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Photos courtesy Gooding and Company. While barn finds and other unrestored vehicles have become exceedingly popular in recent years, it’s hard to imagine that the dusty, dinged-up and deteriorated would ever eclipse their fully restored counterparts in price, yet that’s just what happened this past weekend when Gooding auctioned off Read more
Photos by Pawel Litwinski, courtesy RM Auctions. As the star of this year’s RM auction in Arizona, it should surprise nobody that the 1960 Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta captured the top sale of the auction, garnering a total of $8.14 million. One of 72 competizione-spec versions of the short-wheelbase Read more
Sure, this 1968 Brabham BT-21 for sale on Hemmings.com would make for a good all-in-one package to go vintage racing, but it’s also a piece of art, and I’m sure I’m not the only one who would also park it in my living room so I could study and admire Read more
We’re probably going to get some flak for highlighting this 1951 Chevrolet DeLuxe Styleline for sale on Hemmings.com, but we appreciate the out-of-the-box thinking that turned this car into a boattail speedster using a Buick hood at the rear, Jaguar engine, and Jaguar wheels. Sure, it’s not finished – that’s Read more
Photos courtesy Bonhams. It was an offer they couldn’t refuse. But that’s only because the two Lincolns at Bonhams’s Scottsdale auction that had screen time in Francis Ford Coppola’s “The Godfather” were selling without a reserve. So at the end of the day on Thursday, both went to new owners Read more
Since Leon Dixon sent us that photo of the one-off four-wheel-drive Ranchero, we’ve had a mild case of ‘Chero fever, and this 1965 Ford Ranchero for sale on Hemmings.com would do well to soothe it. Sure, it’s mildly modified, but less to suit somebody’s taste and more to keep it Read more
After a few days’ reprieve from winter, it’s back here in Vermont, so let’s dig up some more snow scenes. Over on the H.A.M.B.’s Vintage shots from days gone by thread, RedlandMaggie posted these two shots of the Snow Bunny Lodge parking lot near Mount Hood, Oregon, and presuming both Read more
Because they usually represented the least expensive offering from a manufacturer, business coupes tend not to be all that well preserved years later, yet this 1949 Dodge Wayfarer for sale on Hemmings.com has been treated to a full restoration befitting a more luxurious and expensive car. From the seller’s description: Read more
Photo courtesy Frank J. Zamboni and Co. As Google reminded us with its doodle today, January 16 is the birthdate of Frank Zamboni Jr. (1901-1988), who built his first eponymous ice resurfacing machine atop a surplus Jeep in 1949. David LaChance wrote about Zamboni – both man and machine in Read more
Are more car owners forgoing paint on their vehicles nowadays for a reason? Is paint that prohibitively expensive? Or are they just less concerned with looks as they are with how the car drives? We ask because this 1959 Cadillac de Ville for sale on Hemmings.com apparently needs nothing but Read more