Many people put pen to paper when the time comes time for their first car. That first car should be safe, practical, reliable, fuel efficient, and yes, boring. Did we mention that safety is crucial? To the chagrin of teenagers everywhere most parents choose something extremely bland and safe. And while that is fine...
Imagine building the iconic 1955 Chevys used in the 1971 cult classic “Two-Lane Blacktop” and then walking away from fabricating more movie cars for Hollywood. That’s exactly what Richard Ruth did and here’s why.
eBay Listing: 1961 International Harvester Metro Mite Delivery Step Van “Are you rockin’ the rust?” should be met with a resounding, “hellz yeah! Are you into cars that are “sweaty” with patina in your paint that can only be replicated by decades of lackluster treatment? We thought so. While most people would rather...
The Bugatti Veyron is one of the most expensive and exclusive supercars in the world, while also carrying the title of the world’s fastest production car. We’re told only eight more of these million dollar speed machines will be built ...
eBay Listing: 1963 AC Shelby Cobra CSX2047 Sometimes forces beyond our control conspire in the universe whether it be fate, destiny, divine intervention, or even coincidence, we’re just glad the universe works the way it does. Such was the good fortune when A.C. Bristol cars lost an engine supplier, and Carroll Shelby...
Joe Clevenger has been a car nut since he was a teenager. But this electrical contractor from Kansas City, Missouri has taken his skills and design to a whole new level. And eBay has always helped out this car guy. After graduating from a vocational high school, Clevenger was hired at a local Chevrolet dealership,...
The Porsche 911 is an icon of automotive design. And over the years it has transformed, time and time again, to become one of the ultimate driving machines. But in many ways, like its predecessor the 356, and its predecessor the Volkswagen Type I or Beetle, it is the type of vehicle that continuously morphs bit by bit
What car makes you feel like you were sixteen again? What car makes you feel invincible, if only for brief moments? What car calls out to your inner child? We’d argue time and time again that the answer to these questions is the Corvette. It’s been that way since 1953.
A rose is a rose by any other name. For General Motors in the early 1960s, there was a seemingly endless sea of opportunity epitomized by the 1963 debut of its Buick Rivera. A man by the name of Bill Mitchell and his teams were hitting some truly great design home runs.
eBay Listing: 1971 Fiat 500L Some people say, “big things come in small packages” like wedding rings, children, and yes sometimes even tiny cars. Examples would include the Austin Mini, the Volkswagen Beetle, the Citroen 2CV, and Italy’s answer to these cars — the Fiat 500. Many of us have seen the more modern...
Forward control pickups or vans came into being post WWII. One could argue about who was the first manufacturer to develop a driver over the front axle design. Some might say Volkswagen, others would say Ford, but the truth of the matter is that many manufacturers came out with similar designs in the 1950’s and early...
Germany is a country with a great love of the automobile. When many people think of the Volkswagen Beetle, they think of the flower power generation, of bright groovy colors, and the 1960’s, but the basic design dates back to the 1930’s. If you consider Doctor Ferdinand Porsche was inspired by other manufacturers of...
Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, this Ford Woodie rose from the weeds in Southern California and was reborn with the help of Clint and Diana Stark. Literally discovered sitting on the side of the road nearly covered by weeds, Clint rescued the neglected Ford Woodie for the purpose of salvaging the sheet metal and...
Many car enthusiasts lament the loss of their first car, but Yancey Taylor's 1966 Chevrolet C-10 truck is still with him, although now slightly improved and modified. Taylor, originally from Georgia and now residing in Las Vegas, Nevada, always cherished his truck and never had any intentions of selling it.
Right around 1959 and 1960 automotive styling, at least in terms of tailfins and chrome, was reaching new heights with many manufacturers setting their style trends. Cadillac’s tailfins of the Series 62 and Eldorado Seville were arguably some of the most iconic, and Chevrolet’s Impala and El Camino also featured wild...
Mike and Jim Ring have done it again! For the 4th time in the last 7 years, they’ve built a Goodguys Top12-winning car. Their latest, a ’65 Mustang named “Blizzard” for customer Dominick Farbo has won the Goodguys 2014 Grundy Worldwide Insurance Muscle Machine of the Year.
Drifting is a style of motorsport that was founded primarily in Japan around the winding mountain roads of Mount Fuji. The original concept was to implement controlled oversteering or power sliding of the car’s rear end to get around corners faster and beat the competition to the end of a track. Essentially it was...
For many people Rolls-Royce equates to the highest standards of excellence, opulence and the ultimate excess in luxury. Seemingly miles of deep sumptuous leather, hand craftsmanship, and old world technology that today might seem outmoded, was once standard for the elite coachmaker, and in many ways it still is.
No doubt the early seventies was the peak period of American muscle cars. It was a time in the world before the energy crisis stifled the quest for more horsepower and the Big Three were battling for muscle car King of the Hill. The progress made in the sixties and early seventies was exemplified extremely well by the...
Forever young… It’s more than just a song, or a state of mind, or a thought. It’s a feeling deep within that can surface whilst driving around in a cherished car. For us certain Japanese cars take away the years and we are again forever young. And while Japanese cars clearly are not for everyone, to some they...
It is not every day that a sports car enthusiast gets giddy over a French automobile. During our visit to the Danville Concours we came upon this automotive unicorn, Chris Provo’s red 1985 Renault R5 Turbo 2. Designed as a rallye/road race car, Renault made limited quantities for homologation. The original chassis is...
