From the seller’s description: 1966 Pontiac Bonneville Convertible Part of a private collection. Finished in Cameo Ivory with red interior. Only two owners from new with known ownership history from ...
Photos courtesy Burns and Co. It all started with a trip to Detroit. Specifically, to what as then known as the Henry Ford Museum, where a young Charlie McCarron saw both the first and last Ford Mode...
From the seller’s description: For sale is a wonderful example of a classic and now highly collectable Mercedes-Benz W123 Wagon. This is an extremely rare and coveted 1983 230TE Manual Transmission c...
1985 Toyota Van for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: 236,000K. 7 passenger, runs great, 5 speed, AC, Cruise, tires near new, cassette and CD player, very clean throughout! 2nd own...
A 1989 Chevrolet Camaro, built for the SCCA’s American Sedan series, sold for $9,000 – with trailer. Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions. Though Hagerty reports a decline in overall Monterey auction sales...
1955 Chrysler New Yorker DeLuxe Town and Country station wagon for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: Though production numbers seem to vary, most would agree that just over 1,000 o...
1964 Ford Fairlane 500. Photo courtesy Steve Bousquet. It was love at first sight, but the feeling wasn’t mutual. Not yet, anyway. The year was 1974. I was in college and held down a full-time job at...
A barn-fresh Jaguar XK120 drophead coupe at Bonhams Quail Lodge auction in 2014. Photo by author. A car, truck or motorcycle is only original once, explaining, perhaps, the premiums often paid for “b...
1941 Plymouth P-12 sedan. Photo courtesy Eric Knowlton. In 1967, I was a junior in college and my father finally realized I needed a car. In the spring of that year, he found a 1941 P-12 four-door Pl...
1971 Land Rover 109 Dormobile camper conversion for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: Original and rare Martin Walter Dormobile conversion to a new Land Rover 109 series IIa Statio...
Photos courtesy Gary Bricken. Sure, Ford’s Model A – like the Model T before it – assumed many different roles, whether it be racer, fire truck, or killer hot rod roadster. But even dedicated Model A...
Don’t let its black paint and full fenders fool you–this Ford Model T Runabout is far from stock. Photos by the author. Henry Ford advertised his Model T as “The Universal Car,” with the implication ...
1983 Toyota Hilux for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: Owned by same family in the Southwest since original purchase. Runs smoothly and starts reliably. Parked in owner’s garage, ...
Since starting this series in 2014, we’ve received more than a few requests to broaden our horizons and include motorcycles in the $5,000 Challenge. As someone who once counted a bike as his only mot...
No great road trip story ever ended with, “…and absolutely nothing went wrong on the entire trip.” Epic stories are filled with drama, punctuated with intervals of sheer terror, and wrapped up with a...
“Apple,” as the car was nicknamed by the previous owner, wears a 1960-’61 front fender because of accident damage decades ago. Owner Dillon Merkl retained it because he enjoys the “Frankenstein look....
1940 Ford Siebert ambulance for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: When the Flathead V8 was introduced in 1932, the coachbuilder that would be best remembered for its contributions ...
From the seller’s description: For sale 1968 FORD LTD BROUGHAM, two-door hard top that is all original. The engine is a 390 ci, 270 horsepower with a two-barrel carb, C-6 automatic transmission. It h...
Jeremiah Thomas’s 1929 Ford A/V8 is a veritable oldtimer in the East Coast traditional rodding scene. Photos by the author. You’ve probably seen this ’29 Ford roadster with the Ford V-8 logo stencile...
From the seller’s description: 1968 Chevrolet Impala 9 passenger station wagon. Special order-396 engine, turbo hydra-matic transmission; all-original except new 4-barrel carb; 91,368 highway miles; ...
Richard Douglas with sons Lloyd (L), Asa (C) and Zeb (R). Photos by author. Richard Douglas is a big fan of our $5,000 Challenge series, as it drives home the message that one doesn’t need to be weal...
Photos by the author What could be more apt than criss-crossing the country in a motor home from the same company that sent hundreds of Conestoga wagons down the Oregon Trail? Believe it or not, this...
For most people, the most iconic vehicle from the Back to the Future films is the DeLorean. Fair enough. For one guy in Massachusetts, it was always the Toyota pickup, and 30-plus years later, he own...
In the United States, Father’s Day is this Sunday, June 19. Trust us when we say that dad doesn’t need another tie, or a set of golf clubs, or even a fancy dinner out that requires wearing a tie (pot...
For 1966, the Oldsmobile Jetstar 88 boasted a “Fresh new look. Fashionable Interior. Rollicking Rocket action.” We’re not sure that last item was a selling point for suburban families shopping a sens...