Features

Star Cars: Touring around Tinseltown

raustin | January 14, 2013

Much like today, yesterday’s stars drove some of the finest machinery available to them. Often, Hollywood’s heroes and heroines were photographed with their new purchases, which ranged from the uncommon to the opulent, and sometimes both. Take a ride around Tinseltown… More »

Categories: Editor's Picks, Features, Hobby News | Tags: Chalmers, Cole, Goodrich, hollywood, Marmon, Packard, Silver Fleet, star cars, stars, tinsel town, tinseltown, Wills Sainte Claire | 2 Comments

Rare treats in store at 2013 Arizona auctions

raustin | January 7, 2013

One of the 14 Pontiac “Swiss Cheese” factory Catalina race cars will be featured at Russo and Steele’s auction.

Heading to Scottsdale? Here is a rundown of some of the marquee cars that will be offered this year at the Arizona auctions. More »

Categories: Auction News, Features, Hobby News | Tags: Arizona auctions, auction, Barrett-Jackson, bonhams, car auction, gooding, RM Auctions, russo and steele, Scottsdale, silver aucton, speed channel | 3 Comments

Bear hugs: Teddys ‘drive’ vintage cars to hospital

raustin | January 4, 2013

The Olympic Vintage Auto Club has been collecting and donating teddy bears to Harrison Hospital in Silverdale, Wash., for the past 12 years. More »

Categories: Club News, Features, Hobby News | Tags: Buick, car club, Ford, old cars, Packard, vintage cars | 2 Comments

100-day makeover: Restoring a ’57 De Soto for the auction block

raustin | January 2, 2013

Rust to Riches: Can a 1957 Dodge De Soto Firesweep go from scrap yard to prime auction condition in just 100 days? You have to see it to believe it. More »

Categories: 50's Cars, Auction News, Features, Hobby News | Tags: Arizona, auction, Barrett-Jackson, car auction, De Soto, Dodge, Firesweep, restoration | 9 Comments

Statue unveiled: Buick stands tall in Michigan

raustin | December 17, 2012

The David Dunbar Buick statue unveiled earlier this month is the second in a planned series honoring auto pioneers with Flint backgrounds. More »

Categories: Features, Hobby News | Tags: automaker, automotive, Buick, Flint, Michigan, statue | Leave a comment

Champion barn find: Long-lost ’32 Ford was drag-racing star

raustin | December 11, 2012

This 1932 Ford was built for the first World Series of Drag Racing, and after that 1954 race, it was parked and never run again.

A barn find with history: 1932 Ford Deluxe three-window coupe was a winner at first World Series of Drag Racing. More »

Categories: 30's Cars, Editor's Picks, Features, Hobby News | Tags: barn find, Coupe, deuce, drag racing, Ford, ford deluxe, three window, world series of drag racing | 22 Comments

SEMA 2012: Annual Vegas bash reflects changing old-car hobby

raustin | December 10, 2012

Corky Coker’s Mercer roadster was built to look unrestored according to one source we spoke to at this year’s SEMA Show. If so, it was sure hard to believe is wasn’t a barn find.

The 2012 SEMA Show championed the theme “Innovations of Generations.” Despite the snags that arose for East Coast travelers due to Hurricane Sandy, the SEMA Show drew a massive crowd and packed the Las Vegas Convention Center. More »

Categories: Editor's Picks, Features, Hobby News | Tags: Chip Foose, Coker, Ford, Las Vegas, Mercer, new products, SEMA | Leave a comment

Holy collector car, Batman! Original Batmobile to sell

raustin | November 29, 2012

Barrett-Jackson will offer one of the most recognized and popular pieces of entertainment history worldwide – the Original 1966 Batmobile – at its January sale in Scottsdale. More »

Categories: Auction News, Features, Hobby News | Tags: Barrett-Jackson, Batmobile, Ford, Futura, George Barris, Lincoln | 3 Comments

Final countdown to Staluppi ‘Cars of Dreams’ Museum sale

raustin | November 27, 2012

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Anticipation is building for RM Auctions’ presentation of the renowned John Staluppi ‘Cars of Dreams’ Museum sale this Saturday. The high profile, single-vendor sale will lift the gavel on a remarkable assortment of American automobiles and more than 60 lots of memorabilia. More »

Categories: Auction News, Features, Hobby News, Museum News | Tags: auction, cars of dreams, Chrysler letters, John Staluppi, letter cars, museum, RM Auctions, Staluppi | Leave a comment

Superstorm Sandy: A Hurricane & the Hobby

raustin | November 19, 2012

Although the Vintage Automobile Museum of New Jersey still stands, the inside is devastated from mud and salt water damage following Hurricane Sandy. The building will have to be gutted and restored and the cars rebuilt or scrapped.

After 12 long years, the Vintage Car Club of Ocean County finally fulfilled its dream of opening a car museum in Point Pleasant, N.J., on Sept. 15. Less than three weeks later, that dream washed out to sea, almost literally, when Hurricane Sandy came crashing into the United States’ East Coast on Oct. 29. Just one example of the superstorm’s impact on the old car hobby. More »

Categories: Club News, Features, Hobby News, Museum News, Old Car News | Tags: car insurance, car museum, collector cars, hurricane, vintage | 2 Comments