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August 16, 1988, was a historic, yet melancholy day in Pontiac, Michigan. The Pontiac Assembly Plant, active since its construction in 1927, would shut down forever after the very last Pontiac...
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Fateful Kennedy Lincoln Continental limousine up for auction
A pair of Lincoln Continental limousines used by President Kennedy are set to be auctioned by Bonhams.
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Dreaming of doing a restoration? Read this to avoid a nightmare
Seriously, do not pass Go and do not collect $200 until you’ve considered the time and the cost and the labor involved.
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Meet the father of NOS part 2: Mike Thermos
Part 2 of the Father of NOS: How the business took off, racing, selling to Holley and "The Fast & The Furious"
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Meet the father of NOS: Mike Thermos
Thermos took a WWII concept and applied it to making everything faster. Part one of the high horsepower saga of NOS.
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Millennials having surprising impact on collector car hobby
Not only are they buying, but Hagerty analyst says what they’re buying may come as a surprise.
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“Imagine,” suggests Goodwood Road and Racing, “that you had the talent to compete in (Formula 1) yet were denied the opportunity. Or — even hard to imagine — that you...
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The legend of the Porsche 917 began 50 years ago when it won Le Mans
The iconic Porsche 917 is one of the greatest race cars of all time and it made its Le Mans debut 50 years ago.
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Performance-driving instruction begins for 8th-gen Corvette owners
Chevrolet subsidizes the program at the Ron Fellows school in Nevada.
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From the beach to the boards, we’ve raced cars in some very strange places
And did you ever wonder why hill climbs involve only racing up the hill, but not back down again?
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The other vehicle powered by Cadillac’s V16 engine
Aerodynamic Autotram was designed to carry 42 passengers in comfort, style and speed on rails.
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Ferrari’s on-again, off-again love affair with the Indianapolis 500
As Ferrari considers yet another stab at the iconic US race, here's a look at the previous efforts ranging back to 1952.
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While this might be a doleful spring in the midst of a deadly pandemic that has confined us to our homes and tanked the economy, there is still at least one thing a classic car collector can do with...
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How the Chrysler Hemi turned the Indianapolis 500 establishment on its head
A specially-developed stock block version of the original Chrysler Hemi nearly brought an end to the Offenhauser dynasty at the Indy 500
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Fancy fins adorned more than just cars in the 1950s
Several companies produced fiberglass runabout boats with car-like styling cues.
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Domino’s Pizza, Ben & Jerry’s and Nike all started out with VWs
Volkswagen's little air-cooled vehicles served some iconic fledgling companies before they hit it big.
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Determination and a one-car garage to the Formula 1 grid
How an underfunded team working out of one car garage put their home built F1 car onto the grid of a World Championship Grand Prix.
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Ford F-1 bonus built: The first modern half-ton pickup truck
The 1948 Ford F-1 Bonus Built kicked off the light truck revolution.
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In 2004, artist Chad Sorg was driving a delivery van and setting up art displays on behalf of the Nevada Arts Council. While passing through Goldfield, he noticed that someone had partially buried a...
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75 years ago, US troops liberated the Volkswagen factory in Germany
The U.S liberated Germany's Volkswagen factory and the 7,700 slave laborers who worked there 75 years ago, setting the stage for VW's rebirth as a peacetime automaker.
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Why is there an Avanti at the Corvette museum?
A 1977 Studebaker Avanti II with Corvette ties resides in the Corvette Museum.
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The story of the rarest Yenko Stinger
The story of the one and only 1969 Chevrolet Corvair Yenko Stinger.
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15 intriguing mid-engine concept cars Detroit didn’t pursue
Racing-inspired radical designs have come from all the American OEMs, but many didn't make it to production.
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The iconic sports cars of Alejandro De Tomaso
Every car builder in Italy wanted to be the next Ferrari. Alejandro De Tomaso created a wonderful marriage between sleek Italian design and American horsepower.
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