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| 2017 Arizona Concours d'Elegance to feature Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic 
Posted by Kurt Ernst - 1936 Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic coupe, on display at the Mullin Museum. Photo by Scott Dames, courtesy Arizona Concours d'Elegance. Just four examples were ever built, and one, the factory demonstrator, disappeared prior to the onset of World War II. When chassis 57374 sold in 1971 for $59,000, it set a record for the world's most expensive car, a claim reaffirmed in 2010 when the same chassis sold for $35-$40 million in a private transaction. On January 15, 2017, the 1936 Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic carrying this... Read More |  | Hemmings Find of the Day - 1923 Amilcar CG special Posted by Daniel Strohl - VSCCA veteran 1923 Amilcar CG special for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller's description: Ex Howie Gilmore Car: Well known in the Vintage Sports Car Club of America (VSCCA) This Amilcar CG Special underwent a total nuts and bolts restoration by JR Mitchell of GMT Racing (Newtown, CT). The car is a monoposto racer, wearing a completely hand made all natural aluminum body. Currently running a supercharged Ford E93 A engine, it has ran a quick 41 second time at Hunnewell Hill Climb (Wellesley, MA), and lapped ...Read More | 25 years and 27,000 horsepower: The silver anniversary of the California Hot Rod Reunion Posted by Dan Stoner - Photo by Robert Morris, III. Way out in Buck Owens country, one of the most important historic racing events of the year has reached its 25th anniversary. And, just like any living drag racer who hurled a car down a quarter-mile in the Glory Days of the late '50s - early '70s, the California Hot Rod Reunion is probably a little surprised that it's lasted this long. But, here we are: Nostalgia Drag Racing has become one of the hottest strains of the sport over the last 25 years and the Reunion has turned Bake...Read More |  | Open Diff: First cars Posted by Kurt Ernst - 1976 Plymouth Arrow brochure, courtesy of PaintRef.com. Cursed with a passion for automobiles from birth, the countdown to my first car began years before I earned a driver's license. Used cars came and went through our family garage, and at one point it appeared that my first would be an ex-Virginia State Police Plymouth Fury (too big and thirsty for traffic-choked Bergen County, New Jersey) or a base-model two-door 1974 Chevy Nova with a blown engine. I wanted to drop a V-8 between the fenders, but my dad held ...Read More | Eighties muscle in formal attire: 1989 Mercury Cougar brochure Posted by Mark J. McCourt - Images from the author's brochure collection. Only two years after its most recent facelift, the mid-year 1989/1990 Cougar got an even smoother, more aerodynamic design. This complemented the car's newfound sophistication, which was evident in features like its electronic speed-sensitive, variable-assist power steering, four-wheel independent suspension and the XR7's electronic automatic/firm ride control system, detailed in the illustrationbelow. Rather than using the supplanted 302-cu.in. V-8, that new...Read More | Santa Monica, California, 1961 Posted by Daniel Strohl - Date: circa 1961 Location: U.S. 101/U.S. 1, Santa Monica, California Source: Gmund356 on Tumblr What do you see here?...Read More |  | THIS DAY IN AUTOMOTIVE HISTORY | 10/14/1965: | Oldsmobile debuts Toronado |
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WEEK IN REVIEW | | Thursday, October 13, 2016 | Legendary Navarro roadster to run at The Race of Gentlemen West Posted by Daniel Beaudry - The Navarro roadster. Photo courtesy of The Race of Gentlemen. If the East Coast progenitor of The Race of Gentlemen is any indication, the opportunity to follow in the tire tracks of history by racing vintage and period-inspired race cars and motorcycles on the beach in Pismo, California, this Saturday and Sunday (October 15 and 16) will bring out some drivers with truly legendary machines. In the past, spectators of TROG in Wildwood, New Jersey, have been treated to authentic, historically significant cars l...Read More | Hemmings Find of the Day - 1985 Rolls-Royce Silver Spur Posted by Kurt Ernst - 1985 Rolls-Royce Silver Spur for sale. From the owner's description: The epitome of high end luxury and presence. Nothing says you have arrived than showing up in a Rolls-Royce Silver Spur. It is still the bench mark for all automotive manufactures and budding millionaires alike. This is a beautiful 3 owner 1985 Rolls Royce Silver Spur with only 21,223 miles. Excellent Silver paint with Blue Ever Flex roof, Blue leather interior in excellent condition, excellent Burl Wood dash, door caps, and rear seat picnic table...Read More | Peter Brock to receive Simeone's Spirit of Competition Award Posted by Daniel Strohl - Peter Brock chats about the cars that made him famous at the 2015 Hemmings Motor News Concours d'Elegance. Photo by the author. The man who had a hand in developing both the Corvette and the Mustang for racing purposes will add another piece of