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Sir Stirling Moss, at the 2011 Goodwood Revival. Photos courtesy Daimler Media. It was one of the most immortal drives in racing history, and the car and champion who combined to achieve it will be reunited at Connecticut’s historic Lime Rock Park during its 33rd annual Historic Festival over Labor Read more
Photos courtesy Mullin Automotive Museum. [Editor’s Note: The new book Voisin: La Difference, authored by Reg Winstone and Philippe Ladure, and available only at the Mullin Automotive Museum, includes a number of stories, tributes and reflections on automotive pioneer Gabriel Voisin and his various cars. One of the most sensuous Read more
Period ads from the author’s collection. There is a certain irony in the fact that many of the aftermarket parts vintage car buyers in the 1980s and 1990s would immediately replace with factory components after purchase – steering wheel, shifter and/or handle, gauges, valve covers, wheels, etc. – are now Read more
Returning to Phoenix’s mall scene, we have not one but two photos of Phoenix’s Chris-Town Mall, located at the corner of Bethany Home Road and 19th Avenue, in the year or so following its opening in 1961. The above photo, like the previous one, came to us via John Talton’s Read more
Except for a few rare examples, nobody’s gonna buy a Gremlin just to sock it away in a climate controlled bubble and never drive it again. That doesn’t bode well for their survival rate, of course, but AMC made plenty of them, and any car can be fixed and restored. Read more
Traco-prepared 1969 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28. Photos courtesy Auctions America. Founded by Jim Travers and Frank Coon, Traco Engineering (an amalgam of the partners’s last names) built the engines that dominated a variety of racing series (including Can-Am and Trans Am) throughout the 1960s and into the 1970s. A 1969 Chevrolet Read more
Coventry Festival of Motoring. Photo by allyhook. Two longtime and unrelated collector car events – one in England and the other in New England – will go on possibly permanent hiatuses this year for different reasons. First, close to home, the family of Werner Carlson notified vendors of the Amherst Read more
Cars on the field at the 2014 event. Photo courtesy Palos Verdes Concours d’Elegance. It’s good to be the best, particularly when it comes to collecting cars and ultimately, showing them off to the masses. That’s the theme, specifically “Automotive Standards of the World,” that the 2015 Palos Verdes Concours Read more
All photos are frame grabs from video below. Our favorite quote of the day is from the sternly parental and maddeningly condescending voice-over by Mike Wallace – journalist, game show host and (nearly two decades on) one of the original correspondents of CBS’s 60 Minutes fame, who reminds us “…that Read more
Facebook reader Chuck Simons directed us toward today’s carspotting photo, courtesy the Santa Clarita Valley Historical Society’s page, where the administrators are looking for some help identifying the vehicles in the photo. What do you see here?