In spite of the occasional negative comments and the disappointment that the sporty two-passenger ’Bird was gone, there is no question that the ’58 Thunderbird was a huge success. This car created a whole new type of automobile, the “personal luxury” coupe.

Maryland car buff finds ‘73 Mach 1 worth waiting for. What he found was probably a little more than he bargained for. The car was one of the few Mustangs that rolled out Michigan for that 1973 dressed in Light Blue, and not only did it have the hard-charging 351 Cobra-Jet engine — 1973 was the last year it was offered – it was in almost pristine shape (less than 50,000 miles) and had been owned for most of its life by a car-coddling Ford employee.

At some point in the past 40 years, Chet Krause got it in his head to own one of every car manufactured in Wisconsin. He hasn’t quite met that goal, but he is one step closer. He recently put a 1914 Case Complete Forty back on the road.

Rhode Island salvage yard offers unmolested old cars.

You’ve seen them at many car shows. If they were human, they might be considered something of a show off — the type that gains attention in a group through card tricks or hand stands. These Ford Skyliner extroverts were one of the most unique feats of technology and style in the 1950s.

A Torino to take the song out of the birds, the bees and the judges.

Of course, you're also going to want to make sure your beauty is looking her best for the spring car shows, especially after a winter wrapped in tarps in a cold garage, so here are nine things you should do before you drive further than around the block, all of which will make sure that your insurance quotes and car looks and sounds like the classic vehicle it is and help to get a lower insurance rate.

For many years, rumors of a “Cleveland mystery car” circulated around the city, its exact location hidden and precise identity unknown. By the 1970s, at least two people knew that mystery car was a 1930 Jordan Model Z Speedway Ace roadster. Among those people who knew about the rare Jordan, a car whose name was made famous by the company’s “Somewhere West of Laramie” ads, was well-known car collector and casino owner Bill Harrah. The other was Cleveland car collector Jim Stecker, owner of Stecker Oldsmobile. How Harrah learned of the “Cleveland mystery car” is probably a secret that died with him in 1978.

In the city of Shoreline, Washington a man and his vintage blue Ford Maverick became inseparable in most people’s eyes. It was an association that took years to develop, as man and machine became entwined as a fixture on the streets and among the rows of parked cars that make up the seaside community. Now that the "Maverick Man" has passed, the community is left wondering who this man truly was.

LaSalle never eclipsed the flagship Cadillac, but for 14 years it was a worthy sibling.