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A cropped view of the 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T seen below. Photography by author. Spring has arrived, it’s warm and sunny and hopefully soon there will be leaves in the trees. You’ve likely already dug out your weekend cruiser from its winter slumber and prepared it for the road. Possibly Read more
While researching the origin of the postcard photo that Jim and Chester’s Garage posted above (Newfound Gap right on the Tennessee-North Carolina border just off Route 441), we came across plenty more photos of the parking lot – it was a popular tourist stop, after all. One, however, which we Read more
Correct, this 1961 Chrysler New Yorker Town and Country for sale on Hemmings.com is far from stock, though it’s not your typical hot rod. To begin with, the builder selected a blend of Mopar parts from the Sixties on up through the 2000s, aiming as much for increasing the wagon’s Read more
Bill Frick may be best known as the mechanical genius behind the Fordillac and, later, the Studillac, but his automotive dreams were grander than dropping Cadillac engines in someone else’s cars. Partnering with Italian coachbuilder Alfredo Vignale, Frick produced three Bill Frick Specials in the late 1950s, of which one Read more
Mazda’s millionth MX-5 Miata, a Soul Red Club edition. Photos courtesy Mazda. Whodathunk in the late Eighties that we were ready for a small, lightweight sports car of modest power – and impeccable road manners – when the Miata was introduced in the spring of 1989? Well, Mazda thunk it Read more
Here’s another from the back of my special tool drawer. It’s one I used to use occasionally, although I don’t have a need for it at the moment. That’s not because I sold the car, by the way, but because I changed a component. At the heart of the tool Read more
Images are from the brochure collection of Hemmings Motor News As fans of American performance cars will tell you, the late 1960s might just represent the apogee of Ford’s Total Performance era, as virtually every model could be had either as a factory-built sporting variant, or could be modified for more speed Read more
The first two of today’s carspotting scenes from Seventies Bologna come from Impounded and appear to have been scanned from postcards, but the resolution is still good enough for identifying the various cars in the Piazza Medaglie d’oro above and parked in front of the Crest Hotel below. At bottom, Read more
Volkswagen’s Scirocco was a hit with North American customers from its 1975 introduction to its 1989 demise, when it was replaced by the more agile, more luxurious and more expensive Corrado. Clean Sciroccos used to be fairly common in the secondhand market, but as the years go by, even second-generation Read more
Ferruccio Lamborghini. Photos courtesy Lamborghini. On April 28, 1916, Ferruccio Lamborghini was born into a grape farming family in Renazzo di Cento, in Italy’s Emilia Romagna Region. From these humble beginnings, and following the hardships of World War II, he would rise to start a series of successful manufacturing companies, Read more