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Steve Stanford. Photo courtesy Steve Stanford Designs. The Grand National Roadster Show is still a few weeks off, but the 2016 inductees into its Hall of Fame have already been named. Of the four included in this year’s class, artist and designer Steve Stanford is perhaps the name most familiar Read more
While we try to adhere to the under-$5,000 rule whenever possible, sometimes it’s a bit refreshing to see what else is out there in a slightly higher price range. This batch of $5,000 Challenge candidates all come in a touch above the desired target price, exceeding the limit by as Read more
Photos by the author. Beyond being cute, the Crosley station wagon was a noteworthy vehicle that was literally decades ahead of its time. While its diminutive size against all the large cars that ruled the road made it an outcast back in the 1940s and 1950s, in today’s world it Read more
We can’t resist coming back to Las Vegas’s Fremont Street – pre-enclosure – time and time again. Thanks to all the neons and the flashy signs that advertised the casinos and other establishments there, it seems more people than not splurged on their precious color film rolls, so we get Read more
Looking sharp thanks to a repaint and replicated graphics, this 1975 Pontiac Ventura SJ Sprint hatchback coupe for sale on Hemmings.com still sports its original white split-bench interior as well as its original M-code 155hp Pontiac 350 V-8, the latter of which shows about 32,000 miles and the former or Read more
1965 Shelby 427 Competition Cobra, CSX3010. Photos by David Bush, courtesy RM Sothebys. While a good driver can make the best out of a bad race car, there’s no doubt that a superior car can overcome a novice driver’s lack of experience, too. In his first full year of SCCA Read more
This 1908 Harley-Davidson bid to $400,000, but failed to meet its reserve. Images courtesy Mecum Auctions. Mecum’s 25th-annual MidAmerica motorcycle auction featured five bikes that cracked the $100,000 mark, but the bikes that did not sell garnered a lot of the attention in Las Vegas last weekend. The 1908 Harley-Davidson Read more
1925 Bugatti Type 35 at Gooding’s 2013 Monterey sale. Photos by author. It’s said that winning a significant lottery jackpot is the surest way to financial, moral and spiritual ruin, but just for once I’d like to prove that theory wrong. With tonight’s drawing hovering in the $1.5 billion range, Read more
Images are from the brochure collection of Hemmings Motor News; Studebaker photo by Richard Lentinello While most British car enthusiasts think of the pre- and post-war sports cars when someone mentions Singer, there was much more to that venerable brand in the postwar period, when it was part of the Read more
Not long after running the first look at a downtown Milwaukee parking lot at Wisconsin and Sixth, The Old Motor turned up a second shot of the same lot, revealing a second Schlitz billboard looming over the lot, not at all surprising for the Brew City. So after scanning the Read more