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Refurbished 1978 Oldsmobile Delta 88 for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: I have passionately gone through the entire car and spared no detail. It’s ready to be a daily driver, a trip car or just nostalgic cruiser. This 78 verifiably has only 46,700 original miles on it (in Read more
Photo courtesy East Coast Timing Association. All that free shipping’s gotta take its toll somewhere. For the East Coast Timing Association, the expansion of online retail giant Amazon’s shipping capabilities has translated to the loss of its land-speed racing venue of the last five years and led to a search Read more
From Porsche to Lotus to Chevrolet, the exhibit promises something for fans of all sports cars. Photo by John Lacko, courtesy Gilmore Car Museum. Blame it on a combination of zeitgeist and disposable income, but sports cars grew in popularity among American buyers in the years following World War II. Read more
A Peugeot 403 convertible, similar to the one driven by TV detective Frank Columbo (which was a faded gray). Photos by Nick Kurczewski. [Editor’s note: This piece comes to us from freelance contributor Nick Kurczewski.] What does a Columbo-style battered Peugeot 403 convertible and an electric-powered Renault concept car have Read more
Images are from the brochure collection of the author. It’s impossible to understate the importance of the compact, front wheel-drive K cars to the Chrysler Corporation in the early 1980s, as the automaker’s future was literally riding on those cars. Replacing the Volare and Aspen, the Plymouth Reliant and Dodge Read more
Date: circa 1950s Location: 6101 Martin Luther King Drive, Wellston, Missouri Source: The Old Motor What do you see here?
1940 Buick Roadmaster Touring Sedan for sale. From the seller’s description: This long wheelbase formal sedan is powered by a 320 cubic-inch inline eight-cylinder engine capable of producing over 140 horsepower. There is a column-mounted three-speed sliding gearbox, independent front suspension with coil springs, semi-floating real axle with coil springs Read more
Inside the warehouse during an open house. Photos courtesy the Davis family, unless otherwise noted. The massive battleship grey warehouse complex on the north side of Cornelius, Oregon covers several acres. In the rain, the huge empty paved parking lot seems now somehow desolate. On the north loading dock of Read more
The 2016 Canadian Drag Racing Hall of Fame induction class, with founder John Scotti (foreground). Photos courtesy Canadian Drag Racing Hall of Fame. Last year was the first time that the newly established Canadian Drag Racing Hall of Fame picked a class of honorees. Last weekend, the hall’s officers enshrined Read more
1924 Croft-Cameron Super Eight. Photos courtesy Bonhams. No one knows for certain how many motorcycles Croft-Cameron built during their three years in operation, from 1923-’26, or how many survive today, but the number is very, very small. Proof of their value was delivered last weekend when a 1924 Croft-Cameron Super Read more