hardware to his mantle next month when the Simeone Automotive Museum gives him its annual Spirit of Competition Award. Brock, who famously joined the General Motors design staff when he was 19, went on to contribute to the design of the Corvette Sting Ray and then, whil...Read More | The R Word Posted by David Conwill - Don't call it a rat rod! When a car guy or gal hears that term they think of something like the cars from Mad Max: Fury Road. A patina'd body is akin to the Japanese philosophy of sabithe beauty that comes from age. "Rat rod." It's a polarizing term. Members of the general public, uninitiated in the nuances of the hobby, will use rat rod to describe any car with more than one of the following attributes: whitewall tires, bias-ply tires, paint that isn't perfect and/or shiny, pin striping, multiple Stromberg 97...Read More | Free vehicle information kits for many Chevrolets and Cadillacs, and a few Oldsmobiles Posted by Thomas A. DeMauro - No, this 1970 ad is not included in the Vehicle Information Kits. It's just used to provide a compelling lead photo, since the kits were scanned in black and white. It's very rare that anything associated with our vintage cars is attainable for free, so this is quite an opportunity for some owners of GM vehicles. The GM Heritage Center (GMHeritageCenter.com), via GM Media Archive, has been offering a growing variety of Vehicle Information Kits for Chevrolets and Cadillacs, as well as 1969 to 1972 Oldsmobile Cut...Read More | San Antonio, Texas, 1960s Posted by Daniel Strohl - Date: circa 1960s Location: 3350 S.W. Military Drive, San Antonio, Texas Source: via Andy Crews What do you see here?...Read More | | Wednesday, October 12, 2016 | Relive the 1960s with a pair of custom Mustang convertibles built for Sonny & Cher Posted by Kurt Ernst - The Sonny Bono (L) and Cher Mustangs. Photos courtesy Barrett-Jackson. Following the remarkable success of their debut album, Sonny & Cher were bona fide stars by late 1965. Looking to capitalize on their connection with youthful consumers, Ford pulled a pair of 1966 Mustang convertibles from the San Jose assembly line and shipped them to George Barris for conversion into the "Sonny Bono Mustang" and the "Cher Mustang." Intentionally over-the-top, even by period standards, the Mustangs are an odd window into ...Read More | Hemmings Find of the Day - 1971 Triumph Stag Posted by Kurt Ernst - >From the seller's description: For sale is my 1971 Triumph Stag that I have kept inside since the day I purchased it over 20 years ago, and after a nice restoration in San Francisco , was driven cross country with zero overheating . Since I purchased it , I have added the electronic ignition , a new mohair soft top which folds up and down as easily as any Stag ( easier with two people ) I had the vinyl hard top replaced 10 years ago but never put it back on the car . This year I replaced the Strombergs with a Holle...Read More | Distinguished road racer Tony Adamowicz dies at 75 Posted by Jim Donnelly - Tony Adamowicz (back row, second from left) at a 2010 Trans Am driver reunion at the Petersen Museum. Photo by Jeff Koch. He was one of the most accomplished American road racers of the last generation, with a career that lasted from the 1960s well into the 1980s. Tony Adamowicz, known affectionately as Tony A2Z, died this week after a long battle with brain cancer. He was 75 years old. Adamowicz worked as a White House staffer for the Eisenhower, Kennedy and Johnson administrations when he suddenly got the ur...Read More | Mecum's Chicago sale offered more bargains than blue-chips Posted by Kurt Ernst - This 1978 Mercury Grand Marquis went to a new home for $6,000. Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions. Once upon a time, buyers attended automotive auctions to shop for (or gawk at) the rare, the expensive and the otherwise unattainable. While such automobiles can still be found at nearly every brand-name auction, more events are adding inventory that appeals to the entry-level buyer, too. Mecum's Chicago sale, held on October 6-8, was a good case in point, serving up everything from six-figure collectibles to a surprisi...Read More | A tour of VW's other museum in Wolfsburg - the Stiftung AutoMuseum Volkswagen Posted by Ronan Glon - Volkswagen operates two museums in its home town of Wolfsburg, Germany: The ZeitHaus and the Stiftung. The ZeitHaus stands out as the most visited automotive museum in the world, but the Stiftung is the one that truly piques the interest of enthusiasts. That's because the Stiftung museum is a treasure trove of one-off models, concept cars, and prototypes that were never meant to see the light that awaits at the end of a production line. Volkswagen's collection includes over 250 cars, though only about 150 of them...Read More | Jacksonville, Florida, 1961 Posted by Daniel Strohl - Date: circa 1961 Location: Jacksonville, Florida Source: EagleFoodCenters14 on Flickr What do you see here?...Read More | | Tuesday, October 11, 2016 | Once bricked in at a Mexican airport, Duesenberg Model J tops RM Sotheby's Hershey sale Posted by Kurt Ernst - 1930 Duesenberg Model