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A 1965 Ford GT40 races into the sunset in the 2014 event. Photos by Chris Brewer. On November 12-15, 300 drivers from around the world will descend on Daytona International Speedway to drive 174 historic endurance racing cars in the 2015 Classic 24 Hour at Daytona. Now in its second Read more
Photos by author. Vintage hand tools can be enjoyable to collect and use and this Burroughs Belt Tension Gauge, found and bought second-hand some years back, certainly qualifies. Its patent issue date was August 22, 1961, for Allen J. Delehanty assignor to Burroughs Tool & Equipment of Kalamazoo, Michigan. Similar Read more
Returning to the cache of Hartford photos that Joe Sokola sent us, we can piece together a good amount of information on this pair, united by the Chevrolet station wagon parked on the street in each. The British Technicolor film “Born Free” was released in the United States in June Read more
Photos courtesy Bonhams. To create the illusion of speed, you simply employ stripes, right? At least, that’s the lesson we get from a handful of vehicles and film props headed to auction later this month, including an invisible-driver Herbie stunt car and one of Steve McQueen’s racing suits from “Le Read more
The Petersen Museum’s new exterior. Photo courtesy the Petersen Automotive Museum. On October 19, 2014, the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles shut its doors for a radical restyle, the first significant change to the building’s exterior since it opened in 1962 as Seibu, a Japanese department store. At the Read more
Book photos by author. Softcover and fairly inexpensive, Brooklands Books are essentially nothing more than a gathering of road tests from old car magazines that have been reprinted together for the convenience of having them all under a single cover. The concept is a simple one, and it has been Read more
Though non-basket-case mid-year Corvettes are still out of my price range, the most attractive entry point for the car I’d imagined I’d own by now, is right about here: a 1965 roadster with a carbureted small block. Though hunting for a ’64 might turn up further deals, 1965 was the Read more
Assembling a collection of nearly 60 cars is impressive, sure, but what sets apart the collection of mostly Fifties cars that Lenny Shiller assembled is where he decided to house it: in the Gowanus neighborhood of Brooklyn, packing the cars about as tight as sardines. Peter Crosby put together a Read more
The problem with hot rods is this: built with a single owner in mind, they don’t always appeal to other buyers. This 1941 Ford Super Deluxe, for sale on Hemmings.com, may be one of the exceptions to this rule, thanks to its understated appearance. The Black Cherry paint, a Chrysler Read more
For the last month and a half, one Datsun 240Z owner has been circumnavigating the United States with his dog and posting his progress to Facebook. Looks like fun. * Is this cardboard representation of a 1979 Lincoln Continental Mark V “forlorn and forgotten, a ghost rider of sorts. It’s Read more