Classic Cars
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Of the 11 ‘Eleanor’ Ford Mustangs created for 2000’s hit movie Gone In 60 Seconds, which starred Nicolas Cage and Angelina Jolie, only three of the cars were actually drivable and two of these were destroyed in the climactic bridge jump and junkyard crusher scenes. Now the surviving car, car number seven, is going under the hammer. ALSO SEE: Lies! There Is No $212,000 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat It will be sold at Mecum’s first-ever collector car auction in Austin, Texas, which is scheduled to run from December 12-13. Close to 600 cars will cross the block, including...
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100-Car French Barn Find Includes Rare Ferraris, Bugatti: VideoImagine the excitement and joy of finding a rare classic sitting abandoned in someone’s back yard or shed, just begging for a little restoration work and a stretch of open road. Now multiply that by a hundred and you’ll have an inkling of how it must have felt when the classic car...
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Buy Burt Reynolds' Bandit, be badassLong before Kenny Powers was Eastbound and Down, there was a southern gentleman helping out those in need. His method of assistance involved a particular mode of transportation that remains iconic with its black and yellow color scheme. I'm talking about The Bandit and his 1977 Pontiac Trans Am...
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Damaged 250 GTO owned by billionaire Christopher Cox restored by Ferrari ClassicheThe Ferrari 250 GTO is one of the most expensive cars in existence, with versions of the classic racer, of which there were only 39 ever built, regularly swapping hands for more than $30 million these days. Naturally, the world takes notice whenever one of these rare beauties is involved in a...
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Something Old, Something New For The Chevy Corvette At SEMAThe Chevrolet Corvette is one of the more popular blank canvases for tuning firms presenting their wares at SEMA, but two of the standouts this year come from Chevy itself. One is a 1971 Corvette Stingray that’s been personalized by NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson, and the other is a 2015...
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Meet Helleanor, The 2,000-HP Chevy-Powered Mustang: VideoHere’s a car that just might have the ability to appease fans from both Chevrolet and Ford. It’s called Helleanor, and it’s a 1967 Ford Mustang packing a 2,000-horsepower Chevy small-block. Oh, it also features a pair of massive turbos located where the grille normally sits, so if...
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The DeLorean has become quite an icon in the automotive world. It has the gullwing doors, the stainless body panels, and, oh right, it was a star cast member in three "Back to the Future" films. There's a DeLorean fan base that is flung all over the globe, and seems to enjoy all manner of things DeLorean. Be it a completely stock, low-mileage example or a fully-prepped movie replica, folks seem to love the things. The people behind Team Time Car certainly love the DeLorean. They own a DMC-12 finished in the style of the car from Back to the Future II. This means it comes complete with Mr...
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National Corvette Museum Sinkhole Repairs To Begin In NovemberThe National Corvette Museum will begin filling in the famous sinkhole next month.
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Jay Leno Plays Dictator In His 1972 Mercedes-Benz 600: VideoJay Leno shows off his hydraulic-intensive Mercedes-Benz 600.
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A look inside the little-known McLaren F1 owner’s handbookMore a piece of art than an instructional manual—though it’s still very informative—very few people have ever seen, much less laid hands on, the McLaren F1 owner’s handbook. Here, we get an insider’s look at the book, and what went into its creation. MUST SEE: 2016...
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Jaguar Lets Fans Drive Its Heritage CollectionIt’s no secret that owning classic cars is more popular than ever but unfortunately this has pushed up prices, in some cases to astronomical levels. But you don’t have to be a multimillionaire to experience some of the best classics, even extremely rare ones, as Jaguar is offering its...
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1993 Bugatti EB110 GT Auction Estimate Is Under $1 MillionCollectible supercar prices have spiraled into the stratosphere in the last few years. That's no secret. And that's why we find RM Sotheby's auction estimate for this 1993 Bugatti EB110 curious. Of course, with a range of $575,000 to $775,000, we're not talking chump change. But it still seems...
