Somewhere between fully restored and all-original is the sympathetic restoration, usually implemented to preserve as much of a car’s originality as possible, while preventing it from damage and deterioration. The sympathetic restoration of this 1950 Chrysler Town & Country Newport Read more
1961 Mako Shark Corvette concept. Photos courtesy GM Media. Three of the most significant concept cars in Corvette history – the 1959 Stingray Racer, the 1961 Mako Shark and the 1969 Manta Ray – will make an appearance at the Read more
Photo courtesy uniques special ones. MAC Group, the Italian firm behind the modern Mille Miglia and Coppa Milano Sanremo, will take its event-organizing expertise to St. Petersburg with their “uniques special ones,” Russia’s first international car concours. Taking place over Read more
Enjoying a ride in a Kissel Kar with 1910 Massachusetts plates. Image credit Whitman Studio, via the Library of Congress. In the early years of the 20th century, automobiles in the United States were governed by few laws, and those Read more
I have to admit, when I read the words “long-wheelbase Bugeye Sprite” in the email from David Silberkleit, a Bugeye specialist in Connecticut, I had my doubts. Was this some kind of a Top Gear-style joke, a mockery of what Read more
When he was six years old, reader Jay Levy’s father packed up the family in their then-new 1965 Plymouth Barracuda and drove from Miami to New York City to take in the sights. “All four of us in a two-door Read more
After Cadillac pioneered air suspension on its 1957 Eldorado Brougham, other divisions within GM got a crack at it too. For 1958, Oldsmobile introduced the New-Matic air suspension, Buick offered the Air-Poise Suspension, and Pontiac made optional the Ever-Level air Read more
Lance Miller with the 1960 Le Mans class-winning Corvette in a still from The Quest. As if the days leading up to the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance weren’t already chock full of events and activities, now there’s one more event Read more
1978 Jaguar XJS, XJR-3. Photo by Tim Scott for RM Auctions. From the 1960s into the 1980s, Bob Tullius’s Group 44 racing fielded some of the best-prepared and most visually appealing cars to run in the IMSA GTO, IMSA GTP Read more
Big Willie Robinson. Image courtesy of the International Brotherhood of Street Racers. In motorsports, physical size is often seen as a disadvantage, as the days of fat drivers and skinny tires are now but a memory of the distant past. Read more