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From the seller’s description: 1985 Ford LTD Crown Victoria Station Wagon Unbelievable Survivor with 47K miles After 63 years of buying and selling great motorcars throughout the world, including new and pre owned Rolls Royce and Bentley’s, I still get excited when I come across an exceptional and original survivor. Read more
Dietrich-bodied 1933 Lincoln KB at Pebble Beach in 2015. Photo by Jeff Koch. One would think a well-established company such as Lincoln would have a firm grasp on its history and be able to consistently celebrate its anniversaries, but it appears determined to mark its centennial in 2017 and has Read more
Photo courtesy LandSpeed.com. Despite a series of setbacks that kept the North American Eagle land-speed racing team from setting records during its most recent outing – and despite one run that nearly ended the team’s racing goals altogether – team members said they intend to regroup and continue their pursuit Read more
The problem with owning a perfectly restored classic car is this: using it as a regular driver is bound to induce a certain amount of paranoia. After spending more on a paint job than you did on your first few cars (combined, perhaps), are you really going to drive that Read more
Hillclimbing Toyota-powered 1972 MG Midget for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: This race car was built on a 1972 MG Midget tub. The power train is a 1985 Toyota 4AGE (1600 Twin Cam) with a Toyota T50 5-speed gearbox. A custom drive shaft transmits power through a 4.22 Read more
With the big annual Bathurst race coming up, let’s check out a Bathurst from nearly 40 years ago with the 1977 running up Mount Panorama. (via) * Who doesn’t want to experience the Pegaso’s desmo V-8 running on an engine stand for four minutes? Skip to the next video, then, Read more
1974 Chevrolet Monte Carlo for sale. From the seller’s description: This is a true time capsule! I am basically the 2nd owner. The guy I bought it from new the original owner, bought it from him to resell right away. Original owner owned it up till about 4 years ago. Read more
We all know that work on electric cars and alternative-fuel vehicles really ramped up during the Seventies and early Eighties as a response to the gas crises, but one of the largest investments in hybrid cars during that time came from a rather unexpected source: Exxon, which in the course Read more
Photos by Jeff Koch. Pontiac’s Trans Am has, for most of its life, sought to transcend mere ponycardom and has been posited as Pontiac’s “European-style” sports car. For the decade that saw the second-gen cars prowl the showrooms and streets, divisional propaganda claimed that Trans Am had a Euro-feel to Read more
Date: circa 1960 Location: Woodstock, New York Source: Jim and Chester’s Garage What do you see here?