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1967 Mercury Comet 202 R-code. Photos courtesy Mecum. Whatever the terms the various manufacturers used for them – sport coupe, club coupe, two-door sedan – what is commonly known today as the two-door post sedan had a longtime reputation as the most basic, cheapest car one could get as well Read more
1959 Chevrolet Corvette, the Purple People Eater Mk III. Photos courtesy Barrett-Jackson. When Nickey Chevrolet of Chicago decided to sponsor a road racing Corvette in 1958, it wanted to make sure its advertising dollars were getting their maximum return. Accordingly, the dealership decided that to make its car stand out Read more
The 2014 Race of Gentlemen. Photo by Kurt Ernst. As the annual Race of Gentlemen approaches its fourth year on the sand of Wildwood, New Jersey, it has enjoyed an increasing number of spectators and driver entries. But, the event may have outgrown its name this year, as several female entrants will Read more
As a homebuilt special, constructed initially for racing and later for road use, this 1953 Lancia Fischhaber Eigenbau for sale on Hemmings.com certainly isn’t finished to the same extent that a factory-built racing car might have been, but it still offers incredible insight as to what your everyday German auto Read more
With all the attention focused on the recent reunion of all six Shelby Cobra Daytonas, this chapter on the 1965 FIA season from Bob Bondurant has gotten increased attention as of late, and while it seems as much a pitch for the Bondurant School as biography of Bondurant, it’s still Read more
Photo by sv1ambo. * That Volkswagen emissions scandal isn’t the company’s first, nor is it the first time the company’s been caught with emissions defeat devices. As The Detroit Bureau (and a couple other sources) reported this past week, back in 1974 VW was forced to pay a $120,000 fine Read more
From reading through the listing for this 1963 Chevrolet Chevy II Nova SS two-door hardtop for sale on Hemmings.com, you get the feeling that the seller is probably the car’s worst critic, outlining every imperfection in detail. And that’s probably the best prior owner of a car you can imagine Read more
Sign as you exit the toll booth from the Thruway. Photos by author. This past Labor Day weekend, I drove up from Western Pennsylvania to Bennington, Vermont, to cover Hemmings Musclepalooza XXII at Lebanon Valley Dragway in West Lebanon, New York. It was a great event and I enjoyed the Read more
Alex 12.85, a 1974 Porsche 911 purchased by the AVD. Photos courtesy Bonhams. As police cars go, the Porsche 911 is expensive, cramped, and for early examples, tricky to drive at the limit, especially in bad weather. That didn’t stop the Netherlands Rijkspolitie (National Police Corps) from ordering Porsche 911 Read more
1925 Pierce-Arrow Model 80 seven-passenger touring, part of the Harold Coker Collection. Photos by Darin Schnabel, courtesy RM Sotheby’s. Best known as the founder and long time leader of Coker Tire, Harold Coker was a passionate car collector with a love of early automobiles inherited from his father, a mechanic Read more