Classic Cars
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Unique BMW M1 re-discovered after 25 yearsAfter sitting in an East London garage for nearly 25 years, this 1979 BMW M1 has become the latest high-profile barn find. The car, which was available at the Coys Techno Classica event in Essen, Germany, this past weekend, is a unique model as it's been modified for a high-speed record run...
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1989 Toyota Land Cruiser fire truck visits Jay Leno's GarageWhile Americans are used to enormous bus-like emergency vehicles, things are different in other parts of the world. Case in point is this 1989 Toyota Land Cruiser fire truck, which was a real emergency vehicle in Japan. Its owner, Brian Corsetti, recently visited Jay Leno's Garage to talk about the...
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Dutch firm responsible for electric 911 conversion readies 2019 model, boosts productionVoitures Extravert is on a mission to put more classic cars on the road in a world increasing its policing efforts over emissions. To accomplish its goal, the Dutch firm has tackled the restoration process in a different way: by swapping electric powertrains into vintage Porsche 911s. The firm...
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Jeep M-175 Five Quarter concept is one boss restomod pickupIt wouldn't be the Jeep Moab Easter Safari without at least one restomod concept vehicle, and the M-175 Five Quarter concept carries on the tradition in an imposing manner. The M-175 Five Quarter concept, a nod to Jeep's past 1 1/4-ton pickups, is one of the six concepts Jeep produced for the 53rd...
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FCA selling Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione coupe and spider with delivery milesFiat Chrysler Automobiles' Reloaded by Creators restoration department is selling an Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione coupe and spider that only have delivery miles on them.
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A 1967 Ford Shelby GT350 with almost all of its original parts, as well as the original invoice and window sticker, went under the hammer recently and fetched $187,000.
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Casil Motors to give Ferrari 328 a modern makeoverCasil Motors is taking on the resto-mod trend with an Italian flavor. The Las Vegas-based company announced it will transform 30 Ferrari 328 models into what it calls the BB3X8. The final product looks like something out of a video game with a widebody kit and flared wheel arches. Casil said the...
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150 cars from Gosford car museum up for grabs, including Aston DB5 and Porsche 911 RAround 150 classic cars, and some modern ones too, will be put up for auction from April 6-7. They were part of Australia's Gosford Classic Car Museum, which closed its doors for good in February.
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Ahead of new Flying Spur, Bentley remembers an originalBentley will unveil a redesigned Flying Spur later this year. The new model adopts the platform originally developed by Porsche for its latest Panamera and should combine this with the beauty and pure elegance we've already tasted in the latest Continental GT, only in the familiar 4-door form...
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Nissan Skyline GT-R's RB26 engine back in productionNissan has expanded its Nismo Heritage Parts program with components to allow you to build new RB26DETT engines for the R32, R33 and R34 Skyline GT-Rs.
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The story behind Porsche's stunning 917 tribute conceptPorsche has shown a modern interpretation of the 917 race car which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. Sadly, the stunning piece of work isn't intended for production.
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The rare Ferrari was never sold in the U.S., but collector David Lee showed the car off during an episode of Jay Leno's garage.
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Meet the man who owns not one, but five Mercedes-Benz SLR McLarensThe Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren has been somewhat of a forgotten supercar from the last decade. It boasted major performance credentials, but we don't hear about them too often. For American supercar collector Manny Khoshbin, it's his favorite. How much does the entrepreneur like them? He owns five...
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The I.C.E. event puts Ferrari F50s, Lamborghini Countachs and more on frozen lakeThese days, many supercar and classic car owners look at their vehicles as investments. That's the opposite case for the owners who brought their cars to the first I.C.E. event in Sankt Moritz, Switzerland, on March 2. I.C.E. stands for International Concours of Elegance in St. Moritz, and it's a...
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New John DeLorean film aims to detail the rise and fall of an automotive visionaryAlec Baldwin will star in the dramatized documentary about John DeLorean, the famous automotive engineer who built a 1980s icon but was rocked by a drug scandal.
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A rare 1971 Marcos GT visits Jay Leno's GarageMarcos is a small British sports car brand that was founded in 1959 and lasted until 1972 in its original form, when it hit its first of several financial roadblocks. The company's most recent run was between 2002 and 2007, when it managed to manufacture a range of high-performance, hand-built...
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Final Bugatti EB110 SS ever built surfaces for saleAnother day, another classic supercar for sale. This time, it's slightly more special because this is supposedly the final Bugatti EB110 SS ever built. Thus, it was one of the final cars to leave Bugatti's Italian factory before the brand was taken over by Volkswagen Group and production moved to...
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In the video clip above, you see James “Jim Streets” Skonzake use a remote control to drive the Golden Sahara II custom car onto the stage of the "I’ve Got a Secret" television show. Streets bought the car from George Barris and took it on a national tour that included an appearance int the Jerry Lewis movie, "Cinderfella." But Streets then put the car into storage in Dayton, Ohio, and it remained there until being discovered after his death in 2017 and consigned to Dana Mecum’s annual Original Spring Classic auction this past May at Indianapolis. The car was purchased...
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Amelia Island auctions reflect the new normal“It appears that the Amelia Island auctions are reaching an equilibrium for the current market,” the Hagerty Insider report said in summarizing the collector car auctions leading up to the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance at the northeastern Florida resort community. Total sales...
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Mercedes-Benz 540K fastback, star-driven Ferrari take top honors at Amelia IslandIt must thrill an automaker when one of its products grabs the top prize at a concours, especially when that show is the 2019 Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance and the automaker is Mercedes-Benz, a title sponsor of this event for its entire 24-year history. A 1938 Mercedes-Benz 540K...
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1994 Toyota Supra Turbo fetched an amazing $173,600 at Amelia auctionIt appears the introduction of the fifth-generation Toyota Supra has inflated values of classic examples. We say that because this 1994 Toyota Supra Turbo sold for an outrageous $173,600 at auction this past weekend. Let's break down that figure. A 1994 Toyota Supra Turbo with the targa top cost...
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SpeedKore's Demon-powered 1970 Dodge Charger visits Jay Leno's GarageIt made its debut at the 2018 SEMA show and now SpeedKore Performance Group's Demon-powered, carbon fiber-bodied 1970 Dodge Charger has paid a visit to Jay Leno's Garage. And there to explain it all was SpeedKore boss Dave Salvaggio. You may remember him from his meetup with Leno for the custom...
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Rare birds: Two Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwings on display at Amelia Island ConcoursThe Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing of the 1950s and early 1960s remains an iconic sports car of the last century. This weekend two of them will flock to one place. The brand announced chassis number 43 and 44 will be on display at the Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance in Florida. Mercedes-Benz only...
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