Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions, except where noted. When the Bullitt Mustang sold for a record $3.4 million earlier this year, hardly anybody asked what Mustang could top that; why ask a silly questi...
The Miller and Guenther 1965 Plymouth Belvedere A990 factory lightweight. Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions. By the time Ed Miller paired with Kip Guenther to purchase “Akron Arlen” Vanke’s four-speed 1...
This trio of Mopar display engines, owned by Steven Juliano, head to auction next month in Indianapolis. Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions. Once upon a time, auto shows were important events for manufac...
Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions. The midget motorsports craze of the 1930s and 1940s not only served as a launchpad for many drivers who’d go on to successful racing careers, it also ended up keeping ...
Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions. In many ways, the story of the Jones-Benisek 1970 Buick GS is the story of the car(s) that it is not. It is not the Stage 1 car that its flanks and badging indicate. I...
Shelby Cobras from the Steven Juliano Estate Collection. Photos by David Newhardt, courtesy Mecum Auctions. Muscle car collector Steven Juliano, who died of cancer in September 2018, earned a reputat...
Photos by David Newhardt, courtesy Mecum Auctions, unless otherwise noted. Somewhere in Detroit, supposedly in a garage under the Ambassador Bridge, rests a heavily modified ‘Cuda, the last car that ...
Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions. Prior to selling off the late Jim Street’s collection, which included two of the most iconic — and largely unseen for decades — mid-century custom cars, Mecum Auctions...
1952 Kurtis Kraft 4000 Indy Car, chassis 345. Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions. In five starts at the Indianapolis 500, racer Ed Elisian never finished higher than 18th. It was his second Indy 500, in ...
A track-driven 2004 Chevrolet Corvette Indy Pace Car, one of three 2004 models in the collection. Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions. The Chevrolet Corvette has paced the Indianapolis 500 a total of 14 t...
Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions. They should have returned to Detroit with a hero’s welcome. Instead, Lincoln brass essentially buried their employees’ accomplishment – setting a 182 MPH record at Bon...
Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions, except where noted. Dual superchargers. Dual headlamps. Dual slicks. The car that Jim Street showed for a few years and then hid away for decades seemed to have dual e...
1971 Buick GS 455 Stage 1 convertible, the only drop-top in the Matt Wagoner Collection. Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions. Introduced in 1965 as a high-performance option package for Skylarks and Rivie...
1971 Buick GS 455 Stage 1 convertible, the only drop-top in the Matt Wagoner Collection. Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions. Introduced in 1965 as a high-performance option package for Skylarks and Rivie...
Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions, except where noted. For several years it toured the country claiming a Guinness world record for “world’s most expensive automobile,” and it very well may have been, g...
Press releases from new car manufacturers these days focus on more. Of everything. More horsepower, more luxury, more storage space, more electronic stuff and, of course, more attractive lease and fi...
The first publicly available 1978 Chevrolet Corvette Pace Car Replica, VIN 1Z8748S900003. Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions. In 1978, for the first time since its 1953 debut, a Chevrolet Corvette was se...
Photos by David Newhardt, courtesy Mecum Auctions. Such indignity. Dispatched to remote Canada, passed over, and left to sit on a dealership showroom for a year before it sold, the first hardtop Must...
Photo courtesy McDorman Museum. Less than three years after it opened – and a year and a half since its founder died – the Bob McDorman Automotive Museum near Columbus, Ohio, announced that it will c...
By William Hall. Photos by the author. At the annual Mecum Spring Auction held in Indianapolis each May, you can find many beautiful examples of your favorite classic cars for sale. You can find the ...
One of the NASCAR Herbies from the 2005 film Herbie: Fully Loaded. Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions. Even those with little interest in racing can recognize the white Volkswagen Beetle with red and blu...
1967 Shelby 427 Cobra, CSX3295. Photos courtesy of Mecum Auctions. Carroll Shelby’s 427 Cobra is the stuff enthusiast dreams are made of. Iconic in both appearance and sound, many of us have dreamed ...
Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions. They’re considered some of the rarest Mustangs ever built, but more importantly they’re also the very first vehicles to arise out of Ford’s Special Vehicle Operations ...
1966 Chevrolet Biscayne, with the L72 V-8. Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions. As service and parts manager for LeRoy Chevrolet in LeRoy, New York, Karl Bill had a pretty good idea how to configure a 196...
The Kirt Fryer 1971 Mustang collection. Photos by David Newhardt, courtesy Mecum Auctions. Ask Mustang enthusiasts to name the most desirable examples over the years, and it’s a safe bet that the lar...