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* Before the Bugatti Veyron, there was the Bugatti EB110 supercar of the 1990s, a mid-engine Italian attempt at resurrecting the famed horse-collar marque. Autopolis ran down the EB110′s brief history this week. * Geoff Hacker at Forgotten Fiberglass this week found an article by designer Vince Gardner detailing the Read more
While researching the story on the special screening of Steve McQueen’s Le Mans last week, we came across this 14-minute behind-the-scenes mini-doc on the making of the film, detailing what went into getting all that high-speed footage and how far McQueen wanted to go to make the film as authentic Read more
Some aimless browsing recently dropped us off in encanto_sunland’s Flickr photostream, where we spotted these three street scenes from late 1960s or early 1970s Phoenix. Above, the intersection of North Cave Creek Road and North Seventh Street, and below, the intersection of East Thomas Road and North Central Avenue, and Read more
If you read Matt Litwin’s 1955 Hudson Italia restoration profile in the May 2013 issue of Hemmings Classic Car (#104), then you have some idea of what goes into resurrecting one of these rare cars and making it stand out (even more than it already does, thanks to its Touring Read more
The Les Dunham Corvorado. Photo courtesy Dunham Coach. It’s more than facile to fill a museum exhibit dedicated to cars and pop culture with Elvis, poodle skirt, and sock hop references. The AACA Museum, however, has taken a far more daring path by featuring a pair of Dunham Coach “Super Read more
1936 Ahrens-Fox BT Fire Engine. Images courtesy Mecum Auctions. Fire equipment manufacturer Ahrens-Fox earned its reputation for innovation and premium quality by adhering to its founders’ credo of “Nothing too good for the fire service, only the best will do.” Considered by many collectors to be the “Cadillac” of fire Read more
In this day and age of electronic traction and stability control-equipped cars and trucks, terms like “oversteer” and “understeer” are heard more and more infrequently. Drivers who came of age in the era before electro-nannies, however, have very likely experienced both (particularly those living where winter is a fact of Read more
Hemmings Motor News’s own Sibley Shop was honored to welcome a very historic visitor last month when a 1926 M.G. 11.9hp Supersport was brought in for a special display. The occasion for this visit was the 2013 Kimber Festival, hosted by the New England MG ‘T’ Register. The annual Kimber Read more
Over on Gross National, among a photoset of a Big Bear grocery store grand opening in 1961 in Mount Vernon, Ohio, this photo of the parking lot. Not very high res, but full of variety. A little googling returns an address on Route 36, where Big Bear’s chief rival, Kroger, Read more
Sure, this 1971 Dodge Challenger for sale on Hemmings.com is a movie car, so it hasn’t necessarily been restored to factory specifications, but it still looks decent in the photos and it should be a good basis for an individualized take on an E-body, unless there are some die-hard Green Read more