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Driving Impressions: 2005 Pontiac GTO

Photos by the author. [Editor’s Note: About 10 years ago, Jeff Koch wrote up a number of articles and driving impressions for then-new performance vehicles that, for some reason or another, never made it into the pages of Hemmings Muscle Machines, as intended. As those vehicles now march toward collectible Read more

By Mike, 12 years ago
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Toronado for 10 – Glenn Pray’s fiberglass front-wheel-drive Kruise-Aire

Exactly what niche it fit into, nobody can quite agree, even today. Minivan? Motorhome? Executive limousine? It seemed ahead of its time and outside of time at the same time, and perhaps that’s why only one Kershaw Kruise-Aire was ever built. Looking something like a cross between a Weinermobile and Read more

By Mike, 12 years ago
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Hemmings Find of the Day – 1969 Mercedes-Benz 300 SEL 6.3

For around $30,000, you could buy a new or nearly new, full-size four-door sedan like the Toyota Avalon that will run for a billion trouble-free miles and ask only for routine maintenance and the occasional trip through the car wash. Or you could have this 1969 Mercedes-Benz 300 SEL 6.3, Read more

By Mike, 12 years ago
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Celebration to mark 50th anniversary of Glenn Pray’s Corvair-powered Cord 8/10

Continuation Cord 8/10 Sportsman. Photos courtesy Felix DeGeyter. In August 1964, a once-proud automotive name rose from the ashes like a mechanical phoenix. With longtime brand devotee Glenn Pray at the helm, the Cord Automobile Company began producing coffin-nosed Cords in 8/10 scale, constructed with modern mechanicals and space-age body Read more

By Mike, 12 years ago
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AACA Museum celebrates Far Eastern vehicles with its Spring 2014 exhibit

Toyota 800 Sports. Images courtesy the Antique Automobile Club of America Museum The Antique Automobile Club of America may not be the first organization that comes to mind when you think of celebrating cars, motorcycles, bicycles and other influential vehicles from Asia, as well as those rarely seen ones from Read more

By Mike, 12 years ago
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Fifty years of racing a ’55 Chevrolet

How many guys in the Sixties decided to buy cars with high-performance capabilities? Thousands, certainly. How many actually raced the cars they owned? Hundreds, probably. How many still own those cars? Very few. And of those few, how many still race those same cars? Undoubtedly, just a small handful. Don Read more

By Mike, 12 years ago
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Hemmings Find of the Day – 1992 Panoz Roadster

This 1992 Panoz Roadster for sale on Hemmings.com bears chassis #001, making it the very first Panoz constructed. In fact, it began life as a factory test mule, equipped with the Costin-designed independent rear suspension, which was later abandoned for cost reasons. As one-of-one reportedly built with this setup, and Read more

By Mike, 12 years ago
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SIA Flashback – Convertible Associates: 1960 Buick LeSabre vs. Edsel Ranger

Would new car buyers cross shop a Buick LeSabre with an Edsel Ranger in 1960? For his comparison test in SIA #181, January 2001, Arch Brown posits a pretty convincing argument that they would’ve, especially when it comes to the two-door droptop versions of the two cars. He points out Read more

By Mike, 12 years ago
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Four-Links – vintage Nash papercraft, RC concept Fords, building Bugatti’s Tank, gangster’s last day

* Ever wanted to have your own car dealership? Geoff Hacker of Forgotten Fiberglass recently found a fairly inexpensive way to do so. Of course, the cars don’t run and you have to assemble the whole thing yourself. And watch out for papercuts. And you have to like Nashes. * Read more

By Mike, 12 years ago
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Vic Elford on driving the 917 in 1970 and today

Porsche 917K. Photo by Terry Shea. The Porsche 917 is unquestionably one of the all-time great racing cars. Taking advantage of a loophole through then-current FIA regulations, Porsche created a 600hp “production” car that dominated endurance racing for a couple of years before the FIA countered with new regulations that Read more

By Mike, 12 years ago

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