1947 Oldsmobile Model 66 four-door station wagon custom for sale. From the seller’s description: This rare, highly desirable, “Woody”, is one of a kind – sporting classic looks and tons of power. The...
2001 Dodge Viper GTS for sale. From the seller’s description: This car is my personal pride and joy. I have owned it for 8 years, everything in the car works. There are no problems with it at all. Al...
Jeff Teague and his AMX/4 rendering. Like any of us, Jeff Teague could have become anything he wanted, but with a father as passionate about cars – particularly older cars and auto design – as legend...
Photos courtesy GM Media. Most show cars make a big splash on their introduction, maybe tour the country or a few different countries for a year or so, then descend into warehouse purgatory until the...
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...
1963 Chevrolet Impala, Owner Lee Cordova of Alcalde, New Mexico, 1998. Photo by Jack Parsons, courtesy New Mexico Digital Collections. In the mid-Eighties, MTV descended on the northern New Mexico ci...
Tucker 1044, at rest in its former Ohio home. Photos courtesy Mark Lieberman. Mark Lieberman knows a thing or two about Tuckers; he’s owned three, two of which have gone on to set record prices in pr...
Hemmings archive photo. One would presume that a company that not only built the Yugo but also withstood international sanctions and a NATO bombing campaign and nevertheless continued to build cars c...
Photography by author. One additional item I found at the flea market, in the pile of boxes destined for the dumpster that I discussed in An emergency automobilia and tool rescue effort, was deservin...
From the seller’s description: 1937 GMC Open Touring Bus , 6 cylinder, Oldsmobile engine. Seats 15- 20 passengers. Been in storage under cover since 2005. At that time, it had new tires, brake shoes,...
An M4 Sherman tank, displayed on the grounds of the Normandy Tank Museum. Photos courtesy Artcurial. In 2013, military vehicle collector Patrick Nerrant opened the Normandy Tank Museum in Catz, Franc...
1946 Nash Ambassador. Photo by the author. Charles Nash, by most accounts, got along all right with Charles Durant. He just knew he couldn’t continue to work with the man who’d brought him into the a...
Photography by author. In “A Dog’s Life,” an episode of the classic TV show The Honeymooners, Alice adopts a dog from the pound without Ralph’s knowledge. Foraging for a snack in the icebox, neighbor...
Photo courtesy Crosley Automobile Club. Not all youth project cars like the one sponsored by the Crosley Automobile Club end in success, which was why the members of the club, upon the completion of ...
1933 Auburn advertisement, courtesy of OldCarAdvertising.com Certain parts have entered the collective consciousness as quintessential automotive hardware above and beyond their status as original eq...
Photo by Eli Solomon, courtesy FIVA. In neither of its two entries in the 24 Hours of Le Mans did the severely aerodynamic CD SP66 No. 52 actually finish the race, but that hasn’t stopped the current...
Jack and Donna Bakewell with their 1962 Ford Galaxie 500. Photos by author. Jack Bakewell’s first new car was a 1962 Ford Galaxie 500 with a 390 beneath the hood, shifting through a four-speed transm...
From the seller’s description: 1966 Dodge Charger fifty year anniversary. This is one car I will miss. It has been well taken care of throughout its lifetime. It runs great. There is no rust. It has ...
The latest Forgotten Fiberglass mystery car. Photos by author. I’ve always been a fan of the space age era from cool plastic stereos and wild “biomorphic” designs. This interest crystallized when I w...
From the seller’s description: Up for sale is a beautiful 1965 Valiant Signet V8 convertible with Barracuda grill from the rare Acapulco trim model. This original California car is virtually rust-fre...
Photography by author. As I’ve said in the past, sometimes good car stuff turns up where you least expect it to be. My latest fun find was at my local library’s book sale. I know: big surprise to fin...
Provided photo. No factory has been constructed. No supplies stockpiled. No new engines developed, not even an LLC formed. Still, an effort to revive the two-seater King Midget will launch next month...
Vintage race cars roar into the Village of Elkhart Lake under police escort for the Nationwide Insurance Concours d’Elegance. By William Hall. Photos by the author. The pinnacle of vintage motorsport...
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...
Photo courtesy Petersen Automotive Museum. Legendary drag racer, hot rodder, and land-speed racer Art Chrisman – whose dragster set the pattern for many other quarter-mile conquerors and who racked u...