1962 Chevrolet “Bubble Top” Bel Air. Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions. In 1962, full-size Chevrolet shoppers could order a 409-cu.in V-8 in a variety of Biscayne, Bel Air and Impala models, with a fact...
1923 Hupmobile Series R-11. Photos courtesy The Finest Automobile Auctions. With a name like The Finest Automobile Auctions, one would assume that the upstart company’s debut live sale, tied to The E...
The Riverside Museum. Photos by Karissa Hosek, courtesy RM Sothebys. Want to run in the Indianapolis 500? Assuming one has a suitable Dallara DW12 chassis, appropriate aero kit, driver, crew and spec...
Photo courtesy Bonhams. When Fred Yeakel first bought his Bill Thomas-built Cheetah, it sported not just its original body and chassis, but also a relatively recent restoration. So, of course, he pul...
Photos courtesy Motostalgia Auctions. Marty Robbins may be best known as the country singer who amassed 43 top-10 records over a career that spanned three decades, but in his heart, he was a race car...
Seller John Crabtree with a few of his cars. When great car auctions are held, will they inexorably take place on the Great Plains? We’ve got to seriously wonder, because VanDerBrink Auctions has bee...
By William Hall. Photos by the author. At the annual Mecum Spring Auction held in Indianapolis each May, you can find many beautiful examples of your favorite classic cars for sale. You can find the ...
The 1940 Packard Royal roadster. Photos by Patrick Ernzen, courtesy Auctions America. It measures 31.5-feet from end-to-end, nearly 10-feet longer than a Ford Super Duty pickup. Despite the mostly al...
One of the NASCAR Herbies from the 2005 film Herbie: Fully Loaded. Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions. Even those with little interest in racing can recognize the white Volkswagen Beetle with red and blu...
2011 Dallara IndyCar, “The Stinger.” Photos courtesy of Window World. Project sponsor Window World calls the yellow and black 2011 Dallara IndyCar “The Stinger,” in honor of the similar-liveried Marm...
1953 Aston Martin DB3S/5. Photos courtesy Bonhams unless otherwise specified. It was built for Aston Martin owner David Brown (the DB in Aston Martin’s nomenclature), but soon after commandeered by t...
1992 Benetton Ford chassis B191B-06. Photos courtesy Bonhams Auctions. In 1991, Michael Schumacher was at the very start of a Formula 1 career that would later see him capture seven championship titl...
1967 Shelby 427 Cobra, CSX3295. Photos courtesy of Mecum Auctions. Carroll Shelby’s 427 Cobra is the stuff enthusiast dreams are made of. Iconic in both appearance and sound, many of us have dreamed ...
1934 Ford Model 40 DeLuxe roadster. Photos courtesy Auctions America. When it comes to vehicles selling in an auction’s top-10, a Ford Model 40 generally isn’t the first model that comes to mind. Whi...
At one point in time, Mercedes-Benz built, arguably, the finest luxury automobiles in the world. In its postwar recovery, the automaker shifted focus towards more practical (and more affordable) fami...
Shelby G.T. 350, serial number 6S163. Photos courtesy Bonhams Auctions. Before Ford’s San Jose plant transitioned its Mustang assembly line from the 1965 to 1966 model year, it supplied Shelby Americ...
Bill Frick may be best known as the mechanical genius behind the Fordillac and, later, the Studillac, but his automotive dreams were grander than dropping Cadillac engines in someone else’s cars. Par...
Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions. They’re considered some of the rarest Mustangs ever built, but more importantly they’re also the very first vehicles to arise out of Ford’s Special Vehicle Operations ...
1932 Brough Superior BS4. Photos courtesy Bonhams. News of eight barn-stored Brough motorcycles rocked the British bike world last year, when the collection of the late Frank Vague was revealed to be...
A few of the cars, lined up outside the barn. Photos courtesy Andy Hoge. America’s heartland seems like a strange place to run across a collection of unrestored air-cooled Volkswagens, but that’s exa...
1966 Chevrolet Biscayne, with the L72 V-8. Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions. As service and parts manager for LeRoy Chevrolet in LeRoy, New York, Karl Bill had a pretty good idea how to configure a 196...
1954 Ferrari 375-Plus, chassis 0384 AM. Photos courtesy Bonhams Auctions. In June of 2014, a 1954 Ferrari 375-Plus carrying chassis tag 0384 AM sold at a Bonhams Goodwood Festival of Speed auction fo...
1957 Ford Ranchero Custom. Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions. Early Ford Rancheros have inched up in value in the past few years, and current valuation guides put the price of a concours-quality ’57 Ran...
1932 Brough Superior BS4 800cc with dual rear wheels. Photos courtesy Bonhams Auctions. The motorcycle world has been buzzing since the discovery of a barn full of vintage Brough motorcycles in Bodmi...
Photos courtesy Worldwide Auctioneers. What if Carroll Shelby had the ear not of Henry Ford II but of his father, Edsel Ford? And what if sports cars became a phenomenon in the United States not afte...