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Hurricane six-powered 1964 Jeep Wagoneer for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: This beautiful Wagoneer had undergone a full body-on restoration to original specs a decade ago and has been garage kept ever since. It looks as good today as it did 10 years ago. The factory colored Blue Read more
“Bombshell Betty,” a heavily modified Land Speed Record-holding 1952 Buick Super Riviera. Photos courtesy Barrett-Jackson. At a length of just over 17 feet and a shipping weight approaching 3,800 pounds, the 1952 Buick Super Riviera is hardly an ideal starting point for a Bonneville Land Speed Record car, particularly when Read more
1907 Locomobile Model E project. Photos courtesy Bonhams. There aren’t many manuals to assist with the restoration and reassembly of a 1907 Locomobile Model E, but on a positive note, the brass-era automobile is far simpler, mechanically, than many later vehicles. Restored examples have fetched as much as $155,500 at Read more
1996 Ford Bronco Eddie Bauer. Photos courtesy Ford Motor Company, unless otherwise noted. News broke earlier this month that two Ford models no longer sold in North America will be returning in the coming years. One is the Ford Ranger, a compact (or midsize, depending upon perspective) pickup last offered Read more
Brock Yates with his Pebble Beach class-winning Eliminator. Photo courtesy Brock Yates, Jr. Brock Yates was never afraid of a fight. In a journalism career that stretched across six decades (including, most notably, four with Car and Driver magazine), Yates took on everything from an indifferent U.S. automotive industry to Read more
Date: circa 1950s Location: Sixth and Old Richmond, Bellaire, Texas Source: Peter Whitney, via Houston Area Digital Archives What do you see here?
From the seller’s description: Beautifully restored 1967 Plymouth Barracuda Convertible. 273 Commando V8, Buckets, 904 Auto, 7 1/4 rear w/ 2:94 gear, build sheet, Chrysler historical info, and complete owner history. This particular car is very special. Delivered new to Pleasant Hill California, outside of San Francisco, the car went Read more
John Gary Anderson knew his automobiles could never compete against those produced by manufacturing giants like Ford on price. Instead, the South Carolina carriage builder focused on hand-crafted quality and Southern pride to sell Anderson automobiles, with some success, from 1916 until 1925. Of the roughly 6,000 examples built, a Read more
1967 Cadillac Eldorado. Photos by Jeff Koch. On October 6, 1966, Cadillac debuted an entirely new class of automobile, albeit one with a familiar name. Designed as the brand’s first entry into the personal luxury coupe market, the E-body Eldorado was advertised as, “…the first motor car in the world Read more
1948 MG TC hood ornament. Photo by Jill Reger. At its peak in the late 1960s, the automobile assembly plant in Longbridge, Birmingham, England, employed an estimated 25,000 workers, building a range of vehicles sold under the British Leyland banner. Today the plant occupies less than half of its former Read more