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It’s never too early to think ahead and it’s always a good time to add a Jeep FC to your collection. If wood is in the heat plan for the winter months then this 1962 Jeep FC-170, for sale on Hemmings.com, might be just the sort of vehicle required to Read more
* Let’s start off this week’s Four-Links with this model of the caravan crash from the first Mad Max as done by Shoey on the Australian Automotive Model Builders forum, detailed down to the artwork on the side of the destroyed caravan. Thanks for the tip, Mark! * The Bowery Read more
After our recent assemblage of East Africa Safari Rally videos from British Pathe, we initially thought to pull together a similar compilation of BP videos focusing on the Monte Carlo Rally. Then we saw that the film producer has released no less than 45 film clips covering the rally from Read more
Hard to imagine there’s anybody who is more dedicated to this 1974 Hurst/Olds Indy 500 pace car for sale on Hemmings.com than the seller, given how particular he describes the restoration, the research into the car, and the ephemera collection that goes with it. Then again, the car might just Read more
Johnny Cash’s 1970 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow. Images courtesy Barrett-Jackson. On the outside, Johnny Cash was a troubadour for the common man, his songs often painting a picture of blue-class struggles, with his all-black wardrobe representing “the poor and the beaten-down.” In his downtime, however, the country music great had a Read more
Photos courtesy Milwaukee Art Museum, except where noted. One of them participated in one of the first live television broadcasts. Some of them appear to have pioneered a front-wheel-drive system decades before the GMC Motorhome. At least two of them still exist, one of which recently came up for sale. Read more
The Ford Model T Snow Flyer is guaranteed to sleigh you! This one appeared in the January 1978 issue of Hemmings Motor News and was described as being in “A1″ condition, with a rebuilt motor, new battery, Warford transmission, high compression head, distributor, ignition, fat man steering wheel, new tires, Read more
In researching steam cars of the 19th century for the recent article on the Seth Taylor car, it became apparent that said steamers were really good at two things in particular: Establishing automotive firsts and angering their inventors’ neighbors and fellow townspeople. Francis Curtis’s steamer of 1867 managed to do Read more
This 1971 Buick Riviera for sale on Hemmings.com goes to show that storage and low miles don’t necessarily mean a car remains perfect, what with the blistered paint and the already-met needs for new upholstery and an engine rebuild. But storage has been kind to it in other ways, considering Read more
Tom Payne’s former 1964 Shelby Competition Cobra. Cobra photos by Robin Adams, courtesy RM Auctions. Tom Payne was a racer, businessman and would-be-politician who once hot-lapped a Canadian race track wearing a Glen Plaid suit, as he ran out of time to change into driver’s coveralls before the event. The Read more