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Fred Ruff and his 1952 Ford Crestline Victoria. Photos by author unless noted. Fred Ruff’s 1952 Ford Crestline Victoria is the latest in a string of Fords he’s owned going back to 1950, when he first purchased a ’35 five-window Read more

Fred Ruff and his 1952 Ford Crestline Victoria. Photos by author unless noted. Fred Ruff’s 1952 Ford Crestline Victoria is the latest in a string of Fords he’s owned going back to 1950, when he first purchased a ’35 five-window Read more

Usually, photos of college campuses that appear in our carspotting series show overflowing parking lots, cars triple-parked and carving out parking spaces from thin air. However, these two photos of the University of Vermont courtesy the university’s Landscape Change Program, Read more

Before the Mercedes-Benz Gelaendewagen became the high-zoot status symbol it is today, it was a simple and utilitarian transport for the German military. Like its big brother the Mercedes-Benz Unimog, the G-wagen is supremely capable off-road, and sans the electronic Read more

Images courtesy GM. In mid-Sixties America, front-wheel drive represented—at the same time—automotive past and future. Many others had tried it, but their efforts seemed relegated to the history books, with the last of the bunch 30 years gone. And yet Read more

1911 Oldsmobile Autocrat—the Yellow Peril. Photos by Darin Schnabel, courtesy RM Sotheby’s, unless otherwise noted. Race cars, typically speaking, lead a hard life. Driven at speeds that tax every major system and component, most are quickly used up and cast Read more

All photos are frame grabs from video below. Here’s the real low-down on proper driving, as narrated by one who would know: that special card tucked into your wallet. Or purse. Or fanny pack, but we’re fairly certain they didn’t Read more