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Briggs Cunningham at Watkins Glen, 1952. All photos courtesy Revs Institute, used with permission. With a middle name of Swift, perhaps it was preordained that Briggs Cunningham would come to lead a life that revolved around racing, both on land and at sea. Born into a wealthy Cincinnati family in Read more
Sam Kriger’s parents, Jim and Barbara, had a grand plan for their honeymoon. Right before their June 12, 1955, wedding, they’d trade in Jim’s 1948 Chevrolet convertible on a brand-new Chevrolet – a 1955 Bel Air two-door convertible painted Neptune Green Metallic over Seamist Green and equipped with the 180hp Read more
When we last visited the Photos from the 1950s Flickr stream, we found a photo from Maryland in the 1950s that Daniel, the owner of the photostream, told us was actually from a series depicting a dog show. Going through the stream we see another dog show photo with cars Read more
We’ve always heard stories about cars coming from the factory with mismatched badging or trim from side to side, but have only come across a few actual examples, like this 1961 Dodge Dart Phoenix (or is it a Pioneer?) for sale on Hemmings.com. All in all, it appears a minor Read more
New Hampshire Motor Speedway will come alive to the sounds of vintage Ducati racing bikes this weekend when the fifth Ducati TT & F1 Symposium takes place. Created to celebrate Ducati’s 2V belt-drive racing bikes from the 1980s, such as the famed TT1 and TT2 models, the symposium has now Read more
The 1987 Cadillac Allante. Photos courtesy General Motors. In the early 1980s, General Motors came to the conclusion that it needed a halo car for its Cadillac brand, something that could stand toe to toe with the likes of the Mercedes-Benz SL. Such a luxury convertible would feature comfort without Read more
All Photos by the author. In the wee hours of the morning, while those staying in an around Pierce, Nebraska for the Lambrecht Chevrolet Company collection auction dreamt of the barn finds that await them, rain showers rolled in turning the auction field into veritable marshland. It wasn’t enough to Read more
All photos by the author. While plenty of the vehicles in the Lambrecht Chevrolet collection warranted attention for their low-mileage odometers and the decades’ worth of dust on their flanks, one in particular – a 1958 Chevrolet Cameo pickup with a staved-in roof, cracked windshield, and 1.3 miles – stood Read more
If you’ve been paying attention to auctions recently, you know that no major sale is complete without at least one Toyota FJ40 Land Cruiser crossing the stage, restored to “better than new” standards and priced accordingly. There’s good reason for this, as Land Cruisers are versatile, go-anywhere trucks that show Read more
According to Arch Brown, who wrote the article on the 1929 Plymouth that appeared in SIA #158, March 1997, Henry Ford did indeed advise Walter P. Chrysler that he’d lose money by selling a low-priced car, and indeed it looked like Ford may have been right about the Plymouth – Read more