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Somewhere between a mild custom and a street rod is this 1939 Ford Deluxe for sale on Hemmings.com. From the outside, it appears something any young hoodlum would have driven to school in the 1940s or 1950s, with its lowered stance, skirts, and Cadillac caps, but under the hood, it’s Read more
1952 Cunningham C-3 Coupe. Photos courtesy of Auctions America. With much of the attention at last weekend’s Auctions America sale in California focused on the 100-plus cars at the center of the Petersen Automotive Museum’s controversial deaccession process, one of those cars in particular – a basket-case 1952 Cunningham C-3 Read more
1934 Duesenberg Sedan Limousine. Photos courtesy St. James’s Concours of Elegance and as credited While last year’s Windsor Castle Concours of Elegance was a singular occasion as part of Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations, its success in drawing 60 world-class automobiles ensured that it wouldn’t be the last concours Read more
I’m rather disappointed. After my post on the 1952 Mercury woodie wagon that sold at the recent RM St. John’s auction, I fully expected commenter Get It Right to weigh in – as he/she does every time we write about woodies – to tell me that it should be spelled Read more
Photo via Stadtarchiv Mannheim. With the 125th anniversary of Bertha Benz’s road trip in her husband Karl’s Patent Motorwagen taking place this month (sometime in early August is about the most specific date that we’ve so far seen, possibly August 5 or August 12), we’re also seeing plenty of references Read more
This 1970 Chrysler 300 convertible for sale on Hemmings.com doesn’t look too bad on the outside – it could certainly use some attention here and there to freshen things up – but it’s reportedly rust-free and in excellent mechanical shape, which should be enough to interest anybody who prefers driving Read more
Mark Donohue’s Penske Racing AMC Javelin. In 1966, the Sports Car Club of America debuted the Trans-American Sedan Championship, soon shortened to the Trans-Am Series, as a manufacturer’s championship for race-prepared sedans. Consisting of under-2.0-liter and over-2.0-liter classes (run simultaneously), the series promoted wheel-to-wheel racing of both compact European sedans Read more
The 1967 Holman-Moody Ford Honker II. Photos by Alejandro Rodriguez for Gooding & Company. The 1960s were the golden age of sports car racing in the United States, with series like the Canadian-American (Can-Am) Challenge drawing sizable crowds to watch both famous and up-and-coming drivers dice it up in wheel-to-wheel Read more
Bernd Rosemeyer at Tripoli, 1936. Photos courtesy Audi Media Services. In today’s corporate-driven world of Formula 1 racing, where most stars are groomed by teams from an early age for their driving talent and media skills alike, Bernd Rosemeyer never would have received a chance behind the wheel. Things were Read more
Back in the early to mid-1980s, Henry Rasmussen’ For the Road series were the most popular car books to ever hit the shelves. They were unlike any books ever published on collector cars before. Their unusual format was horizontal, to better showcase the cars’ full lengths and their unique concept Read more