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It’s just about time for me to install the dashboard in my ’31 Ford speedster. Having followed time-honored hot-rodding practices of sourcing old, interesting (though not always cheap) parts, I’m now confronted with the challenge of determining what size hardware to fit to the variety of threaded posts and tapped Read more
Something about this 1950 Packard Deluxe Eight club sedan for sale on Hemmings.com struck me as odd when I first came across it the other day. Something about its shape, which appeared on the 1948 through 1950 club sedans on the 120-inch wheelbases, and which looked less like a Packard Read more
From the Boston Public Library’s vast collection of Leslie Jones negatives comes this undated wintry photo labeled Rowes Wharf. One would think the Bostonian snow plow drivers would have done a better job and not piled the snow so far away from the curb, but it doesn’t appear to have Read more
Though it looks like the 2.5-liter V-8 used in the Daimler SP250, this Daimler Hemi V-8 for sale on Hemmings.com boasts about double the displacement after it was bored and stroked from its original “big” Daimler V-8 specifications (4,561 cubic centimeters, worth about 220 horsepower) to the same specs that Read more
The 1966 Le Mans-winning Ford GT40 Mk II in 2006. Photos courtesy Ford Motor Company. Victory in the 1966 24 hours of Le Mans should have gone to Ken Miles and Denny Hulme, driving the Ford GT40 Mk II that carried chassis number P/1015. Instead, controversial team orders requested that Read more
Photos from 2014 Customs by the Sea by author. Last year, Kustomrama, the “Traditional Rod and Kustom Encyclopedia,” debuted a traditional custom car show in Wildwood, New Jersey, held in conjunction with The Race of Gentlemen and in cooperation with the Oilers Car Club. Despite the weekend’s focus on beach Read more
Since I wasn’t smart enough to take photos of my Cameo White, red/orange/yellow-striped W50 Formula Appearance Package-equipped 1979 Formula at the time, these press photos from the dealer brochure (color) and the press kit (black and white) will have to suffice. Setting aside economic conditions, market trends and fluctuating collector Read more
Downtown Sturgis during Bike Week. The Harley-Davidson Motor Company and the city of Sturgis, South Dakota, revealed a mutual long-term agreement between the two last week, one that ensures Harley-Davidson will be the official motorcycle of the annual August event, and a major sponsor of Sturgis Bike Week, through 2090. Read more
All photos courtesy Riccardo Grasso. Typically it’s Americans who replicate Italian cars, what with all the Fauxrarris, Lampostorghinis, and Seventies kit cars built, not the other way around. One exception exists, however, and it rather makes sense, given that European coachcraft inspired it in the first place: Riccardo Grasso’s tribute Read more
Lotus 79/1 at Barber Motorsport Park in 2011. Photos by Bob Chapman, courtesy of Regogo Racing. In the late 1970s, the science of race car aerodynamics was in its infancy, even at the Formula 1 level. For the 1978 season, Lotus introduced a revolutionary new chassis to the sport, the Read more