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CSX2000, the Shelby Cobra prototype. Photos by Darin Schnabel, courtesy RM Sotheby’s. Before there was a Shelby Cobra, there was an A.C. Ace, a British sports roadster powered by a six-cylinder engine sourced from airplane manufacturer Bristol. When Bristol stopped production of the engine in 1961, it looked like the Read more
The 22-mile 1964 Volkswagen Beetle. Photos courtesy Forest Grove Concours d’Elegance. Volkswagen Beetles were inexpensive, utilitarian transportation, generally driven by a series of owners until the cost of repair far exceeded the value of the car. Few were preserved, let alone enshrined, but this year’s Forest Grove Concours d’Elegance, taking Read more
All photos are frame grabs from video below. What do a cartoon-turned-real-life locomotive, a balding man, cue ball, squirrel, white-tail deer, moose, bullet, baseball, bowling ball and what appears to be a Gee Bee Model R all have in common? We offer no spoilers. Once it gains momentum, this action-packed Read more
Photos by the author. [Editor’s Note: Ronan Glon of Ran When Parked recently took a trip to the Swedish countryside, where he discovered a sneaky (and legal) way some teens there have figured out how to drive before the legal age.] Some of the most interesting cars that Sweden has Read more
Locations for the previous two West Hartford posts based on photos from the collection that Joe Sokola sent us were fairly simple to determine based on buildings in the photos that remain standing today. This grouping, featuring the Forest Building and what was presumably a well-established restaurant, Ollie’s Steak House, Read more
A common complaint of those looking to get into the collector car hobby is the high cost of entry. Cars that were largely overlooked a decade or so back are, in some cases, now priced beyond the means of the average hobbyist, but for those willing to think outside the Read more
The Hemmings Motor News 1932 Ford speedster. Photos courtesy The Great Race. The 2016 Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty concluded on Sunday, June 26, in Moline, Illinois with a dead heat. The eventual winners, G.R. Pike and Bobby Hadskey, had the exact same time to the tenth Read more
The Simeone Collection’s “Hippie Car,” a 1970 Porsche 917LH. Photos by Andrew Taylor, courtesy Simeone Museum. In the early days of racing, a powerful engine was the primary component in achieving victory. Later, reducing weight became the main obsession of engineers, and later still, shaping a wind-cheating, aerodynamic body grew Read more
The mystery motorhome. Photos courtesy Geoff Hacker. When we have a question on an obscure fiberglass-bodied car from the 1950s to the 1970s, Geoff Hacker, founder of Forgotten Fiberglass and Undiscovered Classics, is the first person we call. Recently, Geoff came across this unknown (and unusual) motorhome from the 1970s Read more
Feature article from the July 2013 Hemmings Muscle Machines. Photography by Jeff Koch; restoration photography provided by Mike Ross. Given a do-over, Mike Ross, owner of the stunning 1970 Coronet R/T 440 Six Pack convertible featured here, says he would’ve bought a car already restored, thus avoiding the time, expense Read more