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The awesome car collection of James Glickenhaus has just been graced by the addition of one of the rarest and most legendary automobiles in existence, the Ferrari Modulo concept. The concept was penned by Pininfarina designer Paolo Martin using the chassis of a donor Ferrari 512 S race car, and it was first shown to the public at the 1970 Geneva Motor Show. Since then it’s been kept and maintained—yes, it’s a functioning car—by Pininfarina, but now the Italian design house has sold it to Glickenhaus. It’s not clear how much he paid for the car but we do know he...
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50 Years Of Top Secret Concepts & Prototypes On Display At Porsche Museum: VideoLocated next to Porsche’s headquarters in the Zuffenhausen district of Stuttgart, Germany lies the automaker’s official museum. The modern structure, opened in 2009, serves as a celebration of all things Porsche. It's open to the public, costs just a few euros to get in, and is a...
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This 1969 Chevy Corvette Lego Kit Could Be Yours, With Your HelpHave you ever wanted to build a custom Corvette out of Legos? If so, and your dream Corvette is a 1969 C3, then this kit could be your answer—if you show support for it and get it turned into a production kit. While the C3 Corvette wouldn’t be our first choice (how about a C2 Sting Ray...
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Students Save Prototype Dodge Viper From CrusherRemember those 93 Dodge Viper prototypes that were gifted to a various schools' automotive technology programs, only to be destined for the crusher after Chrysler decided their useful life was over? One of them, donated to South Puget Sound Community College, was the very rare and potentially...
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Limited Run Of Ian Callum's Jaguar Mark 2 To Be Built After AllWe've lost count of the number of times automakers have claimed they wouldn't build a car and then built it anyway after seeing the potential market. The same clearly happens in the realm of bespoke classic car conversions, as Classic Motor Cars Limited (CMC) has announced it will produce a limited...
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Corvette Museum Filling Sinkhole, Three Damaged Corvettes To Be RestoredFor car fans, it wasn't an easy sight to see: Several of the world's rarest Corvettes, resting in a crumpled heap at the bottom of a large sinkhole under the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Now, the future is looking brighter for three of those Corvettes, which General Motors...
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Atalanta only built a handful of cars from 1937 to 1939, but it's back for another try.
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Ian Callum's Jaguar Mark 2 Finally Revealed: VideoIan Callum has been responsible for some of the most beautiful cars on the roads over the last few decades, but the Jaguar and former Aston Martin designer has a healthy appreciation for the brand's back-catalogs, too. For Callum, as with many Jaguar fans, the Mark 2 of 1959 to 1967 is a particular...
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Jay Leno Drives Iconic '32 Ford Roadster In Latest VideoIf someone mentions the term "hot rod", the image that forms in your head probably isn't dissimilar from the '32 Ford Highboy Roadster you see here. Jay Leno drives said roadster in his latest video and as the car's restorer Bruce Meyer explains, it pretty much matches that image of the perfect hot...
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Toyota surprises with Land Cruiser 70 re-releaseIf you want to buy a classic vehicle re-manufactured brand new by the original automaker, you currently have two options. One is to spend well over a million dollars on one of the six brand-new Jaguar E-Type lightweight coupes being built. The other is to buy a brand new 1980s-era Toyota Land...
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Pioneering Volvo PV444 Turns 70Drivers of a certain age will most likely associate Volvo with its boxy wagons of the 1980s and 1990s. But its earlier cars were anything but boxy, and one that used curves to great effect was the PV444 of 1944. Launched on September 1 of that year, the PV444 celebrates its 70th anniversary next...
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LED Retrofit Headlights Now Offered For Huge Range Of ClassicsOld cars are great, aren't they? Characterful, beautiful, noisy, interactive, nostalgic. Right until you go out for a drive at night and realize your headlights are as effective as a pair of unenthusiastic glow worms. DON'T MISS: Tiny V-8 Nitro Engine Looks, Sounds Amazing: Video If that sounds...
Antony Ingram