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The aftermath: The rebuilt starter has been installed with the new wiring. Photos by the author. A few blogs ago, I discussed winter projects and provided a bunch of ideas for you to consider. Part of their lure was the fact that they were generally small ones where you could Read more
The original muscle car era died in the early 1970s, and by the end of the decade, it looked as if the days of high-performance American cars were behind us. For aspirational cars, many of us who came of age in the early 1980s still looked to the Ford Mustang Read more
The Barbeque Stove Bolt Special. Photos by Robin Adams, courtesy RM Auctions. The rules of hot rodding have long been this: there are no rules. Perhaps no single car in hot rod history has embraced that belief better than the Barbeque Stove Bolt Special, a 1951 custom built with parts Read more
Proposed layout of garage complex for the National Corvette Museum Motorsport Park. Rendering courtesy National Corvette Museum. Nobody can say that the National Corvette Museum didn’t make news this year, what with the gaping sinkhole and all. Things have gotten better for the Bowling Green, Kentucky, automotive landmark since then, Read more
From Johnson’s Depot, the site that provided the last Johnson City, Tennessee, street scenes for our carspotting series, come these three photos of the city in the 1960s, starting with a look down Main Street above, followed by a view of the Windsor Hotel before it was demolished in July Read more
The 4000-series 427 Cobras are known as Component Cars because they were sold by Shelby American to dealers without engines and transmissions, in order to skirt all of the regulations that new car manufacturers have to contend with. Shelby American dealers would then install the running gear for the customer Read more
1961 Chrysler 300G. Photos courtesy Barrett-Jackson. Chrysler’s 300 letter cars were known as “The Banker’s Hot Rod” for their combination of luxury, refinement and straight-line performance. The 1961 model year saw a change from the 300F to the 300G, and the addition of an available heavy-duty three-speed Borg Warner manual Read more
Jack, Audi’s semi-autonomous A7. To many skeptics, self-driving cars remain the stuff of science fiction, something that future generations may benefit from once the required technology reaches maturity. To automaker Audi, self-driving cars are on the immediate horizon, and to punctuate this point, it’s allowing select journalists to pilot a Read more
Bob Sportel’s 1957 Chevrolet half-ton pickup. Still image from video below. Is there such a thing as too frugal? In the eyes of Prinsburg, Minnesota, resident Bob Sportel, the answer is clearly “no.” After 38 years, the now-retired Sportel is still driving the same 1957 Chevrolet half-ton pickup he paid Read more
All brochure images are from the collection of Mark J. McCourt As the lads from BBC UK’s Top Gear are always saying, you’re simply not a true petrolhead/gearhead unless you’ve owned an Alfa Romeo. That Milanese marque has an incredibly noble sporting heritage dating back more than 100 years, and Read more