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1994 Dodge Viper GTS coupe concept. Photo courtesy Chrysler. An online petition to save a unique 1992 Viper coupe that Chrysler has ordered destroyed, has accumulated more than 9,000 signatures and counting. The 1992 Dodge Viper donated by Chrysler to the South Puget Sound Community College for educational purposes is Read more
Joe Isuzu on the Impulse’s Lotus-tuned handling. Image courtesy ProductionCars.com. In 1983, Japanese automaker Isuzu found itself struggling to ramp up direct sales in its recently established U.S. dealer network. Its solution to lure American customers into showrooms was the Impulse, a sleek and well-equipped coupe styled by Giorgetto Giugiaro Read more
As promised in the story at the heart of last week’s SIA Flashback, Arch Brown and Bud Juneau followed their 1936 Graham story with a look at Graham’s latter years as a carbuilder and at how Graham came to use Cord’s body dies in those years, a story built around Read more
Running at Bonneville sure seems like a lot of fun, but entails more than a few modifications to the family car. This 2013 Superformance B-Class Lakester for sale on Hemmings.com, however, has been designed for the singular task of going very fast in a long, straight line. As for how Read more
* We figured there’d be plenty of stories of interest in the aftermath of last fall’s Lambrecht auction – such as the story behind the purchase of the $140,000 Chevrolet Cameo – but perhaps none are quite as touching as the story of the 1959 Chevrolet that Dean Sparks bought, Read more
Photo by Jeff Koch Our good friend Bruce Turk, president of the Vintage Saab Club of North America, has an enviable reputation in the old-car hobby for being both passionate and practical about the cars of his favorite marque, Saab. He’s always happy to share his enthusiasm and his cars, Read more
Not a lot of cars in today’s carspotting photo, which we came across on The Wisconsin Project and which depicts the beach and camping area at Shell Lake, but who cares – it’s a nice, sunny, summer scene, and we need that after the winter we’ve had. Can’t you smell Read more
While this 1932 Stutz DV32 for sale on Hemmings.com is reportedly known to Stutz collectors and aficionados, apparently nobody knows much about its origins other than what resulted: a sport custom with a shortened DV32 chassis, complete with engine; a much-modified 1949 Cadillac body; and a conglomeration of Cord and Read more
Studebaker’s Hamilton, Ontario, plant in 2008. Photo by Nhl4Hamilton. It’s the last place any Studebaker rolled off an assembly line, but after more than a year-long demolition effort, today only a fraction of the former Studebaker of Canada plant in Hamilton, Ontario, remains after a developer has decided to turn Read more
Aston Martin’s Atom concept. Photos courtesy Bonhams Auctions. Though Aston Martin has existed as an automaker since 1915, it can be argued that a single car best signifies the start of the brand’s modern era. Not only did the 1940 Aston Martin Atom concept denote a radical change in both Read more