Posts by: Neil J. Helfgot

eBay Listing: 1968 Porsche 912 What is the best Porsche ever? Ask a random sample of folks and almost everyone will have a different answer. Some might say the latest models due to their technology, but others would select the earliest models due to their purity in design. Some would point to the 1973 model year of...

eBay Listing: 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air Convertible Eric Clapton once sang, “I get off on ‘57 Chevys, I get off on screaming guitars.” We like to think that Clapton was singing about the 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air, or Chevrolet’s lower specification 150/210 models because they epitomize cars harkening from that classic era....

In Michael Jackson’s career heyday, he was thrilling and bad in the best of ways. He had the world by a string and lived the lifestyle of a celebrity, with its ups and downs, including a decidedly tragic end. Michael Jackson over the years, starting with his youth with the Jackson 5 to his later solo career, taught us...

eBay Listing: 1974 VW Bus/Vanagon Transporter After taking a look through the collector car section of eBay motors, with an eye out for eccentricity, we came across the humble but loveable VW Bus. It was recently announced that, in December of 2013, the last rear engine bus will be produced south of the U.S. Border,...

eBay Listing: 1983 Toyota FJ40 Land Cruiser Jeeps, or “General Purpose” off road capable vehicles, came about as a necessity in war time to be able to traverse seemingly impassable terrain across the world. And like many other good ideas that often are prone to create imitators and innovators, Jeep spawned Land...

eBay Listing: 1964 Chrysler 300K Convertible The 1964 Chrysler 300K convertible is a muscle car in a tuxedo. Fitted with a 413 cubic inch wedge engine rated at 360 horsepower when new, a driver could smoke the rear tires in any manner they see fit. Since only 625 convertibles were produced, this rare car is even more...

eBay Listing: 1966 Plymouth Barracuda 2-Door Fastback You could walk by a car 99 times and not even take a second look and that could be with any car particularly if you’ve been exposed to it numerous times. Then on the 100th viewing something clicks and you see what you had previously overlooked. “Overlooked” or even...

eBay Listing: 1967 Chevrolet Camaro True Super Sport 396 Big Block Mustang or Camaro, Camaro or Mustang? The choice is almost like choosing between Pepsi and Coke, as both cars and soft drinks have loyal followings. Ever since the 1967 release of the Camaro, and the Mustang’s first redesign, Camaro and Mustang fans...

Certain American made cars become iconic, usually due to their design features, styling, or power. And the iconic classic America cars put out by G.M. include 1957 Chevrolets, 1959 Cadillac’s, 1963 Corvette Sting Ray split windows, and 1969 Camaro’s. There are many other cars not mentioned here no doubt, but those...

eBay Listing: 1959: Austin Healey Sprite Mark I Cute – British – roadster. These three words identify only a handful of classic sports cars post WWII and Britain was where it was at in terms of sports car production. Names like AC, Aston Martin, Jaguar, Lotus MG, Triumph, and Austin Healey, among others, were cranking...

eBay Listing: 1967 Fiat Familiare Are you into vans or people carriers, but want to own to own a vehicle that is a bit different than a Volkswagen bus, Chevy Corvair van, or Ford Falcon van? Are you also into vintage or classic vehicles of the Italian persuasion? Do you want to stand out at the next car show and leave...

eBay Listing: 1959 Cadillac Series 62 Convertible Full Restoration When you think Cadillac, what do you envision? Is it the presidential limos? A newer Escalade, or a CTS-V? The Cadillac marque once evoked excitement in the American psyche. And, the 1959 Cadillac may just have been that marque’s first peak of...

eBay Listing: 1973 Porsche 914 When you hear the phrase “Poor man’s Porsche,” many cars come to mind. But, ask any ‘Porschephile’ which was the one of the first low budget mid engine Porsche/Volkswagen cars, and many would reply, “the Porsche 914 of course.” The 914 was and still is a somewhat affordable way to enter...

What was so magical about Detroit muscle in the year 1970? Was it the excess of unburdened horsepower or was it the styling? Looking back it was a simpler time before emissions controls choked engines and before OPEC started the gas shortage. This was a time when horsepower reigned supreme and when the muscle car was...

eBay Listing: 1969 Lamborghini Miura P400 SV Spec Agonizingly pretty and curvaceous in all the right places, this gem was styled by Marcello Gandini, who at the time worked for Bertone. On initial release to the general public in 1966, it was a car that had to have been something quite special for Mr. Lamborghini’s...

eBay Listing: 1971 Datsun 240Z The land of the Rising Sun, also known as Japan, has produced some brilliant sports cars in the last 50+ years. However, Americans did not always have such an appreciation for them. Prior to the 1960’s most American sport car aficionados would most likely chose a European built vehicle...