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Photos by author. Not where I’m standing in Western Pennsylvania. The trees are just about bare, the mornings are cold and the nights are descending way too early. If you have finished enjoying your vintage car for the season and you live in a colder climate state like I do, Read more
The restoration shop in Ray Evernham’s garage. Photo by Jim Fluharty for NASCAR Illustrated. Though he sold his stake in a NASCAR Sprint Cup team back in 2010, Ray Evernham has no trouble keeping busy. These days, the former racer turned crew chief extraordinaire works part time for Hendrick Motorsports, Read more
Photographer Thomas J. Noel had an eye for all that Denver offered, from landmark architecture down to the low-rent flats and whiskey dives. His shots of the latter and of similar working-class establishments, as found on the Denver Public Library’s Digital Collections, provide a colorful look not only at where Read more
Nothing really shouts the arrival of Buick’s 1968 GS400: no fat rally stripes or grinning cartoon characters, no spoilers or wings and no cavernous air intakes on the hood. Just some reserved badging, a horizontal scoop near the base of the windshield and some ornamental ducts on the lower front Read more
1957 Ford Thunderbird F-Code. Photos by Teddy Pieper, courtesy RM Auctions. Though the Ford Thunderbird is best known as a personal luxury car, at one point in its early evolution Ford envisioned the Thunderbird as a sporting rival to Chevrolet’s Corvette. Nowhere is this more evident than with the 1957 Read more
Smiles like these are what it’s all about. Ray Evernham, championship crew chief and former NASCAR team owner, rides along with Oilers Car Club member Travis “Tuki” Hess at the third-annual Race of Gentlemen. Photograph courtesy of Thomas Rowe. As editors of automotive publications, we naturally tend to focus our attentions Read more
1957 International Travelall S Series. International Harvester had a milestone year in 1957. It was the 50th anniversary of the commercial truck company and it had built over 2.5 million trucks in the half-century. This S Series Travelall was the last of its kind, as International had begun to promote Read more
The Wilbur Shaw historic marker. Photo by Linda Mansfield. Shelbyville is a small city in south-central Indiana, part way between Indianapolis and Cincinnati. It was founded in the great westward push, and like any town its size, has its share of favorite sons. But only one of them is getting Read more
Like a fine English ale, Triumph’s TR6 never seems to go out of style. Entertaining to drive and blessed with a mechanical honesty not seen in modern sports cars, the TR6 is a good choice for those wanting an open-air British roadster with a bit more zest than the MG Read more
Pontiac Bonneville Special number two. Photos courtesy Barrett-Jackson. In the early 1950s, GM was desperate to portray its Pontiac brand as sporty and exciting, in order to attract a younger demographic to showrooms. Reportedly inspired by the cars he saw vying for speed records on Utah’s Bonneville Salt Flats, Harley Read more