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The Big Book Is Back!
After hiding in the archives for a decade while thousands requested its return, we brought back the invaluable
Standard Catalog of American Cars 1805-1942
Check these out too:
The 2012 Car Collector's Package
Standard Catalog of American Cars 1946-1975
Old Cars Guide to Auto Restoration CD
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Car Blogs
Longtime OCW reader, advertiser David Sinclair dies
As we began preparing this 40th anniversary issue of Old Cars Weekly, longtime reader George T. Lyons informed us that one of the publication’s first and continual advertisers, David Sinclair of Sinclair’s Auto Miniatures, passed away Jan. 24 at … More
Categories: Hobby News, Under the Hood
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TALES OF 40 YEARS #12 – VIPS, NOT PLYMOUTHS
I never thought much about this, but the other day I was internet chatting with John Slusar of Milwaukee after he sent an email with pictures of Jay Leno’s garage. This made me think about the three times I had … More
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TALES OF 40 YEARS #11 – SAVE THE WALES
When I look back on my OLD CARS WEEKLY career, that trip to the Gene Storm’s auction that Christie’s ran in 1983 stands out in many ways. Ken and I met Brian Jackson’s wife on the plane, visited with Don … More
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TALES OF 40 YEARS #10 – CALENDAR EVENTS
Today the OLD CARS WEEKLY calendar is compiled from readers sending photos of their cars in, but years ago we used to take the photos and make a big production out of it. I remember around 20 of us going … More
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TALES of 40 YEARS #9 – BRIGGS CUNNINGHAM GETS THE FIRST BOC #3
After leaving Ken Buttolph in San Francisco (see blog #8), I continued to the Christie’s auction in LA. I was a few days early, so Christine Eisenberg of Christie’s sent me to Costa Mesa to see the Briggs Cunninghan Museum. … More
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Symco Shakedown rumbles into town Aug. 10-11
The Iola Old Car Show and the Vintage Military Show aren’t the only hip automotive events to hit the greater Iola, Wis., area. The Symco Shakedown rumbles the tiny town of Symco, Wis., with throaty pipes, chirping cheater slicks and … More
Categories: Car Show News, Editor's Picks, Under the Hood
Tags: Bel Air, Cadillac, custom car show, De Soto, Ford, hot rod show, Hudson, Mercury, period hot rods, retro rods, Symco Shakedown, Willys
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TALES OF 40 YEARS – #8 – THE JACKSON FIVE
During my early years at OLD CARS WEEKLY I was the junior editor and caught all the trips to places we had to work hard like Hershey and Dunkirk. I never got to go west until 1980. Then in 1983, … More
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TALES OF 40 YEARS #7 – BREAKFAST WITH THE STARS
George Crocker was one of the many fine characters we ran into over our years of working at OLD CARS WEEKLY. He started a car museum called The Rearview Mirror in Naggs Head, N.C. and liked the excitement of auctions. … More
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TALES OF 40 YEARS #6 – WATCHING POTATO TRUCKS GO BY
I started writing for OCW around 1976, although it was not until the fall of 1978 that I moved to Iola, Wis., to work for the magazine. For a couple of years my friend Mike Carbonella and I had read … More
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TALES OF 40 YEARS #5 – STANDARD CATALOGS
When Chet Krause hired me in 1978, he gave me the title of OLD CARS PRICE GUIDE editor, but another part of my job was to compile a book called THE STANDARD CATALOG of AMERICAN CARS. Chet had given the … More
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