Posted by Daniel Strohl - Still from House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology video. In a hearing on the recently introduced bill crafted to exempt competition vehicles from the Clean Air Act, a government researcher called to testify noted that the issue boils down to a "difference in interpretation" between the Environmental Protection Agency and the Specialty Equipment Market Association and that, before last year, the EPA had never explicitly addressed the concept of race cars built from street cars. Brent Yacobucci, an en... Read On>> 
Hemmings Find of the Day - 1972 AMC Javelin SST Posted by Daniel Strohl - A great candidate for a rolling restoration or a driveable dream, this 1972 AMC Javelin SST for sale on Hemmings.com falls somewhere on the spectrum in between gnarly AMX and basic six-cylinder around-town car. The best thing about it, though, is that it had an AMC lover taking care of it for a few decades and it runs and drives after coming out of a years-long hibernation. From the seller's description: Family selling this classic car as my father just passed away. Hasn't been driven in approx. 15 years, until the... Read On>>
Collector car bargains cross the block in Kansas City Posted by Kurt Ernst - 1977 Chevrolet Camaro Z28. Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions. Last weekend, Jerry Seinfeld's Porsche and Volkswagen collection made headlines when 16 (of 17) cars offered at auction in Amelia Island sold for a total of $22 million. At the same time, a very different automobile auction was being held by Mecum in Kansas City, and while the most expensive car still traded hands for $210,000, the bulk of the cars offered were priced within the realm of affordability for collectors of more modest means. 1979 Vol... Read On>>
Peter Lyons offers an insider's look at "How Japanese Cars Changed the World" Posted by Kurt Ernst - 1958 Toyota Toyopet Crown, in left-hand drive. Photo courtesy Toyota Motor Corporation. When the first Toyota Toyopet Crowns landed on the docks in Los Angeles in the late summer of 1957, no one on hand realized they were watching history unfold. Six decades later, Japanese automakers are well entrenched in the U.S. market, with Toyota, Honda, Subaru and Nissan (and formerly, Mazda and Mitsubishi) all currently operating manufacturing plants on U.S. soil. The reach of the Japanese auto industry goes well beyond t... Read On>>
The Sceptre, the Cruiser, and Brooks Stevens's radical plan to save Studebaker Posted by Daniel Strohl - Photos and images courtesy Milwaukee Art Museum. By 1963, Studebaker as a carmaker had run out of options. Bleeding cash, facing stiff competition, and with no new products in the pipeline, the only question observers asked was when - not if - the company would shut down its auto plants. But Brooks Stevens believed he could turn it all around and, in the process, redeem himself as a car designer. Stevens, then in his early 50s, had of late made an impression at Studebaker with restylings of both the Hawk and t... Read On>>
Lakewood, California, 1950s Posted by Daniel Strohl - While poking around for more on the Lakewood Center photo that appeared in a recent LA-centric carspotting post, we came across this one and had to believe we'd already used it; the colors and the packed parking lot are total gimmes for selecting carspotting photos around here. But a search through the carspotting archives didn't turn anything up unless we'd previously misidentified the location, so let's have at it. What do you see here?... Read On>>
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