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Photos courtesy Building the Legend, except where noted. Generally the rarer a car was to begin with, the greater the likelihood that somebody will eventually replicate it. Indeed, two reproductions set to debut in England early next year take inspiration from two of Jaguar’s rarest vehicles: the XK180 concept car Read more
A circa-1964 Polaris Sno Traveler. WinterFest photos courtesy of Owls Head Transportation Museum. The Owls Head Transportation Museum used to include a display of snow machines as part of its (formerly) annual WinterFest, but per public relations director Jenna Lookner, this event hasn’t been held in several years. On January Read more
The Lincoln Capri was introduced as the automaker’s upscale offering in 1952. The Capri was one of the finest cars offered in the 1950s and outsold its stablemate, the Cosmopolitan, until the latter’s end in 1954. The Capri would have a large following through 1955, remaining Lincoln’s best-selling model until Read more
You know you’re a certifiable car nut when you start buying parts for vehicles that you don’t even own, but would like to…someday. Like purchasing a pair of jeans two sizes too small in the hopes of losing the weight required to make them fit, some of us will buy Read more
In 1971, Chevrolet introduced a new trim level into its C/K pickup series. Though hardly luxurious by today’s standards, the Cheyenne trim included things like additional padding in the seats; more attention to noise, vibration and harshness control; carpeting; chrome trim; and lower side molding. Perhaps most significant to buyers Read more
1966 Dodge Charger. Photos courtesy FCA. If ever there was a car with an identity crisis, it was the B-body Dodge Charger. Introduced in 1966 as a sporty personal luxury car, the Charger would evolve to become a legitimate performance standard-bearer for Dodge before ending its life, in 1978, as Read more
All photos are frame grabs from video below. Slightly off-topic, but hey, it’s a Kinograms silent newsreel that leads with a three-engine Ford, so we think it qualifies. Here’s a scenario we can all relate to: You’re James Dole, of pineapple fame and fortune, and you’d like to spread the Read more
1914 Regal Lil’ Old Timers model; image by author. Scale models have been a big part of the collector-car hobby for nearly as long as the hobby has been around. Over the decades, many a life-size car has been replicated in a number of scales, often in metal or plastic, Read more
Pininfarina badge on a Ferrari 330. Photo by Stephen Hennessey. Over its 85-year history, Italy’s Pininfarina has been on the cutting edge of automotive design, penning memorable automobiles for the likes of Ferrari, Alfa Romeo, Fiat, Lancia, Maserati, Cadillac, Opel, Peugeot, Nissan and others. On Monday, news broke that Tech Read more
From Facebook reader Rich Kohr comes today’s carspotting photo, which depicts the former Rosensteel Museum in Gettysburg, sometime in the 1950s. Also known as the Round Top Museum, it appears the building has been demolished and the artifacts relocated to the National Park Service’s Gettysburg Museum (and Google’s Street View Read more