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Fifty? Try 75, or maybe 100, or 150. It seems every writeup of the London Coach company has a different figure for how many total the company built in the mid-1980s here in the States using plenty of BMC parts and Ford 2.3L four-cylinder engines. About all that any of Read more
Bantam BRC Mk II. Photos courtesy Bantam Jeep Historic Festival. If Fiat-Chrysler decides to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Jeep brand, it likely won’t do so until next year, citing the Willys MA/MB as the direct progenitor of the modern Jeep. However, at least a couple of celebrations will Read more
1956 DKW Elektro Schnellaster, on the road in Wangerooge. Photos courtesy of Audi Media Services. From 1955 to 1962, DKW built a limited-production electric version of its Schnellaster Kastenwagen delivery van, targeted to niche customers. Just 100 examples were assembled, and only two are known to survive today. Following a Read more
[As devout fans of the offbeat, oddball, and obscure, we’ve been following Michael Banovsky’s Car of the Day for a while now and marveling at his ability to turn up vehicles we’d never imagined. He’s even released a book compiling some of the most unusual of his selections, Weird Cars, Read more
All brochure images are from the collection of Mark J. McCourt It’s unfortunate that Sterling automobiles became a punchline in the U.S. market, because they had the chance to redeem the reputation of the venerable Rover, which had been burnished by the highly lauded P6 -sold here in four-cylinder 2000 Read more
Bernie Olds is one of our regulars at the Hemmings Motor News cruise-ins, and the owner of a nice 1954 Mercury that we featured in Hemmings Classic Car a while back. He’s also a longtime resident of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, where this early 1950s photo that Bernie sent us was taken. Read more
The record-setting 1961 Ferrari 250 GT SWB California, on the Baillon estate. Photos courtesy Artcurial. When the 59 lots from the no reserve Baillon Collection finished crossing the stage last Friday in Paris, auction house Artcurial (which still had 116 other consigned vehicles to sell) had racked up an impressive Read more
Manfredo Lippmann’s 1953 La Carrera Panamericana Porsche 356 (in 1/43 scale). Image courtesy CK Model Cars. The racing community recently bid farewell to two of its own. Manfredo Lippmann, noted Guatemalan racer and collector, passed away last month, as did Robert Manzon, the last remaining living driver who participated in Read more
By 1928, Franklin had become a well-known entity and was making the news as Erwin “Cannon Ball” Baker drove an air-cooled Franklin across country in 69 hours and 31 minutes. In fact, after its return, the Franklin had traveled 6,692 miles in 6-1/2 days, and Franklin advertisements boasted it was Read more
The Skydome floor on February 6, 2015. Still image from video below. Almost a year after a sinkhole swallowed eight Corvettes, the Skydome at the National Corvette Museum is well on its way to being repaired and reopened. The hole has been filled ahead of the collapse’s one-year anniversary on Read more