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Carroll Shelby, in his trademark overalls. Photo courtesy Carroll Shelby Foundation. The name Carroll Shelby is seemingly inseparable from the performance cars that bear his name, but long before Shelby had the idea to shoehorn a Ford V-8 into the engine bay of an AC Ace roadster, the personable Texan Read more
It may be small in size but the information within is second to none. This is one book that every Buick enthusiast and admirer of these high quality stylish automobiles must own and read. Penned by Jan Norbye, one of the most notable automotive historians of our time, among the Read more
The holidays were apparently the time everybody remembers at the long-lived Packard’s department store on River Street in Hackensack, New Jersey, thanks to their third-floor toy department and annual holiday decor. From ThatYellowVolvoGuy comes this shot of Packard’s from 1958. Not as many cars as in our typical carspotting scenes, Read more
There was a time in the not-too-distant past when Volkswagen Beetles were the ultimate in first cars. Universally available, inexpensive to buy and maintain, and repairable with basic hand tools and just a bit of mechanical know-how, VW Beetles taught countless Americans how to drive and how to spin a Read more
The Real McCoy 1956 Corvette SR Prototype. Photos by David Newhardt, courtesy Mecum Auctions. In 1955, Chevrolet was struggling to find buyers for its Corvette roadster, which had yet to be proven in competition. Chevrolet engineering head Ed Cole understood that the surest way to boost the car’s stock was Read more
Photo courtesy Gilmore Car Museum. As a 501(c)(3) non-profit, education – specifically about American automotive history – has long been one of the main goals behind the Gilmore Car Museum in Hickory Corners, Michigan, and a couple recent announcements reinforce those goals. First, under what museum officials are calling the Read more
Jeep Comanche pickup. Images courtesy of Chrysler Group LLC. Jeep’s CJ-8 Scrambler, launched in 1981, was originally intended to serve as the brand’s compact pickup truck offering. When sales failed to materialize in quantities comparable to those of import competitors, Jeep went back to the drawing board to design an Read more
Stirling engines, while hypothetically awesome, have never really caught on as automotive powerplants, largely because they make much less power than a typical gasoline engine and weigh so much more. It’s something NASA found out with its experimental Stirling engine program, and as we see from Michael Lamm’s article for Read more
Perfect for toodling down to the corner market or maybe taking in the occasional Sunday drive is this 1932 Ford sedan delivery for sale on Hemmings.com. Open headers make it efficient (no cumbersome exhaust restrictions to decrease your fuel mileage), and it’s reliable, too, with a redundant blown Hemi V-8 Read more
Photo by Craig Howell. * The Detroit News this week turned its spotlight on the prevalence of fakes in the collector car hobby and the rea$on$ why they’re becoming increasingly common. * We’ve linked to photochops of car brochure illustrations slammed to the weeds here and there in the past, Read more