Concept cars and prototypes have been found in some pretty crazy and unlikely places — behind barns and in salvage yards, for example — but Bernie Kranz’s recent find of a 1960 Seagrave prototype is a new one.
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Fields of Dreams at Iola 2014
As usual, tiny Iola, Wis., explodes with energy, variety and lots of great iron…
Celebrate 2014 Collector Car Appreciation Day with us at Iola
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 under the Old Cars Tent this year will be hobby speakers Yvette VanDerBrink, Joe...
See 10 great four-doors lined up for Iola ’14
For its July 10-13 event, the Iola Old Car Show has prepared a line-up of four-doors that will appeal to everyone.
Iola ’14 to feature 3 concept cars
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.
Unveiled: 1953 Buick Wildcat pre-production model in 1:18 scale
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 to correct any inaccuracies in the design or features of the original, which rests...
Warhoops salvage yard sold by founding family
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 Warholak family, founders of the yard. “I am almost 70 and it was time,”...
Forgotten Dreams: Lesser-known 1950s concept cars
The 1950s cars of tomorrow featured ideas with the promise of progress during the jet age. Check out these lesser-known concept cars.
Amelia Island hosts world’s largest gathering of Cadillac Dream Cars
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.
Dream Cars: When imagination soars – and some cars do, too
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.