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Let this be a lesson to all you 2CV owners out there: Don’t get stuck at the end of a queue, always skip to the front. Now if that isn’t enough hot and heavy 2CV action, try this: 2CV cross!

For just one day each year the private classic car collection of Robert and Sandra Bahre is opened for public viewing. Located in Paris, Maine, this incredible collection includes a Tucker, several Duesenbergs, Packards and Stutzs, a very rare Thomas Read more

Heading back to the Historic New Orleans Collection, we see another used car lot, this one Clay Dutton’s, on the corner of what was then Dryades Street and Howard Avenue. Dryades Street seems to still be around, but where it Read more

The original engine (and possibly the original rear axle) isn’t with this 1970 AMC Rebel Machine for sale on Hemmings.com, but it has the right engine code in the VIN, and it looks ready to show, with its in-yo-face red-white-and-blue Read more

Sam Posey at the 1972 Indianapolis 500. Photos courtesy Sam Posey. The accomplished racing driver, broadcaster, artist and author Sam Posey has been named Honorary Chairman and Keynote Speaker for this year’s seventh annual Hemmings Motor News Concours d’Elegance. Posey Read more

James Glickenhaus drives his 1947 Ferrari 159 S Corsa Spyder to the judges’ tent to receive his Best in Show trophy. Photos by the author. Many concours judges evaluate cars in contention for Best in Show based on their visual Read more

The Chevrolet-backed Vic Hickey race truck, formerly owned by Steve McQueen. Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions. For those passionate about off-road racing, the name Vic Hickey is the stuff of legend. Once employed by General Motors as a research and development Read more

(Most of) the author’s breakdown kit. Spend enough time on the road, and something is bound to go wrong. Murphy’s Law tells us that this will happen at the worst possible moment, in the worst possible location, in (likely) the Read more