When Checker went long: the 1971 Aerobus
Photo Credit: Richard Lentinello A decade prior to the last Checker rolling off the assembly line on July 12, 1982, this 1971 Aerobus made automotive history as the longest regular production car eve...
Photo Credit: Richard Lentinello A decade prior to the last Checker rolling off the assembly line on July 12, 1982, this 1971 Aerobus made automotive history as the longest regular production car eve...
A&M Deluxe Customs built this 1974 Porsche 914 at their company in Cornelius, Oregon. The company replaced the previous motor, a 2.0 L flat-four with a 3.2 L flat-six built by Dick Elverud mated to a...
Date: December 1981 Location: Second Avenue and Stewart Street, Seattle, Washington Source: Leslie H. Hamilton, via University of Washington Libraries What do you see here?
Our obsession with cars is partly a social phenomenon. They allow us to go places and interact with other people, or bring stories back home. The automobile gives us a common bond between gearheads. ...
Repainted 1980 Chevrolet Camaro for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: This two-owner car is in excellent condition. It was a true barn find with only 25,000 miles when I purchased ...
F9: The Fast Saga is coming this summer, and the first preview came out last weekend. Yes, at this point The Fast and the Furious is basically a superhero movie franchise with cars as a loose backdro...
Scotty from Street Machine released another update on their Mazda MX-5 project. In the previous two videos he replaced the twin-turbo 5.7 L LS1 V8 for a turbocharged 4.0 L Barra inline-six. In part t...
Wojtek Adamczyk built his Celica RA28 dragster at his company GT4 Performance in Ołtarzew, Poland. In the engine bay sits a turbocharged 1UZ V8 producing 900 horsepower and 1000 Nm (737 lb-ft) of tor...
Photos by Richard Lentinello (left) and courtesy Smith family (right). Though best known for designing the complicated but functional retractable hardtop system that went into the Ford Skyliner, engi...
This 1962 Ford Galaxie 500XL is for sale in Mt. Holly Springs, Pennsylvania with a current bid of $34,000 and reserve not met. The project was built by Lucky 7 Rod Shop in Stewartstown, Pennsylvania ...
Images via the Automotive History Preservation Society What is it about the beach that made it such a popular backdrop for vintage car ads? Was it the deep blue water that flowed to the horizon, the ...
Lowered 1957 Rambler Custom for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: Sporting the factory ” Plum” metallic paint , with Black and white accents, this car surely draws a crowd. The bod...
An electric car, at its most basic, is rather simple: batteries, motor, a means of controlling the latter, and a wheeled platform for all of the above. Yet it’s surprisingly difficult to say for sure...
It’s been over a year since Tristan Hewitt and Shane Kenna from WTFauto released an update on their Supra Supreme project. For those who are unfamiliar with the build, they are swapping a twin-turbo ...
1977 Chevrolet Suburban for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: 1977 Chevrolet Suburban is up for sale and is in very good original condition. This is a clean suburban ready for work...
If there’s one thing the upcoming Hummer EV will share with its internal-combustion forebears, it’s excess. Ridiculous excess. Big ol’ ‘Murican-style keep-it-coming-’til-the-wheels-fall-off excess. A...
Einer der Schönsten Vor zwölf Jahren schrieb ich einen sehr ausführlichen Artikel über den ((Ferrari)) 312 P aus dem Jahre 1969 (den ich leider nicht mehr finde…). Der Grund dafür war, dass das Fahrz...
1972 Porsche 911 Carrera RS 2.7 #9113600214 (bezeichnet als «Touring»): M472*. Motor-Nr.: 6630233, Getriebe-Nr: 7830222. Produktionsdatum: Dezember 1972. Originalfarbe*: 6262, Hellgelb Innenausstattu...
1941 Packard 160 Club Coupe for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: Full ground up (frame off) original restoration. This Packard 160 coupe is a wonderful looking and driving car! Th...
Mazda this past week celebrated the company’s centennial with a special website and lots of vintage photos. Japanese Nostalgic Car pulled together a couple stories on the celebration and centennial. ...
Schwartz Performance built this 1970 Pontiac Firebird Formula at their company in Woodstock, Illinois. The car rides on their G-Machine chassis with Ridetech single-adjustable coilovers and a power s...
We are forever wondering how to get kids involved in the old-car hobby. The handwringing among the car enthusiast community is endless. How do we get kids involved? Who will love my favorite car when...
This 2003 Honda S2000 is for sale in Monrovia, California for $19,000. Under the hood sits a 6.2 L LS3 V8 from a 2012 Camaro SS making 430 horsepower and 424 lb-ft of torque. The swap was completed u...
"You always want what you can't have." It's a painful truth, isn't it? It's a sentiment we're likely all familiar with, even if the outcome of it yields something unique for each of us. For me, it's ...
Date: circa 1970s Location: Junius Street and Belmont Avenue, Brooklyn, New York City, New York Source: via The Old Motor What do you see here?