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SVRA competition at Watkins Glen in 2012. Photo by Terry Shea. From 1961 through 1967, the municipal airport in Fernandina Beach, Florida, played host to SCCA races, with the event evolving in significance from a Divisional showdown to a National one by the 1965 season. Drivers like Peter Gregg and Read more
GWA’s proposed Veinte Victorias. Renderings courtesy GWA Tuning. Since La Carrera Panamericana was revived in 1988, Studebaker Starliner coupes have posted an impressive 20 victories, including strings of consecutive wins stretching from 1993-2001 and 2007-2014. To honor this record, San Antonio’s GWA Auto Design & Tuning has proposed a new Read more
It’s not hard to see how this 1932 Ford Model B woodie wagon for sale on Hemmings.com remained unrestored all these years: That wood looks to be in great shape and at the same time has that aged and timeworn look that you just don’t get from a restoration. Sure, Read more
Photos by the author. Note: I write up driving impressions of virtually every car I photograph within a couple of days of the drive, so everything is fresh in my memory. Occasionally, because of the constraints of format, the prepared text doesn’t run in the print magazines. Now, thanks to Read more
The 2004 movie Sideways managed to ruin merlot for pretty much everybody and forced movie goers to watch helplessly as a Saab 900 convertible was smacked up, on purpose, creating a false alibi to cover up one of the characters’ sexual indiscretions. In the decade since, I’ve watched that movie Read more
* Race weekend, and what better way to put this year’s Indianapolis 500 in perspective than to watch a highlight reel of some decades-ago running of the race, such as the 1952 Indianapolis 500? * On a further end of the autosport scale, British Pathe had this look at Jim Read more
* Despite the quest for factory-perfect restorations among Corvette guys these days, you still occasionally see a six-taillamp mid-year Corvette pop up here and there. Mac’s Motor City Garage this week examined the trend of six-taillamp mid-years and gave us a glimpse of how ubiquitous the modification was back in Read more
1930 Lincoln Model L Sport Phaeton with coachwork by Locke; photo courtesy of RM Sotheby’s If you’re a fan of classic Lincolns, the beautiful coastal town of Camden, Maine, is the place to be from May 28 through May 30, when both the Lincoln Owners Club and the Lincoln-Zephyr Owners Read more
No Deathmobile, no evidence of wild parties, not even a frisbee toss going on or students studying out on the lawns. The University of North Texas sure seemed like a square place in 1959, if we’re to judge it on the basis of this photo of Bruce Hall on the Read more
The green paint with woodgrain trim on this 455-powered 1971 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser for sale on Hemmings.com drew us in right away, but it was the seller’s excellent description of the car’s history, restoration process, and even the way it drives and handles now that hooked us on this car. Read more