that my dad pulled into our driveway in our brand new yellow and white 1957 Plymouth Savoy sport coupe. I was just 6 years old at the ti...
The day that I fell in love with Chrysler products was the day that my dad pulled into our driveway in our brand new yellow and white 1957 Plymouth Savoy sport coupe. I was just 6 years old at the ti...
There's a long-running joke - something about how Porsche 911s are just fancy Volkswagen Beetles. I'm sure there are a dozen-and-one variants, and truth be told, I've probably said them all in passin...
Tom’s Turbo Garage is back with another engine swap project. This time around Tom is replacing the the 2.0 L 4G63 turbo inline-four in his 1991 Mitsubishi Galant VR-4 with another 4G63 from an Eagle ...
Date: November 1958 Location: Avenue and Davenport roads, Toronto, Ontatio Source: Ron Laytner photo, via the Torontoist What do you see here?
Original unrestored 1980 AMC Concord DL for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: 258 ci “6” Automatic transmission, power steering, power front disc brakes, COLD A/C, tilt wheel, recl...
1952 Siata-Ford 208 S Cabriolet Speciale. Photos by Karissa Hosek. Founded by Giorgio Ambrosini in 1926, Siata initially produced performance parts for Fiat, but in the postwar years began production...
Photos courtesy Internet Checker Taxicab Archive. Kaela Petkovits grew up in her father’s Checker taxis as he drove the streets of Seattle in the Eighties and dreamed of having her own to drive somed...
Mike Gesselle affectionately calls his 1977 Toyota Celica “Slimer”. Under the lime green hood sits a 4.0 L 1UZ-FE V8 with a 78 mm turbocharger. The combo is good enough to get down the quarter-mile i...
When this 1959 Autobianchi Bianchina rolled out of the factory it was powered by a 15 horsepower straight-twin engine. However ItsBenModified is installing a motorcycle engine, custom chassis and nar...
This 1991 Mazda Miata called “Balto” was built by Evil Genius Racing in Davis, California to compete in LeMons racing. The original motor was sold when the team purchased the car and is now powered b...
The owner of this Honda S600 came to Maztech in Melborne, Australia for some work. The small car is powered by a 2.0 L F20C inline-four from a S2000 that produces slightly less than 200 horsepower to...
Photo courtesy BridgetMGTD. Even though cars are nothing more than machines, their growing complexity has led plenty of drivers, mechanics, and enthusiasts to believe there’s something more going on ...
Date: circa 1970s Location: Victoria Park Avenue, Toronto, Ontario Source: via blogto.com What do you see here?
From the seller’s description: After more than 32 years of ownership, it is time to sell this elegant, rare 1950 Jaguar Mark V Drop Head Coupe. The Jaguar Mark V was first introduced at the 1948 Lond...
Photo courtesy National Automobile Museum. Futurist and visionary, or instigator and Weerdo? Ed Roth might have preferred the latter two terms as compliments, but as culture consumes counterculture, ...
1988 Corvette Twin-Turbo, built by Callaway. Photos courtesy Callaway Cars. Looking for a way to increase the output of its L98 V-8 engine while partner Lotus designed the overhead cam LT5, GM turned...
Nick and Charlie Seward’s unique 1966 Jaguar E-Type went to Santa Pod Raceway’s Dragstalgia 2017 event to see what it could do. The 1JZ inline-six’s 478 horsepower and 490 lb-ft of torque on 23 psi (...
Engine Masters wanted to see just how much power their turbocharged 5.0 L V8 was making inside the Rotsun. The team dyno’d the engine with and without the Ford Power Stroke turbocharger and found the...
Let’s face it – a dollar, or in this case 5,000 of them, doesn’t buy what it used to. Often, the toughest part of penning the regular $5,000 Challenge series is finding cars from our classifieds with...
This custom 1953 Studebaker truck is for sale in Memphis, Indiana with an asking price of $29,995. The Studebaker cab rides on a 1986 Chevrolet C30 1-ton chassis with a modified 1955 Chevy bed. Power...
Date: circa 1950s Location: Yonge Street and Esplanade, Toronto, Ontario Source: via UrbanToronto.ca What do you see here?
1965 Pontiac Bonneville 2-door hardtop for sale. From the seller’s description: This car is very original and only has 39k miles on it. The interior is all original except for the carpet which was re...
1938 Packard Super Eight fire engine. Photos by Mike Maez, courtesy Gooding & Company. By 1938, Packard had been out of the truck manufacturing business for 15 years, but a brief collaboration with t...
The Coatesville Invitational Vintage Grand Prix brings classic cars in (rapid) motion to the historic downtown of Coatesville, Pennsylvania. Images courtesy Ryan P. McWilliams/Hi-Test Photography. “L...
This 1993 Mazda RX-7 was built to do one thing, go fast in a straight line. The rotary engine was pulled to make room for a built 2.0 L 4G63 inline-four that produces 1,100-1,200 horsepower. It makes...