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Photos courtesy New York governor’s office. Rather than peruse the latest executive cars and limousines for its officials and diplomats to wave at crowds in future parades, the state of New York decided to reawaken a car already in its possession – the Packard Model 905 that Franklin Delano Roosevelt Read more
Photos courtesy Carol Crumrine Williams, except where noted. Every now and then, we run something in Lost and Found that nets so many responses our physical and email inboxes literally overflow. Such is the case with the photos Bob Eng of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, sent us for the April Read more
Breedlove at the time he received the Spirit of Competition Award from the Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum in Philadelphia in 2011. Photo courtesy Simeone Museum. “The Bonneville Salt Flats have seen some strange things, but the strangest thing yet was a jet without wings…” When Brian Wilson and lyricist Roger Read more
From the seller’s description: 1971 Ford Torino Cobra 351 Cleveland. Automatic transmission all number’s matching ONE of ONE. Full restoration. Came with laser stripe, cobra decals, magnum wheels and blackout hood. Gold is the exterior color, interior color is ginger knit. The interior has console and bucket seats. The upholstery, Read more
“It will be a sorry day when we no longer do something for the hell of it,” Donald Campbell said as he eyed another run at the world land-speed record in 1960. Then again, Campbell had the backing of Rubery Owen and BP at the time, and as the Bloodhound Read more
M4 Shermans at the Cleveland Tank Plant. For an event that some are describing as the largest-ever (peacetime, presumably) gathering of armored military vehicles, the Military Vehicle Preservation Association has decided to hold its convention this year at the birthplace of much of that armor, the former bomber and tank Read more
Perhaps it’s because the vernal equinox has passed (in the northern hemisphere, anyway), but a quick glance of our classifieds shows an embarrassment of riches in the $5,000 and under price category. With winter now (mostly) a memory, it’s time to clean out the garage, meaning that affordable project cars Read more
Date: circa 1958 Location: Jacques-Cartier Bridge toll booths, Montreal, Quebec Source: ArchivesdeMontreal.com What do you see here?
2014 Ultima GTR for sale. From the seller’s description: The car is running well and is the fastest-accelerating street car I’ve ever encountered. Truly amazing performance, and I am not easily impressed. The kit was received in September 2014 (VIN shows the car as a 2014, though it wasn’t completed Read more
Image courtesy Fruehauf Trailer Historical Society. The man who lent his name to the General Motors of the trailer industry will also take a place among the automobile industry’s pioneers later this year as the Automotive Hall of Fame inducts its 2017 class of honorees. August Fruehauf, as Jim Donnelly Read more