The Packard plant in August 2018. Image courtesy Google Street View. The collapsed production-line bridge at the former Packard plant may turn out to be a trifling worry to the current owner of the p...
1967 Jaguar E-type Roadster 4.2 and 1967 Lancia Flaminia 3c 2.8 Convertible. Photography by the author. Two vintage sports cars, one beautiful fall afternoon, and plenty of lightly populated rural ro...
Derham-bodied 1948 Cadillac 60S for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: This Cadillac was ordered by the sales managers of Brown and Bigelow as a Christmas present for Charles A. War...
The first Porsche 916 prototype, “Brutus.” Photos courtesy Artcurial. In an alternate timeline, the Porsche 911 may have lost its crown as the brand’s halo car circa 1972, replaced by a high-performa...
The Corvette Hall of Fame. All images courtesy the National Corvette Museum. The Corvette Hall of Fame, located at the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky, exists to recognize those w...
Unrestored 1973 International Travelall 1010 Custom for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: 345 V-8 gasoline engine, factory tow package. Original paint, original interior (some pain...
Given the fact it’s been uploaded to YouTube and now we’re able to share it, the information in this CIA mobile surveillance training video from 1974, shot around the western London suburbs, is likel...
Big-block four-speed 1969 Ford Galaxie XL for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: 2 door sport roof, 429-4 Speed only 404 were special ordered with this engine and transmission combi...
Photo by Mike Boening. Prior to the collapse of the production line bridge at the former Packard plant this week, the Detroit News ran a piece looking back on an unusual chapter in the plant’s histor...
The biggest news of the year happened away from the track. In October 1973, Saudi Arabia — controlled by OPEC — organized an oil embargo in retaliation for United States support of Israel during the ...
From the seller’s description: 1953 Pontiac Cheiftan Eight , 74676 original miles, garaged from new. Completely original with all owner paperwok and cards from new. This is a very rare pontiac in add...
Photos courtesy British Motor Industry Heritage Trust. You’re running Britain’s most prolific automaker, and some guy knocks on your door asking you to build a two-wheeled car stabilized by a gyrosco...
1964 Shelby 289 Cobra, CSX2246, which sold for a fee-inclusive $1.05 million. CSX2246 photos by Mathieu Heurtault, copyright and courtesy of Gooding & Company. The Shelby 289 Cobra may well have been...
It’s the end of January. If you’re anywhere east of, say, Arizona, it seems like it’s well below freezing and driving an old car is limited to the earliest year for factory seat heaters. But if you’r...
The opening lap of the SVRA Charity Pro-Am race at VIR in 2018. Still image from video below. In 2014, the Sportscar Vintage Racing Association (SVRA) debuted the Indy Legends Pro-Am race, pairing am...
Date: 1977 Location: Santa Monica, California Source: Lawrence Downing, via Digital Collections of the Los Angeles Public Library What do you see here?
Former Nevada Department of Forestry 1962 GMC K1500 pickup for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: has the 305ci V6 with 4 speed trans, odometer show’s almost 83K miles. (Equipment s...
1963 Porsche 356B Carrera 2 GS cabriolet. Photos courtesy Bonhams. In 1963, the most expensive Porsche road model one could order from an American dealership was the 356B Carrera 2 GS cabriolet, whic...
Image courtesy Google Street View. At one point, wrapped in a graphic depicting it sans crumbling brick or rusted steel trusses, the bridge crossing Detroit’s East Grand Boulevard served as the emble...
From the seller’s description: Unique 1991 BMW 325iC , with low miles and a manual transmission. No rust or body damage ever. Runs and drives as good as it looks and has been completely gone through....
Photo by Johann Schwarz. Legislation that aims to protect European motorsports from potentially devastating mandated insurance requirements passed the first, and perhaps most crucial, of a series of ...
A 1952 Packard 200 Deluxe Touring Sedan. Images via OldCarAdvertising.com. You often hear about “the one that got away” — a car or truck that somebody once owned that they regret selling. I don’t act...