1982 Honda Motocompo scooter, ready for riding. Images courtesy Mecum Auctions. By Honda’s original sales projections of 10,000 units per month, its three-year experiment building the Japanese-market...
The “Bullitt” Mustang, a 1968 fastback, as shown at the 2018 North American International Auto Show. Photo by Ronan Glon. The Highland Green 1968 Mustang fastback that starred alongside Steve McQueen...
1934 Ford roadster pickup. Images courtesy Mecum Auctions. Ford’s roadster pickups have long been sought out by hot rodders and collectors, but they fell out of favor with buyers in the 1930s as clos...
1967 Gerhardt Ford Indy Car. Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions, unless otherwise noted. Car owner Walter “Wally” Weir wanted a shot at running competitively in the Indianapolis 500, so for 1967 he purch...
1955 Motorama cutaway displays. Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions. In 1955, GM’s Motorama was a not-to-be-missed affair for the whole family. In addition to highlighting the latest concept cars from its...
The last 1953 Chevrolet Corvette built, chassis 300. Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions. It was Harley Earl that sold GM on the need to produce an all-American sports car, and to test the waters, his Spe...
Richard Petty’s 1970 Plymouth Superbird (L) and 1971 Plymouth Road Runner. Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions. Rule changes in NASCAR rendered Richard Petty’s 1970 Plymouth Superbird obsolete after a sin...
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...
1970 Dodge Challenger R/T Hemi convertible. Photos by David Newhardt, courtesy Mecum Auctions, unless otherwise noted. The E-body Dodge Challenger debuted in the fall of 1969 as a 1970 model. Both ha...
Tom McEwen’s 1968-’69 Top Fuel slingshot dragster. Photos by Dan Duckworth, courtesy Mecum Auctions. By the mid-1960s, Tom McEwen had earned a reputation as a winning drag racer (and the nickname “Th...
1967 Shelby G.T. 500 Super Snake. Images courtesy Mecum Auctions. In 2013, a one-of-one built 1967 Shelby G.T. 500 Super Snake, powered by a 427-cu.in. V-8 liberated from Shelby’s Ford GT40 Mk II pro...
1965 Shelby 289 Cobra, CSX2588. Photos by David Newhardt, courtesy Mecum Auctions. In October 1964, the penultimate Shelby 289 Cobra — and the last example sold to the public — was shipped to Shelby ...
1980 Mercury Cosworth Capri. Photos by David Newhardt, courtesy Mecum Auctions. After a one-year absence, the Capri returned to Mercury dealers in 1979, this time as a badge-engineered Fox-body Ford ...
1930 Bugatti Type 46 faux cabriolet. Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions. Accessible to students studying automotive design, the classic-car collection of San Francisco’s Academy of Art University has gen...
1965 Ford GT40 roadster. Photos by David Newhardt, courtesy Mecum Auctions. After disappointing performances in 1964 and 1965, Ford’s GT40 coupes dominated the 24 Hours of Le Mans from 1966-’69. The ...
1959 Pontiac Catalina Safari pickup. Photos by Jeremy Cliff, courtesy Mecum Auctions. Relatively popular in the prewar years, car-based pickups had all but disappeared from the American landscape whe...
The charity auction 1948 International Farmall H, pre-restoration. Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions. International Harvester’s Farmall H became a staple of American farms in the 1940s and ’50s due to i...
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...
1992 Dodge Viper RT/10. Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions. In today’s SUV and pickup-obsessed, safety-focused, semi-autonomous automotive world, there’s no longer room for a crude throwback like the Dod...
1958 Facel Vega FV4 Typhoon. Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions. The glory days of French luxury automobiles were over by the 1950s, but industrialist Jean Daninos hoped to change that. His Paris company...
1967 Dodge Hemi Coronet R/T; image by the author. When covering any auction for our print publications, a simple rule of thumb — we do our best to adhere to — is to review a few extra vehicular lots....
The contemporary Excelsior-Henderson logo. Images courtesy Mecum Auctions. In December 1998, a reborn Excelsior-Henderson produced its first new motorcycle in 67 years. Just 2,000 Super X models were...
1970 Plymouth Hemi Superbird. Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions. Customers of Mecum Auctions tend to favor muscle cars, and the top-10 list from any of the company’s sales will reflect this. Last weeken...
1968 Hemi Darts. Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions. Pomona, California, is synonymous with NHRA drag racing, as host city to both the season-opening Winternationals and the season-ending NHRA Finals. Po...
1912 Henderson Four. Photo courtesy Mecum Auctions. January is typically a good time of the year to visit Las Vegas, Nevada, particularly if one is shopping for vintage motorcycles. Auction firms Bon...