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In case you haven’t noticed, Jaguar E-Type prices have climbed into the stratosphere in recent years, placing the model beyond the reach of many British car fans. Its successor, the Jaguar XJS, remains an attainable (though not necessary inexpensive) alternative, Read more

Photos courtesy RR Auction. Reports had it dismantled as scrap. NASA abandoned its claim on it. Another artifact from the nation’s push to explore the moon had apparently slipped through historians’ fingers. Yet six months later, the mid-1960s Local Scientific Read more

Ed Welburn. Photos courtesy General Motors. Inspired by cars seen at the Philadelphia Auto Show, like the Cadillac Cyclone concept and the 1959 Corvette, 11-year-old Ed Welburn sent a letter to General Motors, asking how he could become an automotive Read more

Photos by the author. It’s springtime in Central Texas, and that means the Lonestar Round Up has convened in Austin for a hot rod weekend. The show brings builders, musicians, artists, vendors and fashionable gearheads from all parts together for Read more

True, this 1928 Ford Model A party truck for sale on Hemmings.com is less collector car than it is a fun and innovative business idea (and, given the timespan of Prohibition, rather anachronistic), but who wouldn’t want to see one Read more

This year’s Retromobile had a special display of what they called rhomboids – cars with their wheels laid out in a diamond pattern – and Goodwood’s videographer was there to get some footage of the unusual vehicles, among which was Read more