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1969 Chevrolet Impala Custom SS 427 (top); 1969 Mercury Marauder X-100 (bottom). Images by the author. Editor’s note: This or That is not a comparison report between two vehicles, but rather a feature that enables us, in an idyllic world, to add a collectible vehicle into our dream garage on a Read more
1988 Toyota BJ73 Land Cruiser for sale. From the seller’s description: This is a Left Hand Drive BJ73 manufactured in 1988 in Japan with the original 3B engine. Volcan 4×4, LLC is a Florida based bonded dealer and specialist in sourcing, restoring and importing quality vintage 4x4s. Volcan 4×4 owns Read more
1987 Buick GNX, number 547. Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions. To give the popular Buick Grand National a fitting end-of-production send-off, the GM division planned a production run of 500 “super Grand Nationals,” ultimately named the Buick GNX. When demand for the GNX far outstripped supply, constructor ASC/McLaren agreed to build Read more
Photo courtesy Simeone Museum. The widely recounted story goes like this: William K. Vanderbilt, Jr., impressed by Renault’s win in the 1906 French Grand Prix, asked the automaker to build 10 scaled-down replicas of its 13-liter, 90-horsepower Type AK Grand Prix racing car for his enthusiast friends. These smaller cars, Read more
1950 Ford Custom Tudor. Photo courtesy Art Bruns. [Editor’s note: This “Reminiscing” story, edited by Richard Lentinello, comes to us from Hemmings Classic Car reader Art Bruns of Cohasset, Minnesota.] Back in the early 1950s I was particularly attracted to the 1949-’51 Fords. When the new 1949 Ford was first Read more
Date: circa 1960s Location: Half-Dome, Yosemite National Park, California Source: Rondal Partridge, Library of Congress, via Jim and Chester’s Garage What do you see here?
Driveable dream 1977 Chrysler Newport for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: The basics – 151,300 miles, 400 4-bbl, 4 door sedan, light package, manual windows and door locks but power trunk release, A/C converted to 134a and blows cold. I added search turn radio and digital clock. The Read more
Photo courtesy Goodwood Estate. A two-year-old European Union high court ruling became the center of controversy in the United Kingdom last month after racers there raised an alarm that the ruling’s unintended consequences could decimate motorsports there and across Europe. Lambasted for potentially requiring owners and operators of every motorized Read more
Photo courtesy Nick Arias Jr. Racing Components. Even before a high school aptitude test confirmed it, Nick Arias Jr. knew that his future would involve the “industrial arts.” Born to a railroad machinist father, young Nick built his first hot rod in 1946, at age 17, and fully immersed himself Read more
By William Hall. Photos by the author. Driving these three classic cars from the LeMay – America’s Car Museum across the eastern United States to the North American International Auto Show in Detroit has been like going on tour with The Rolling Stones. Early mornings, late nights and a dizzying Read more