Why did Chevrolet decide to keep just one 1983 Corvette in existence? That’s a question the National Corvette Museum decided to tackle for its Heritage Series of videos this week. * Though they’re sh...
Photo courtesy Mecum Auctions. Don Fezell didn’t build his collection for the fame of it. He didn’t go hog the spotlight at televised collector car auctions. He didn’t build a personal museum for the...
Photo courtesy East Coast Timing Association. All that free shipping’s gotta take its toll somewhere. For the East Coast Timing Association, the expansion of online retail giant Amazon’s shipping cap...
From Porsche to Lotus to Chevrolet, the exhibit promises something for fans of all sports cars. Photo by John Lacko, courtesy Gilmore Car Museum. Blame it on a combination of zeitgeist and disposable...
The 2016 Canadian Drag Racing Hall of Fame induction class, with founder John Scotti (foreground). Photos courtesy Canadian Drag Racing Hall of Fame. Last year was the first time that the newly estab...
Photo by author. It’s been a while since I’ve discussed progress on my Buick, so here’s an update. After being sidelined with an exhaust manifold issue that ate up more summer days than I care to cou...
Flag girl Sara defying gravity on the West Coast. Photos by Daniel Beaudry. October, it seems, is a cruel mistress. After bad weather in 2014 and a one-week delay for Hurricane Joaquin in 2015, The R...
Photo by Robert Morris, III. Way out in Buck Owens country, one of the most important historic racing events of the year has reached its 25th anniversary. And, just like any living drag racer who hur...
Images from the author’s brochure collection. Only two years after its most recent facelift, the mid-year 1989/ 1990 Cougar got an even smoother, more aerodynamic design. This complemented the car’s ...
The Navarro roadster. Photo courtesy of The Race of Gentlemen. If the East Coast progenitor of The Race of Gentlemen is any indication, the opportunity to follow in the tire tracks of history by raci...
Peter Brock chats about the cars that made him famous at the 2015 Hemmings Motor News Concours d’Elegance. Photo by the author. The man who had a hand in developing both the Corvette and the Mustang ...
No, this 1970 ad is not included in the Vehicle Information Kits. It’s just used to provide a compelling lead photo, since the kits were scanned in black and white. It’s very rare that anything assoc...
The Sonny Bono (L) and Cher Mustangs. Photos courtesy Barrett-Jackson. Following the remarkable success of their debut album, Sonny & Cher were bona fide stars by late 1965. Looking to capitalize on ...
This 1978 Mercury Grand Marquis went to a new home for $6,000. Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions. Once upon a time, buyers attended automotive auctions to shop for (or gawk at) the rare, the expensive a...
Photos by Jeff Koch. Pontiac’s Trans Am has, for most of its life, sought to transcend mere ponycardom and has been posited as Pontiac’s “European-style” sports car. For the decade that saw the secon...
“Bombshell Betty,” a heavily modified Land Speed Record-holding 1952 Buick Super Riviera. Photos courtesy Barrett-Jackson. At a length of just over 17 feet and a shipping weight approaching 3,800 pou...
Brock Yates with his Pebble Beach class-winning Eliminator. Photo courtesy Brock Yates, Jr. Brock Yates was never afraid of a fight. In a journalism career that stretched across six decades (includin...
From the seller’s description: Beautifully restored 1967 Plymouth Barracuda Convertible. 273 Commando V8, Buckets, 904 Auto, 7 1/4 rear w/ 2:94 gear, build sheet, Chrysler historical info, and comple...
Photo by Snapshot_Factory. In a stark contrast to its slow-growth approach to ethanol-blended fuels over the last several years, the Environmental Protection Agency on Monday proposed to reclassify e...
1966 Buick Skylark GS. Artwork provided by the Automotive History Preservation Society. I believe that this advertisement really stands out among other Buick GS ads of its era for evoking emotion and...
As Mac at Mac’s Motor City Garage described this 1966 promo for the Chevelle SS 396, it’s bad – not so bad it’s good, but still fascinatingly bad. Whoever Chevrolet hired to produce it must’ve concei...
Reader Greg Beaulieu forwarded this website that captures the golden age of American Motels, each a different example of mid-century architectural design and tourist trap aesthetic. They’re catalogue...
By William Hall. Photos by the author. It’s hard not to feel the optimism at the Chrysler 300 Club’s International Meet. From an early age we instinctually recognize smiles, and this event is full of...
Date: circa 1973 to 1977 Location: New Jersey Source: Jim and Chester’s Garage What do you see here?
From the seller’s description: 1987 Buick Regal T-Type Turbo ; V-6 Turbocharged Engine; Automatic Transmission with Overdrive; 10,000 documented original miles on the title; Original Goodyear Eagle T...