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The Hustler 6 in Wood. Photos courtesy RM Sotheby’s. The Hustler, a 1978 design exercise from Aston Martin Lagonda stylist William Towns, wasn’t envisioned as a production vehicle, or even (initially) as a build-it-yourself kit. Journalistic approval and popular demand dictated otherwise, and a decade or so later, Towns’s Interstyl Read more
Al Unser, Sr. drives the Marmon Wasp at the 100th running of the Indy 500 in 2016. Photo by Mike Harding, courtesy Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance in northeastern Florida is unique among similar exhibitions in America in that it honors motorsport with as much fervor as Read more
Photos by Jeff Koch. [Editor’s Note: When we disabled comments on Finds of the Day, some readers were vocal about losing a forum to discuss past ownership experience with a particular automobile. To fix that, we’re introducing a new series entitled “Year, Make and Model,” where readers are free to Read more
Date: June 1973 Location: Honest John’s Casino, Las Vegas Boulevard, Las Vegas, Nevada Source: Vintage Las Vegas What do you see here?
From the seller’s description: 1972 FORD E200 Sportsmobile 302 V8, C4 auto transmission, no overdrive. 118,365 total miles on van Has the following: A/C, cruise control,power steering, pop top, two beds, fridge, stove, sink, closet, original porta potti, trailer hitch, closet, two auxiliary batteries, Kenwood stereo w/cd, Pioneer 6×9’s ( Read more
Photo by the author. Nowhere in this month’s issuance of new greenhouse gas standards for heavy-duty trucks by the Environmental Protection Agency does the agency ban the conversion of street cars into race cars, as the Specialty Equipment Marketing Association warned the agency intended to do earlier this year, yet Read more
Photo courtesy AACA Museum. Since 2012, Mark Lizewskie has been the executive director of the AACA Museum in Hershey, Pennsylvania, and as a board member for The Elegance at Hershey, he’s been a familiar face to those exhibiting at (or attending) the concours. After four years of service to the Read more
This 1927 Ford roadster came about because of a free, splash-oiled 216 Chevy. “Waste not, want not” sounds like it probably came from Benjamin Franklin’s Poor Richard’s Almanack, but it could very well have been the motto of working-class Americans who lived in the shadow of the Great Depression—car folk Read more
1985 Toyota Van for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: 236,000K. 7 passenger, runs great, 5 speed, AC, Cruise, tires near new, cassette and CD player, very clean throughout! 2nd owner. I have owned it the last 22 years. The van was only driven during the summers by myself Read more
There’s something missing from this video introduction to the early 1990s Yugo Next art exhibition that took place in New York City and that was comprised entirely of old Yugos repurposed into animated sculpture. Such a show these days would be leadened with pretentious artistic statements on the futility of Read more