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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:
2012 Collector Car Price Guide
Standard Catalog of American Cars 1946-1975
Standard Catalog of Pontiac 1926-2002
Old Cars Guide to Auto Restoration CD
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40′s Cars
Car of the Week: 1947 Dodge business coupe
The last thing Rick Boldrin figured he’d be ordering for dessert when he took his wife out for lunch was an 1947 Dodge business coupe. But when you’re a car nut and your wife shocks you by telling you she’d prefer the old car rather than the pie and ice cream, you don’t ask questions.
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A daughter’s life with Dad’s Tucker
The decisions aren’t always easy for Tucker No. 1019 owner Debbie Hull More
Car of the Week: 1946 Ford Super De Luxe
Sometimes in life, you just gotta take a chance.
There really is not other good explanation for why John Lang would want to stop at a stranger’s house, knock on the door and inquire about an old Ford he heard might be sitting in a shed on the property. Lang had never restored such a car. Never owned one, and never even owned a collector car before.
But “barn find” automobiles can have an irresistible appeal, and Lang, a resident of Marshfield, Wis., simply couldn’t pass up the chance to drag an old car out into the sunlight for the first time in years and give it a second chance in life.
“How long had it been sitting there? I couldn’t tell you. A long time,” said Lang of his beautiful 1946 Ford Super Deluxe coupe sedan. “It was sitting in a machine shed with a dirt floor, but it survived really well, I gotta say that.
Car of the Week: 1941 Packard Woodie Wagon
There was more than a little irony at work when Denny and Kim Harms pulled the trigger and bought themselves a rare and stunningly original 1941 Packard 120 woodie wagon. The Harms are big woodie fans and run a business restoring old wood-bodied Chryslers, but they wanted nothing to do with restoring this Packard. Even though they are restorers, they were going to keep their power tools away from this one.
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A First and Last at the Studebaker National Museum
First ’35 Studebaker President and one of the last pre-WW II 1942 models
Chrysler Town & … Classic?
Owner of 1948 Chrysler Town & Country convertible campaigns to join list of Classics.
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Mighty Memorable Chryslers
Chrysler engineers created a wild ride from a ’49 business coupe. More
The 1940 Ford Turns 70
Yup, it’s been seven decades since the iconic 1940 Ford hit the streets, but who’s really counting? More
A ’41 Ford with 6,000+ miles? Get outa here!
It came from a little old lady in Sister Bay, Wisconsin. And it was Ron Dewoskin’s dream car: a 1941 Ford convertible with only 6,450 actual miles. The car looks, feels and drives like a new car because, basically, it is almost new! More
Packard Darrin: One of One
Chris Goes of Lake Geneva, Wis., owns a unique, unrestored Full Classic car that is unlike anything anyone else has parked in their garage. He is the lucky owner of the only 1941 Packard Darrin Sport Sedan ever made. More