J Murphy dual-cowl phaeton. Photos by Darin Schnabel, courtesy RM Sotheby's, unless otherwise noted. Most Duesenberg automobiles have led interesting lives, and J-347, a 1930 Model J wearing a dual cowl phaeton body by the Walter M. Murphy Company, is no exception to this rule. Sold new to "The Mayonnaise King," John F. Howard, J-347 spent the first three decades of its life south of the border, where Duesenberg historian Raymond Wolff found the car, walled in by bricks, at the Mexico City A...Read More | Hemmings Find of the Day - 1979 Cadillac Eldorado Posted by Kurt Ernst - 1979 Cadillac Eldorado for sale. From the owner's description: I'm the 2nd owner of this wonderful automobile with less than 9300 miles. I purchased it from the original owner in 2002 who like myself kept it in temp controled garage. I didn't drive over 10 miles to attend shows in Dallas and enclosed shipping when it was transported. This car is for the collector who wants a show car. The color is Red Cedar with Light Cedar Cabriolet roof and Antique DK Cedar leather and carpet. No cracks in the leather and no mark...Read More | Fifty years on, the GM Electrovan foretold a future that never was (but still might be) Posted by Kurt Ernst - Cutaway rendering of the GM Electrovan. Image courtesy General Motors. Though it looked like a normal GMC Handi-Van from the outside, the hydrogen fuel cell powered Electrovan, introduced to the public 50 years ago this month, was anything but conventional. Representing both the first fuel cell vehicle and the first transfer of such technology from NASA to industry, the Electrovan was a bold (and expensive) step for GM, one that might yet pay dividends in the coming years. In simple terms, and as its name impl...Read More | Hershey 2016: A first-timer's view Posted by David Conwill - You don't just see century-old Fords in un-restored condition every day, let alone have the opportunity to buy them. Photos by the Hemmings Staff. They tell you it's big and that it will rain, but it's really tough to convey just how big the Antique Automobile Club of America Eastern Fall Meet in Hershey, Pennsylvania, aka "Hershey," is. For one thing, the acreage is low and rolling. You can never get a good view of the entire show field, which incorporates the grounds and parking lots surrounding the Hersheypark...Read More | Year, Make and Model - 1967-'72 Chevrolet Suburban Posted by Mike McNessor - Photos courtesy GM Media. Editor's note: This piece includes excerpts from a story that appeared in the May 2012 issue of Hemmings Motor News. At 81 years young, Chevrolet's Suburban is one of the longest-running continuously built models in automotive history. The name has changed over time from Carryall Suburban to just Suburban GM didn't even bother to trademark the now-iconic name until the 1980s, as it was long used as a generic term to describe people-movers dating back to the horse and buggy da...Read More | Bologna, Italy, 1960s Posted by Daniel Strohl - Date: circa 1960s Location: Via de Pignattari, Bologna, Italy Source: Ran When Parked What do you see here?...Read More | | Monday, October 10, 2016 | Pebble Beach to celebrate Lincoln's centennial about four years early at Lincoln's request Posted by Daniel Strohl - Dietrich-bodied 1933 Lincoln KB at Pebble Beach in 2015. Photo by Jeff Koch. One would think a well-established company such as Lincoln would have a firm grasp on its history and be able to consistently celebrate its anniversaries, but it appears determined to mark its centennial in 2017 and has convinced the organizers of the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance to follow suit. To be fair, Henry Leland and his son Wilfred did establish Lincoln Motor Company in August 1917, four months after quitting Cadillac. The...Read More | Hemmings Find of the Day - 1985 Ford Crown Victoria station wagon Posted by Kurt Ernst - >From the seller's description: 1985 Ford LTD Crown Victoria Station Wagon Unbelievable Survivor with 47K miles After 63 years of buying and selling great motorcars throughout the world, including new and pre owned Rolls Royce and Bentley's, I still get excited when I come across an exceptional and original survivor. This 1985 Ford LTD Crown Victoria Country Squire Station Wagon is an extremely desirable motorcar which would enhance any collector's collection or be an excellent daily driver. It shows 47,415 mi...Read More | After a hairy 477 MPH ride, North American Eagle land-speed racing team heads home empty-handed Posted by Daniel Strohl - Photo courtesy LandSpeed.com. Despite a series of setbacks that kept the North American Eagle land-speed racing team from setting records during its most recent outing - and despite one run that nearly ended the team's racing goals altogether - team members said they intend to regroup and continue their pursuit of the ultimate land-speed record. Though the team - headed by Ed Shadle and using a decommissioned Lockheed F-104 Starfighter - wasn't aiming for the world record of 763.035 MPH during its late Septemb...Read More | The $5,000 Challenge, patina-rich edition Posted by Kurt Ernst - The problem with