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Celebrate 2014 Collector Car Appreciation Day with us at Iola

raustin | July 8, 2014

This Friday — July 11, 2014 — marks the fifth time that Collector Car Appreciation Day is recognized nationally. Why not honor the collector car hobby at the Iola Old Car Show with your friends from Old Cars Weekly? New … More »

Categories: Car Show News, Car Shows, Hobby News, Iola Car Show | Tags: automodello, Bortz, car show, concept car, cowen, dream car, four door, Iola, Iola Old Car Show, james cowen, Joe Bortz, vanderbrink, Yvette VanDerBrink | Leave a comment

See 10 great four-doors lined up for Iola ’14

Angelo Van Bogart | June 23, 2014

For its July 10-13 event, the Iola Old Car Show has prepared a line-up of four-doors that will appeal to everyone. More »

Categories: Car Show News, Features, Hobby News, Iola Car Show | Tags: Biscayne, Bortz, car show, concept car, dream car, Duesenberg, four door, Iola, Iola Old Car Show, Joe Bortz, LaSalle | 1 Comment

Iola ’14 to feature 3 concept cars

raustin | June 2, 2014

Three of the most valuable postwar four-doors will be coming to the 2014 Iola Old Car Show in Iola, Wis. — the 1955 Chevrolet Biscayne concept car, the 1955 LaSalle II sedan concept car and the 1966 Duesenberg prototype. More »

Categories: Car Show News, Features, Hobby News, Iola Car Show | Tags: Biscayne, Bortz, car show, concept car, dream car, Duesenberg, Iola, Iola Old Car Show, Joe Bortz, LaSalle | Leave a comment

Unveiled: 1953 Buick Wildcat pre-production model in 1:18 scale

Angelo Van Bogart | December 4, 2013

A rear view of the Minichamps 1:18 model if the 1953 Buick Wildcat I.

Just in time for Joe Bortz‘s birthday today, Minichamps sent the famous concept car collector this pre-production 1:18 mockup of his 1953 Buick Wildcat dream car. Bortz received this mockup of the forthcoming model so that it could be edited … More »

Categories: Under the Hood | Tags: 1953 Buick Wildcat, 1:18 model, Buick Wildcat I, concept car, dream car, Minichamps | Leave a comment

Warhoops salvage yard sold by founding family

Angelo Van Bogart | August 23, 2013

The 1956 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham Town Car concept at Warhoops with Harry Warholak Sr. (left) and Harry Warholak Jr. (right) in 1988.

On the 25th anniversary year of Joe Bortz’s rescue of four Motorama concept cars rescued from Warhoops Used Auto & Truck Parts in Sterling Heights, Mich., the legendary salvage yard is marking another milestone in 2013: its sale by the … More »

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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

Amelia Island hosts world’s largest gathering of Cadillac Dream Cars

raustin | May 21, 2013

Production 1959 Cadillacs are already wild, but the 1959 Cadillac Cyclone show car outdid them all.

Bill Warner and the team at the Amelia Island Concours took a page from Cadillac history at this year’s event by featuring a class of Cadillac concept cars never before assembled. More »

Categories: Car Show News, Features, Hobby News | Tags: Amelia Island, biarritz, Cadillac, car show, Concept cadillac, concept car, cyclone, eldordo, lemans | 1 Comment

Dream Cars: When imagination soars – and some cars do, too

raustin | April 9, 2013

2009 The Transition Roadable Aircraft (Photo courtesy of Terrafugia)

Heritage Museums & Gardens opens for the season April 13 with its 2013 special exhibit – “Driving Our Dreams: Imagination in Motion” – which will pay homage to the great car concepts and designers who pushed the boundaries of automobile design and technology. More »

Categories: Editor's Picks, Features, Hobby News, Museum News | Tags: centurion, concept car, Corvette, dream cars, earl, exhibit, flying car, heritage museum, museum | Leave a comment

’50s concept cars to become tools for future automotive design

raustin | January 2, 2013

The trio looks on the 1953 Buick Wildcat concept car owned by Joe Bortz. The fiberglass-bodied car uses a shortened version of the chassis used by production 1953 Buicks.

Story and photos by Angelo Van Bogart In the 1950s, General Motors, Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler Corp. concept cars predicted the future of the production cars Americans would be seeing at their local new-car dealership. Some of those same … More »