Partly complete 1962 Austin-Healey 3000 replica for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: For sale is my late father’s unfinished kit car. The finished car will resemble a 1962 Austin-...
Photos courtesy Geoff Hacker. For many a sports and racing car builder in the Fifties, Frank Kurtis’ “off-the-shelf” chassis had little equal. It provided good handling, room for bigger engines, and ...
Photos courtesy Geoff Hacker. For many a sports and racing car builder in the Fifties, Frank Kurtis’ “off-the-shelf” chassis had little equal. It provided good handling, room for bigger engines, and ...
What’s a Woodill Wildfire? In short it’s a Willys-based sports car, and only a few were made for production with more built from kits. For more history, read this story from Hemmings Motor News . Or ...
Can’t recall whether we’ve given space to Bill Guernsey’s Atomic Camper in the past. Even if we have, it’s worth pointing to Bubblemania’s post ( English translation ) on it, if for nothing else than...
1952 Kaiser Manhattan. Image courtesy OldCarBrochures. We live in a golden age of crate engine options. From a catalog, one can order Hemis, LSes, even electric motors. And who knows, maybe we could ...
Fiberglass 1960s Bohada body for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: Rare bohada body built in the 60’s to go on a TR3-4-6 chassis or a cut down vw or porsche. Carries a 88 to 90 in ...
Photos courtesy Bonhams. For years, William Towns just sat on the idea of building his own car. To begin with, he had his hands full designing vehicles for other carmakers. But he also didn’t think h...
Matt Anderson at The Henry Ford, which has a Star Trek exhibit running from this weekend through September, took a look at the various classic cars that appeared through the original series’ run. Who...
Unfinished 1999 Xanthos 23 for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: faithful Lotus 23 replica rolling chassis with modern Honda B18C1 engine. Comes with engine computer and wiring har...
From the seller’s description: GR Auto Gallery is pleased to present this 2005 Meyers Manx SR-2 for your consideration. Styling for the SR-2 was conceived by Bruce Meyers and Stewart Reed. He did not...
Image courtesy Brubaker Box Fans on Facebook. Even the people behind the Brubaker Box didn’t quite know how to position the people mover. Was it a minivan before the term took hold? A surf wagon? A c...
1960 Imperial Crown convertible, one of 618 built and roughly 31 remaining. It earned a Grand National Senior Champion from the AACA in 2014. Photography by author. Go to pretty much any open car sho...
Volkswagen-based 1969 Autodynamics Hustler for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: Lotus Replicar 1969 (Autodynamics Hustler) Porsche 912 engine. Runs good, needs brake work and pain...
From the seller’s description: 1958 Volkswagen Alken D2 Roadster , The 1958 Alken Roadster was developed by some Aerospace Engineers for the VW chassis in Venice California. Maybe 25 cars in total we...
Photo courtesy Save the Texas Dune Buggy. After tossing aside a proposed ruling that would definitively outlaw all but a minority of dune buggies in the state, the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles ...
Chevrolet 327-powered 1979 Manta Mirage for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: Approximately 5,000 Miles. 4 Speed Manual Transmission. Street Legal. Motor is a Chevy 327 CI Modified...
Photo courtesy SavetheTexasDuneBuggy. After denying Texas dune buggy owners’ requests to reinstate the titles that the department has revoked over the last few years, Texas Department of Motor Vehicl...
DeLorean factory in Humble, Texas. Image via Google Maps. By now, two years after the passage of the Low Volume Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Act, architects of the legislation had hoped to see assembl...
Photo by Casey Maxon, courtesy Historic Vehicle Association. After an extensive lobbying effort by dune buggy and kit car owners, the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles has put a halt to revoking dun...
1970 Meyers Manx. Photo courtesy RM Sotheby’s. While Texas state officials claim to be looking into the matter, the state’s DMV has outlawed any rebodied vehicles and has started to revoke titles and...
2014 Ultima GTR for sale. From the seller’s description: The car is running well and is the fastest-accelerating street car I’ve ever encountered. Truly amazing performance, and I am not easily impre...
Taking a break from excoriating just about everybody in Detroit, Peter DeLorenzo has spent some time recently telling the story of Owens-Corning’s involvement in sports car racing in the Sixties and ...
One has to wonder how so many carmakers get away with appropriating reusing existing names in the automotive pantheon. By dint of their size and access to lawyers, probably. As we ponder that, the Hi...
Double-exposed film, an annoyance that digital photography has all but eliminated, can actually look rather nice in the hands of a photographer like Jacob Kahler, who specializes in double-exposed au...