Features

Custom Cords: Enjoy these rare one-offs

raustin | August 19, 2013

A bevy of one-off Cords were displayed at the Concours d’Elegance of America at St. Johns in Plymouth, Mich. Any Cord automobile remains a rare sight, but these represent the rarest of the rare. More »

Categories: Car Show News, Features, Hobby News | Tags: cabriolet, classic cars, concours, Cord, e.l. cord, Michigan, speedster, st. johns | Leave a comment

Auburn Fall Collector Car Weekend set to be bigger, better than ever

raustin | August 13, 2013

This 1960 Chevrolet Corvette Fuel-Injected Roadster will be offered without reserve at the Auburn Fall Auction.

Auctions America has an action-packed agenda for its annual Auburn Fall Collector Car weekend held during the Auburn Cord Duesenberg (ACD) Festival, Aug. 28–Sept. 1. More »

Categories: Auction News, Car Show News, Features, Hobby News | Tags: acd festival, Auburn, auction, Auctions America, car auction, Cord, Duesenberg | Leave a comment

Bortz to display GM Motorama concept cars at Geneva Concours

raustin | August 5, 2013

The 1955 Motorama LaSalle II Roadster belonging to Joe Bortz will be on display near Chicago at the Geneva Concours d’Elegance on Aug. 25.

See 1950s General Motors Motorama concept cars from the Bortz Auto Collection at the Geneva Concours d’Elegance on Aug. 25. More »

Categories: Car Show News, Features, Hobby News | Tags: Bortz, concept cars, concours, General Motors, geneva, Joe Bortz | Leave a comment

Mullin Automotive Museum to debut 1930 G.A.R. at Pebble Beach

raustin | July 30, 2013

Unrestored 1930 G.A.R. Type B5 Roadster - front 3q

The Mullin Automotive Museum will debut its restored 1930 G.A.R. Type B5 Roadster (chassis No. 795) at the 63rd Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance on Aug. 18. More »

Categories: Car Show News, Features, Hobby News, Museum News | Tags: car museum, G.A.R., GAR, Mullin, pebble beach, Roadster | Leave a comment

Going Green: Colorful Miller 8 bucked racing superstitions

raustin | July 22, 2013

William Miller of Frankfort, Ind., took to the track in his green, vintage Indy racer during the Harry A. Miller Club’s “Millers at Milwaukee” meet on July 12-13 in Milwaukee, Wis. More »

Categories: Car Show News, Editor's Picks, Features, Hobby News | Tags: car show, harry miller, Indy, miller, millers at Milwaukee, racer, racing | Leave a comment

Three donated Tucker automobiles headed to AACA Museum

Angelo Van Bogart | July 10, 2013

The world’s largest Tucker collection is headed to its new permanent home at the AACA Museum in Hershey, Pa., from the David Cammack Collection in Virginia. More »

Categories: Features, Under the Hood | Tags: AACA Museum, cammack, Tucker | Leave a comment

Oldest ‘Four-Ninety’ Chevy to be at Iola Old Car Show

raustin | June 24, 2013

The oldest surviving “Four-Ninety” Chevrolet four-passenger touring car known to exist will be displayed at this year’s Iola Old Car Show. More »

Categories: Car Show News, Car Shows, Features, Iola Car Show | Tags: 490, Chevrolet, Chevy, four-ninety, Iola, Iola Old Car Show | Leave a comment

See ‘Sensuous Steel’ for an automotive Art Deco treat

raustin | June 18, 2013

1936 Delahaye 135M Figoni and Falaschi Competition Coupe. Jim Patterson/The Patterson Collection, Louisville, KY. Photograph © 2013 Peter Harholdt

The new “Sensuous Steel” exhibit features spectacular automobiles from the 1930s and 1940s that exemplify the classic elegance, luxurious materials, and iconography of motion that characterizes vehicles influenced by the Art Deco style. More »

Categories: Features, Hobby News, Museum News | Tags: art deco, Bugatti, classics, Cord, Delahaye, Jordan model Z, museum, Pierce Arrow, sensuous steel, Talbot-Lago | Leave a comment

Forgotten Dreams: Lesser-known 1950s concept cars

raustin | June 10, 2013

The 1950s cars of tomorrow featured ideas with the promise of progress during the jet age. Check out these lesser-known concept cars. More »

Categories: 50's Cars, Editor's Picks, Features | Tags: 1950s, concept car, Delta, dream car, Granada, Impala, la galaxie, Mystere, Norseman, Packard, predictor, Request, rocket, Starfire, XM-Turnpike | Leave a comment

Time capsule of Chevys to cross the auction block

raustin | June 3, 2013

A former Nebraska Chevy dealer’s collection of 500+ true survivor vehicles will by sold this fall by VanDerBrink Auctions, LLC. Our own Ron Kowalke has been chasing this story for years. Read on to see Jeannie Lambrecht Stillwell’s answers to his questions about her father’s lifelong collection. More »