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Introduced in 1940, Buick’s Series 50 Super models featured sleek exterior styling and an interior that provided seating for up to six adults. One range up from the entry-level Series 40 Special models, the Buick Super range proved to be a hit with consumers, selling 128,736 examples in its debut Read more
Photo by Vincent Lammin. Other highways came before it. Others stretched farther. Others probably conducted more traffic throughout the country. But no highway gets more recognition or praise than Route 66, America’s first numbered highway, which will turn 90 next year amid a brace of celebrations and the founding of Read more
1954 Ford Crestline Sunliner. Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions. To win concours d’elegance gold, one must be prepared to spend whatever it takes to achieve automotive perfection, or so says conventional wisdom. Last weekend in Austin, Texas, one bidder put a price on that, paying a fee-inclusive $33,000 for a restored Read more
Photo by the author. It is well known that before World War II, Ford Motor Company was never a well-organized corporation, and that in the wake of Edsel Ford’s death in 1943, things spiraled so nearly out of control that the Roosevelt administration contemplated nationalizing the company to preserve Read more
Kott Motorcycles cafe racer based upon a 1973 Honda CB750. Photos by author unless otherwise noted. Since the plunge in motorcycle sales that occurred from 2008 to 2009, the powersports industry has been building momentum year on year, with sales showing an annual increase, albeit a gradual one, from 2010 Read more
While this 1926 Ford Model T lakes modified for sale on Hemmings.com was inspired by the Bo Jones lakes modified, somehow it looks to have better proportions and a sleeker profile. Could be the attention to detail, especially in that sanitary Miata four-cylinder installation, or it could simply be the Read more
Photos by David Newhardt, courtesy Mecum Auctions. Built for NASCAR homologation purposes, Plymouth’s 1970-only Superbird proved to be a tough sell to consumers. By the mid-1970s, most dealers were doing all they could to get these “Winged Warriors” off their lots, but one Kansas dealership understood that the limited-production car Read more
Photo by Patrick Ernzen, courtesy RM Sotheby’s. With the recent passage of H.R. 22, also known as the FAST Act, replica car makers now have a clear path forward for building turnkey cars, which means we’ll likely see plenty of new Cobras, De Loreans, Deuces, Lotus Sevens and other usual Read more
The classic Mini is one of the world’s most practical collector cars: In addition to being a ball to drive, it’s affordable, easy on gas, simple to repair, well supported by clubs and the aftermarket, and small enough to fit into any garage. But what if you want someting with Read more
In the 1971 documentary “A Dash of the Irish,” we not only get expert commentary from Paddy Hopkirk on the Circuit of Ireland rally (as he says, thanks to the lack of practice days, “there are more real elements in this than in any other rally”), we also get to Read more