owning a perfectly restored classic car is this: using it as a regular driver is bound to induce a certain amount of paranoia. After spending more on a paint job than you did on your first few cars (combined, perhaps), are you really going to drive that classic to the local home improvement warehouse or shopping mall parking lot? Would you feel comfortable handing over the keys to a complete stranger at a valet stand? It's somewhat pointless owning a car you're too terrified to drive, which is wh...Read More | Year, Make and Model - 1980 - '81 Pontiac Turbo Trans Am Posted by Jeff Koch - Photos by Jeff Koch. Pontiac's Trans Am has, for most of its life, sought to transcend mere ponycardom and has been posited as Pontiac's "European-style" sports car. For the decade that saw the second-gen cars prowl the showrooms and streets, divisional propaganda claimed that Trans Am had a Euro-feel to it. Oh, it flirted with a two-ton curb weight, was wide as a windy Welsh B-road and, for most of the '70s, had single-cam OHV engines that topped seven liters of displacement--not a fiscally prudent choice for na...Read More | Woodstock, New York, 1960 Posted by Daniel Strohl - Date: circa 1960 Location: Woodstock, New York Source: Jim and Chester's Garage What do you see here?...Read More | | Sunday, October 9, 2016 | Four-Links - hybrid Cordoba, world's largest restorer, mid-century modern concept car art, RIP Cliff Vaughs Posted by Daniel Strohl - We all know that work on electric cars and alternative-fuel vehicles really ramped up during the Seventies and early Eighties as a response to the gas crises, but one of the largest investments in hybrid cars during that time came from a rather unexpected source: Exxon, which in the course of its exploration of the technology developed the lithium-ion battery and may have been responsible for planting the seed with Toyota that eventually begat the Prius, as we learned from an InsideClimateNews article this week. ...Read More | Hemmings Find of the Day - 1972 MG Midget Posted by Daniel Strohl - Hillclimbing Toyota-powered 1972 MG Midget for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller's description: This race car was built on a 1972 MG Midget tub. The power train is a 1985 Toyota 4AGE (1600 Twin Cam) with a Toyota T50 5-speed gearbox. A custom drive shaft transmits power through a 4.22 differential to competition two-piece axles and competition double bearing hubs. The engine delivers 127hp at the rear wheels (146hp at the flywheel) which, with a weight of 1450lb, provides plenty of acceleration and top speed. T...Read More | Hemmings Sunday Cinema - 1977 Bathurst, Pegaso on the stand, Pink Panther Posted by Daniel Strohl - With the big annual Bathurst race coming up, let's check out a Bathurst from nearly 40 years ago with the 1977 running up Mount Panorama. (via) * Who doesn't want to experience the Pegaso's desmo V-8 running on an engine stand for four minutes? Skip to the next video, then, because that's what this one's all about. (via) * I know I said no more funny stuff for the car chase segment, but how can I resist the chase scene from the original "Pink Panther?"...Read More | Hemmings Find of the Day - 1974 Chevrolet Monte Carlo Posted by Kurt Ernst - 1974 Chevrolet Monte Carlo for sale. From the seller's description: This is a true time capsule! I am basically the 2nd owner. The guy I bought it from new the original owner, bought it from him to resell right away. Original owner owned it up till about 4 years ago. He said the original owner said the car never saw rain! The guy took exceptional care of this. Car has all original paint, except the lt rear bumper filler. These are known to crack, it had to be replaced. Original paint is in very, very good condition...Read More | LAST WEEK'S MOST READ Derek Bell's former company car, a 1987 Porsche 928 Club Sport prototype, heads to auction Posted by Kurt Ernst - The 1987 Porsche 928 CS prototype formerly owned by Derek Bell. Photos courtesy Bonhams. The words "company car" tend to conjure up images of de-contented Fords and stripper Chevrolets, but world-class racing drivers have different vehicular expectations. For Porsche racing great Derek Bell, his Stuttgart-issued company car from the late 1980s was a 928 prototype, one that foretold the 1988 launch of the model's lightweight Club Sport variant. One of five such prototypes built for Porsche's top drivers, the for...Read More | LAST WEEK'S BEST DISCUSSION EPA proposal would open the floodgates to ethanol-blended fuels above E15 Posted by Daniel Strohl - Photo by Snapshot_Factory. In a stark contrast to its slow-growth approach to ethanol-blended fuels over the last several years, the Environmental Protection Agency on Monday proposed to reclassify ethanol blends above E15, effectively wiping out existing regulations that have kept the fuels from widespread use. "In order to continue the progress made in promoting the use of renewable fuels in the transportation sector, we believe it is important to take steps to remove potential barriers to their production, ...Read More |
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