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1956 Ferrari 290 MM Scaglietti Spyder at Pebble Beach in 2016. Photo by Kimball Studios, courtesy Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. After establishing and then withdrawing a class celebrating the centennial of automaker Lincoln (which, based upon production, takes place in 2021), the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance has finalized its special Read more
By William Hall. Photos by the author. If you insist on driving your classic car in Manhattan, there is no better time than 4 a.m. The streets are quiet. Most of the night’s revelers have returned home, and the folks that keep the city’s big machine humming along dutifully go Read more
1964 AC Cobra (top); 1965 Griffith Series 200 (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 weekly basis, but Read more
Date: February 1956 Location: possibly E Street, San Bernardino, California Source: BigCheese327 on Tumblr What do you see here?
Original 1963 Lotus Super Seven for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: Real factory built 1963 race car (Not a Replica). My Lotus has Significant Race History from the 1960’s, 1970’s, and 1980’s by Renown Race Car Driver Bob Roy. Eligible for True Vintage Racing. An Amazing Time Piece. Read more
Photo by Mr. Muggles. Thankfully, we’ve survived another trip around the sun, which means it’s time once again for our annual gaze into the crystal ball, which smells suspiciously of carb cleaner (reminding us to use a fresh shop rag to wipe it down next year). For the year that Read more
Photo by Tony Harrison. Three legends of drag racing in Great Britain, and the island nation’s most fabled quarter mile, have been announced as the newest class of inductees to the British Drag Racing Hall of Fame, which was established in 2006. The newly enshrined include the late Bob Keith, Read more
By William Hall. Photos by the author. Everything happens for a reason. Although we may not understand it at the time, even unfortunate situations can prove to be a blessing. The corollary rule is that fate likes to cruelly group these events into sets of three. Ninety miles into our Read more
1930 Ford Model A roadster brochure image courtesy of OldCarBrochures.com. [Editor’s note: This “Reminiscing” story, edited by Richard Lentinello, comes to us from Hemmings Classic Car reader Dave Crocker of Mashpee, Massachusetts.] Back in the 1950s, during my early teen years on Cape Cod, the venerable Model A Fords could Read more
Date: circa 1950s Location: 1400 University Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota Source: Minnesota Historical Society What do you see here?