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Photo courtesy Motorclassica. American cars have done it. Italian cars, British cars, German cars, French cars, they’ve all done it. Even Belgian and Spanish cars have done it. But no Australian car has ever won a major concours d’elegance, not even in Oz, at least not until a 1969 Holden Read more
From left: Bud Feldkamp, Don Amador, Jim Ober, Larry Raglun, Tracy Valenta. Photo courtesy Off-Road Motorsport Hall of Fame. Established in 1978 by National Off-Road Racing Association (NORRA) co-founder and racing promoter Ed Pearlman, the Off-Road Motorsport Hall of Fame honors individuals and organizations that have made significant contributions to Read more
Mopar’s new restoration part website, dedicated to owners of classic cars. Photos courtesy FCA Group. Finding reproduction parts for a classic car restoration can be a time-consuming endeavor. First, not every item will be available as a new part, as only popular parts tend to be reproduced. Then there’s the Read more
1978 Datsun 280Z Black Pearl coupe for sale, owned by frequent Hemmings Daily contributor Don Homuth. From the seller’s description: I don’t want to die with this car. It would be most unfair of me to leave my wife with it, were something to happen. It’s the car that actually Read more
2017 Chevrolet COPO Camaro, serial number 01 of 69. Photos courtesy Chevrolet. One can’t simply walk into a Chevrolet dealer and order up part number 20179562 from the bowtie brand’s performance catalog, but if it were possible, the net result would be a nearly ready-to-race Chevrolet COPO Camaro, built specifically Read more
Images of the 2012 Welsh Trials, run under the rules of the UK’s VSCC, courtesy Stefan Marjoram. Historic motorsport is a huge field that aggregates all events from vintage grands prix to beach racing and all vehicles from brass-era cars with Great War aero engines to postwar, 500-cc Formula Three Read more
1966 Buick Wildcat convertible for sale. From the seller’s description: This is a 1966 fully equipped Buick Wildcat Convertible with the famous 401 nailhead Buick engine, factory air conditioning. 40,000 miles (to believed original) and one owner for the last 20 years, AM-FM Radio, Power-Assisted Steering (PAS) Power Seats, Power Read more
Ever wonder how vehicle safety has improved over the past quarter-century, or why today’s compacts are heavier and less fuel efficient than earlier versions of the same car? To demonstrate this, the IIHS recently crash tested a Mexican-market 2015 Nissan Tsuru (essentially, a third-generation 1990 Nissan Sentra) against a 2016 Read more
From the seller’s description: 1986 Carroll Shelby Dodge Daytona Turbo Z CS 58,628 original miles. Car weighs in at 2,700 lbs. Performance and Handling package. 4-cylinder, 170 lb. torque @ 3,600 rpm. 3-spd auto transmission. All original car. All original Flash Red paint. 2-Door T-Top with locks and original storage Read more
The annual SEMA show attracts vendors from around the world, but as Automotive News reports, not all of them respect the intellectual property of others. In a series of raids prompted by an emergency suit filing from Jeep parts supplier OMIX-ADA, U.S. Marshals raided the booths of eight Chinese suppliers Read more