Austin-Healey’s 100S was a car built without compromise or attention to cost, meant to deliver racing glory to gentlemen racers capable of fronting the $4,995 price of admission. Just 50 examples wer...
Like Rodney Dangerfield, the 1980s is the decade that can’t seem to get any respect. The 1950s and ’60s stand on their own, automotive-wise, and though few would declare the 1970s the pinnacle of aut...
Photo by Mr. Nixter. Typically it’s a flesh-and-blood living person who takes home a lifetime achievement award, but the judges for the International Historic Motoring Awards, perhaps acknowledging t...
Photos courtesy Jaguar Land Rover Classic. In March of this year, Jaguar announced it would complete production of its legendary XKSS model, assembling the nine cars destroyed by a February 1957 fire...
1967 Buick GS 340 (top); 1969 Dodge Dart Swinger 340 (bottom). Photos by the author. We’ve all had that “if money was no object” dream; a foggy utopia where we gleefully theorize amassing a collectio...
Photos courtesy Indiana Racing Memorial Association. For a man whose legacy includes one of the largest and most well known car brands in the world, Louis Chevrolet’s Indianapolis gravesite remains f...
Photos courtesy Klein Realty and Auction. Blame a 1965 Chevrolet for Terry Hodgen’s fascination with the Buick Riviera. “As the story goes, he bought that Chevrolet new, and the transmission went aft...
Photo courtesy Silverstone Circuit. A would-be financial rescue for the historic Silverstone circuit in Great Britain has apparently fizzled now that Jaguar Land Rover has backed away from a bid to e...
Whenever we see images of Mel Stultz and Bobby Green’s “Frozen Few” vintage-motorcycle ice racing, we are reminded of the Swedish Winter Grand Prix (and wonder why we don’t get invited to race old ho...
From the seller’s description: Presented for sale here is the finest 1949 Triumph 2000 Roadster in existence. Just completed. This 7 year frame-off, and to original specification motorcar is finished...
From Curbside Classic comes the interesting tail of an old-car owner who put his or her neighborhood vandals street artists to work preserving a ’61 Rambler American. Apparently the unidentified owne...
N100001, the first Camaro built on the pilot assembly line, displayed in the GM booth. Photos by author. Though it was conceived as an industry trade show to support the automotive aftermarket perfor...
1965 Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu SS Z16. Photos courtesy Joel McKee. For some, the “one that got away” is a lost love interest, while for others, it’s a fish, or a 10-point buck. For those of us passio...
1969 Chevrolet Corvair Monza convertible for sale. From the seller’s description: Very Rare 1969 and Collectible Corvair Monza Convertible. Show AND Go in this fun to drive classic. You’ll be grinnin...
Images courtesy Edsel & Eleanor Ford House It’s hard to overstate the importance of Edsel Ford to The Motor City. His father Henry may have put the world on wheels, and his son Henry II may have save...
1963 Darlington 500. Joe Weatherly (#8) in his Mercury leads Darel Dierenger (#26) in his Mercury. Photo courtesy Ford Motorsports History. A livestreamed talk on NASCAR history at Watkins Glen will ...
1952 Hudson (L) and Meteor. Photos by Harold Wellenbrink. My Canadian car is a 1952 Meteor that was built in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, and my American car is a 1952 Hudson Wasp which was built in Det...
Photo via Packard Proving Grounds. Like that other remnant of the Packard automobile company near downtown Detroit, the Packard Proving Grounds could have been abandoned to decay for decades. Or the ...
Mopar’s new restoration part website, dedicated to owners of classic cars. Photos courtesy FCA Group. Finding reproduction parts for a classic car restoration can be a time-consuming endeavor. First,...
Walter P. Chrysler Museum. Image courtesy FCA. Those hoping to visit the Walter P. Chrysler Museum, located on the automaker’s Auburn Hills campus, have a very narrow window to do so. Late Thursday, ...
The flag drops and the hammer’s down at The Race of Gentlemen on Pismo Beach. Photo by Jeff Koch. It rained at Woodstock in 1969. More than 400,000 people showed up and made the best of it despite th...
Usually, but not always, there’s a theme that holds each installment of the $5,000 challenge together. It may be cars that need assembly, or unusual finds, or cars from a particular decade, or it may...
This ’68 Firebird is wearing reproduction bias-ply Wide Oval tires. Photo by author. It’s hard to believe that it has been 50 years since Firestone introduced its illustrious Super Sports Wide Oval t...
The car that won the first Indianapolis 500, the 1911 Marmon Wasp, on display in Shell’s SEMA booth. Photos by Steve Berry. Every year, the automotive aftermarket flocks to Las Vegas in early Novembe...
1991 Saturn models, including the SC (left), SL1 (center) and SL2 (right). All photos copyright 2016 General Motors LLC. Used with permission, GM Media Archive. By the early 1980s, General Motors was...