Posts by: Neil J. Helfgot

eBay Listing: 1973 Ford GT40 Original Chassis #P1108 P70 MK1 Carroll Shelby. His name is tied into so many great cars; he changed the world as we once knew it. Carroll Shelby has many greats, The Cobra, The Daytona Coupe, The Mustang GT350, GT500. And of course the GT40. He even crossed into Mopar and was involved in...

eBay Listing: 1959 Porsche 356 Intermeccanica Roadster Why do people love cars the way they do? Is it the feel of driving? Is it the individualization that comes with customizing one? Is it the experience of having wind in the hair and sunshine on the back that is hard to duplicate? Or is it that line between life and...

eBay Listing: 1969 Datsun 2000 “Fairlady” Roadster The 1962-1970 Datsun Fairlady Roadster was and is often compared to the similar looking MG MGB, even though the Datsun was released as a successor to cars that dated back as far as 1959. We won’t tell you which car is superior – a topic of passionate debate among...

eBay Listing: 1980 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 The F-Body Camaros and Trans Ams epitomize the phrase 70’s and 80’s Old School Cool. The many films featuring an F-Body are too numerous to count. Remember Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Remember the Titans, The Driver, Trasnformers? The list goes on and on. Smokey and the...

eBay Listing: 1967 Fiat “Ferrari” Dino Coupe “Fi-rarri?” What might that be? No, it is not a sort of kit car – it is a possible nickname for the V6 powered Fiat and Ferrari collaborations known as the Dino series of automobiles. The Italian duo had the intention of collaborating to build a sports car to homologate...

eBay Listing: 1968 Cadillac Coupe DeVille The 1966-1968 Cadillac DeVille convertible is an epic car. We realize most people like the 1959 models, or subsequent years, but we know what we like – long low lines, luscious deep red paint, wide white walls, and an open top. Cadillacs were the king of the hill in the late...

eBay Listing: 1967 Chevrolet Impala SS Product placement makes the world of difference. Case in point, take a look at this 1967 Chevy Impala SS396. What would normally be just another very nice car is most definitely enhanced by pictures of it set in the Hollywood Hills. Simple ideas like provenance, or certain...

eBay Listing: 1976 AMC Pacer “Ah the mirth mobile… I think we’ll go with a little Bohemian Rhapsody gentleman…” With those words, a pale blue 1976 AMC Pacer rolled away from an Aurora, Illinois curb and into pop culture as the “flying fishbowl.” The AMC Pacer thus became the 1970s icon featured today. Like bell...

eBay Listing: 1966 Land Rover Defender Series IIA Land Rover, the very name conjures up images of vehicles driving across deserts, through wilderness and up mountains. If the Mini Cooper was the car of the British people, the Land Rover was their SUV of choice. Before SUVs were common, Land Rover seemingly invented a...

eBay Listing: 1963 Morris Mini Minor (Penny Car) Austin Mini Cooper, three small words for an even smaller car, but what does this small wonder of automotive design mean to us? Revolution, in design terms, and it is as British as a Bulldog, and just as synonymous with Great Britain as Winston Churchill. The British...

eBay Listing: 1964 Ford Econoline Pickup The first Ford Econoline, introduced for the 1961 model year, was based on the Ford Falcon — a vehicle that also underpinned the Ford Mustang. The Econoline was built to compete with the Chevrolet Corvair Van, the Volkswagen Type 2, the Jeep Forward Control, and later the Dodge...

eBay Listing: 1967 Ford Mustang Convertible Many would agree that Mustangs built from 1967 to 1968 have something about them that makes them more desirable over other Mustang models. It might be due to the fact that big block engines started to find their way under the hoods of 1967-68 Mustangs. Or maybe it was the...

eBay Listing: 1960 Cadillac De Ville “Beyond words,” is a phrase that comes to mind when you view something that has been transformed from the merely ordinary to the extraordinary. It is common these days to customize a Cadillac. Some people might see it as sacrilege to do so, but this car with its ground scraping...

eBay Listing: 1988 Toyota MR2 Supercharged 2015 looks to be an exciting year for automotive enthusiasts. But rewind the clock back about 30 years to 1985 and it was a good time as well for those who knew where to look. Kind of like how the used car marketplace is today. 1985 marked the unveiling of the MK1 Toyota...

eBay Listing: 1961 Ford Thunderbird Convertible A 1961 Ford Thunderbird has a look that defined a time in America. A period when the space race was in full swing, the Berlin Wall built by East Germany further entrenched the cold war, and the Kennedy Administration initiated a change through a young and energetic White...

“In rust we trust,” was never more applicable than when it is scrawled across blistered looking paint with a fair deal of patina. The great thing about customization of vehicles is that you can personalize a car that once was mundane into something completely insane. You like hearses with flames? Then make it happen....

eBay Listing: 1954 Fiat Stanguellini Mille Miglia Red Barchetta 1954 Stanguellini Mille Miglia Red Barchetta with a Fiat Abarth 1100 cc engine. That was a mouthful wasn’t it? Some cars just have that right look, and this one has it. The look of something that belongs on the lawn at a premier concours, like Amelia...

eBay Listing: 1974 Toyota Celica Toyota Celicas have a history of racing and the enthusiasm for these “classic” Japanese cars is growing. While not many, if any, Celicas are commanding extreme prices yet, we venture a guess that those built from 1970-1977 will most likely appreciate the quickest seeing as those were...

eBay Listing: 1963 Jaguar E-Type (XKE) Why did Enzo Ferrari call his competitor the Jaguar E-Type “The most beautiful car ever made?” Was it the aerodynamics, developed in an early wind tunnel, or was it the curvaceous design, yet still masculine enough to warrant the brawn of its silky smooth straight six cylinder...

eBay Listing: 1970 Ford Mustang Boss 302 Mid-1964 was a turbulent time for America no doubt, especially with The Beatles getting everyone to ‘Twist and Shout.’ But as with great music and cars, it takes something special to be a hit. It must come at the right time, with the right substance, and right audience. Such...

eBay Listing: 1968 Cadillac DeVille Coupe When you think or hear the word “Cadillac,” what comes to mind? In 2005 Cadillac released a commercial using Led Zeppelin’s “Rock and Roll” drum introduction and every time you heard that tune it became associated with Cadillac, kind of like a primeval brand identity via a...