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Looking every bit like the snowpack in Antarctica, the salt crust at Bonneville this year is shaping up to be a raceable surface. Photo courtesy of SCTA. Well, there may just be a movie-style miracle in the making at the legendary but beleaguered Bonneville Salt Flats… America’s premier stage for setting Read more
A model poses with a 1960 GAZ 69 in a scene from the company’s calendar. Photos courtesy Arbalet Ukraine. Before the collapse of the Soviet Union, Alenka Miroshnyk earned a living as a fashion designer in the Ukraine. After, without work and without money, a friend visiting from America suggested Read more
Photography by author. In the blog A brief trip down memory lane with a few vintage Atari 2600 racing video games, posted in October of 2015, I discussed some of my favorite car-based Atari games from my childhood. This blog will be quite different from that one. The reason being, Read more
From the seller’s description: 1979 Alfa Romeo Alfetta Sprint Veloce, Car was bought from original owner in South Carolina in 1989. It was driven until 1998 when the engine and transmission were rebuilt by an Alfa shop in Charlotte NC. The car was driven approximately 1800 miles before it was Read more
The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb has been on our bucket list for years, but somehow we never seem to make it to Colorado for the Race to the Clouds. Today, the road to the summit is completely paved, reducing (to a small degree) the inherent risk of driving it Read more
From the seller’s description: 1978 Ford Mustang Cobra II, 16,543 miles from new. The car is in immaculate shape. The paint and interior is what you’d expect of a brand new car with 16,000 miles. Everything mechanical is in sound condition and the car runs down the road great. The Read more
Miguel Llorente is the former curator of the Al Ain Classic Car Museum in the UAE, but he’s also the explorer that “discovered” the Cuban Gullwing. His dream is to open a new museum, the “Petersen of the East,” in the UAE, incorporating the best ideas and practices from museums Read more
Like a strong foundation for a building, you need a solid base of knowledge to understand whatever it is that interests you. For us automotive enthusiasts it’s equally important to understand how all the mechanical systems on your car function… and then some. More than understanding how engines and differentials Read more
Last grouping of photos of the unnamed Florida university sent to us by Dean Luchaco. The first appears to be the counterpart parking lot to the one in yesterday’s photos, while the two below appear to be from the outskirts of said university. And for the first time in this Read more
From the seller’s description: For sale 1968 FORD LTD BROUGHAM, two-door hard top that is all original. The engine is a 390 ci, 270 horsepower with a two-barrel carb, C-6 automatic transmission. It has power steering and power brakes with discs on front. Power seats and windows. Radio is the Read more