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Mary Ann Sandoro and Jim Sandoro. Photo courtesy Buffalo News. When we profiled Jim Sandoro in Hemmings Classic Car, we called him the pope of Buffalo, New York. He and his wife, Mary Ann, may be the most active collectors of automotive memorabilia in the world. They are also civic Read more
Cheston Lee Eshelman’s electric car patent filing. All drawing excerpted from patent filings. Editor’s note: Ryan Chirnomas is a patent attorney and classic car enthusiast in Washington, D.C. In this series, he examines the intersection of those fields by looking at design patents—which protect aesthetics rather than functionality—of the forgotten Read more
Eager to promote its sponsorship of Bob Chandler’s Bigfoot monster truck, Ford dealers offered up a special package for 1987 to 1990 pickup truck buyers that featured Bigfoot graphics, a three-inch lift, an aftermarket front bumper with winch, a double-hoop roll bar with off-road lighting, heavy-duty aftermarket shocks and 33-inch Read more
* Mitch Medford at Bloodshed Motors, one of the guys behind the Zombie 222 all-electric Mustang that we wrote about last year, took the Zombie to the Texas Mile last month to see what it would do. Filmmakers from The Verge followed him and caught the ensuing action and record-breaking Read more
Long considered the red-headed step children of the Porsche family, 944s are finally beginning to get the respect they so richly deserve. As an entry-level Porsche model for those of modest means, 944s are reliable (if properly maintained) and about as easy as a Porsche gets to turn wrenches on. Read more
* Count Alexis de Sakhnoffsky designed cars for a number of American auto manufacturers, but perhaps some of his most striking designs were for White Truck, for which he penned some seriously streamlined rigs. The Old Motor has more on the pairing. * Fifty years ago, Datsun built a car Read more
1991 Geo Metro convertible, excerpted from 1991 Geo ad. Ad images from author’s collection. Is the Geo Metro LSi convertible the Nash Metropolitan convertible of the ‘90s? Consider the similarities, beyond their names: Both are no-frills, mechanically simple two-seat convertibles that, to be honest, have no real hope of being considered Read more
Paul Gorrell’s CRAD prototype. Photos courtesy the Crosley Automobile Club. Attendees at the Crosley Automobile Club’s annual national meet have come to expect something different and unusual from Crosley collector Paul Gorrell every year, but this year they’ll see something likely never to be repeated again: all nine of Gorrell’s Read more
As an actor, Paul Newman starred in over 65 big screen and television productions, earning countless nominations and awards (including an Academy Award for Best Actor) over a career that spanned more than five decades. Despite his achievements in front of (and later, behind) the camera, Newman always wanted to Read more
Photo courtesy The Muddy Chef Challenge. Owners of classic cars have more vintage race, rally and touring events to choose from than ever before these days. But what about owners of old-school, 4 x 4 off-road machines? Fortunately, the crowd that loves to get dirty now has some options of Read more