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| Last Oldsmobile built to be sold at New York dealer auction![Last Oldsmobile built to be sold at New York dealer auction]()
Posted by Kurt Ernst - The last Oldsmobile built, a 2004 Alero GLS Final 500 Collector's Edition. Photo by Joe Ross. Sometime after 9:30 a.m. Eastern this morning, a Dark Cherry Metallic 2004 Oldsmobile Alero GLS sedan will cross the auction block at the dealer-only State Line Auto Auction in Waverly, New York. A 13-year-old GM N-body changing hands at a dealer auction is hardly remarkable, but in this case, the car is: As Automotive News reports, the Final 500 Collector's Edition Alero is number 500, making it the very last car ever p... Read More
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| Hemmings Find of the Day - 1955 Kaiser ManhattanPosted by Daniel Strohl - Older restoration on this 1955 Kaiser Manhattan for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller's description: number 163 of 226 domestic production.this is not a 1954 with a 1955 hood ornament but a genuine 55 with correct Willys Motors serial number plate and correct body I.D tag.It looks to me like a cosmetic restoration was done sometime in perhaps the 90's and there are some minor items that are incorrect(motor is painted the wrong color,exterior windshield visor should be the color of the roof)the car runs and driv...Read More
| Finalists announced for 2018 Peninsula Classics Best of the Best AwardPosted by Kurt Ernst - 1929 Mercedes-Benz S Roadster by Barker taking Best of Show at the 2017 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance. Photo copyright Kimball Studios, courtesy of Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance; remaining photos courtesy of Peninsula Classics. Since its inception in 2015, the Peninsula Classics Best of the Best Award has sought to identify the finest automobile in the world, as selected by a panel of 24 expert judges from automobiles earning top honors at the world's most prestigious concours d'elegance events. The 2018 wi...Read More
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| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers to benefit from first 2019 Corvette ZR1 sale at Barrett-JacksonPosted by Mike McNessor - 2019 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1. Images courtesy Chevrolet, unless otherwise noted. Millions of Americans can tell you exactly where they were and what they were doing on September 11, 2001. We should all know what the late Stephen Siller, a New York City firefighter, was doing on that day, too. The Staten Island native was off duty, but when his scanner erupted with reports of the attack, he grabbed his turnout gear, drove as far as he could, then ditched his truck and ran through the traffic-snarled Brooklyn Bat...Read More
| Used car lot, 1970sPosted by Daniel Strohl - Date: circa 1970s Location: unknown Source: Jim and Chester's Garage What do you see here?...Read More
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Which one of these Hurst/Olds would you take home?![Which one of these Hurst/Olds would you take home?]()
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Slowly Turning: Could Overdrive have made the 70s more palatable?![Slowly Turning: Could Overdrive have made the 70s more palatable?]()
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WEEK IN REVIEW | | Thursday, December 14, 2017 | Baja bookends - first and last model year Bill Stroppe Broncos head to auctionPosted by Kurt Ernst - 1971 (L) and 1975 Baja Broncos. Images courtesy Mecum Auctions. By 1971, Ford Broncos built by long-time Ford racing partner Bill Stroppe's shop had amassed victories in both the Baja 500 and its bigger, uglier brother, the Baja 1000. To commemorate thisand to drive Bronco salesFord debuted a limited-edition Baja Bronco on January 28, 1971, built to resemble the Broncos raced by the Stroppe team and available through most Ford dealerships. Ford records indicate that roughly 450 were built before produ...Read More
| Hemmings Find of the Day - 1964 Chevrolet K10Posted by Daniel Strohl - Shortbed crew-cab 1964 Chevrolet K10 for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller's description: The story behind this pickup is that is was originally ordered for the railroad this way and when it arrived at the dealership they no longer needed or wanted it. So the dealership sold it to a local farmer. This pickup runs and drives good. It is a 4 wheel drive pickup with dealer add-on air conditioning as well. It has great tires with lots of tread left as well. Documentation for the history of the pickup is nearly none...Read More
| Can't fly to Stuttgart? You can still tour the Porsche MuseumPosted by Kurt Ernst - Photos courtesy Porsche AG. Completed in 2008, Porsche's new museum in its home city of Stuttgart, Germany, ranks among the world's best single-marque facilities. Getting there can pose a challenge for those from other countries or continents, so now the German automaker is offering up the next-best thingonline tours that even allow remote guests to ask questions about exhibits. Developed in partnership with London tech startup GoInStore, the virtual toursconducted Tuesday through Sunday from 4:00 p.m. C...Read More
| Kanter Auto Products on the movePosted by Mike McNessor - Kanter Auto Products facility at 662 Myrtle Ave. in Boonton, NJ. Photos by James From, courtesy Kanter Auto Products. Vintage parts giant Kanter Auto Products is in the process of consolidating its operations, as well as its massive inventory, in one of two buildings it owns in Boonton, New Jersey. The herculean effort of moving a decades-old accumulation of used, NOS, and new parts was prompted by the sale of the smaller buildingconstructed in the 1870s as a silk millto a developer. The developer, Joe G...Read More
| Boston, 1974Posted by Daniel Strohl - Date: December 1974 Location: Hanover Street, Boston, Massachusetts Source: City of Boston Archives on Flickr, via BestRide What do you see here? ...Read More
| | Wednesday, December 13, 2017 | Corvette Hall of Fame announces its 2018 inducteesPosted by Kurt Ernst - 2018 Corvette Hall of Fame inductees John Greenwood, Burt Greenwood, Tom Wallace, and Mike Yager. Images courtesy National Corvette Museum. Since its inception in 1997, the Corvette Hall of Fame, located in the Skydome at the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky, has inducted 65 members, each of whom has played a pivotal role in the evolution of Chevrolet's halo sports car. On August 31, 2018, that list grows by four, as John Greenwood, Burt Greenwood, Tom Wallace, and Mike Yager are inducted as th...Read More
| Hemmings Find of the Day - 1972 Citroen HY camperPosted by Kurt Ernst - From the seller's description: 1972 HY dual fuel Camper. This has got to be the ultimate H van! Stretched and raised. I purchased the vehicle with the intention of stripping out the camper shell and converting it to a food truck. On closer inspection I just could not bring myself to do that, she is so beautifully constructed. A brief history: The van was stretched when new and used by a furniture delivery company for 7 years. The second and last owner was a professional Citroen trained mechanic. He did the camper c...Read More
| Utah's Rocky Mountain Raceways to close after 2018 seasonPosted by Kurt Ernst - An aerial view of Rocky Mountain Raceways. Photo courtesy Google Maps. In 1968, Bonneville Raceways brought drag racing to West Valley City, Utah, a community located southwest of Salt Lake City. In 1995, the tired facility was purchased and revitalized by Spencer Young Sr., who renamed it Rocky Mountain Raceways. Since then, the park has maintained a busy annual schedule that now includes oval track and motocross racing, but the facility's 50th year will be its last: Following the 2018 season, Rocky Mountain Rac...Read More
| The Stoner T: How to build a hot rod in 10 years (and influence people), part fourPosted by Dan Stoner - The car at Conder Custom, its body hanging above itself, looking down like when you die and have one of those out-of-body experiences, but then come back to life and write a book about your experience and then get a reality show on the Lifetime Channel. All photos by the author, unless otherwise noted. Details. Until now, I've been preaching the hot-rod-as-sum-of-its-parts gospel, but the details of any hot rod or custom are what you'll remember, long after you've walked away from it to go get a hot dog and a bee...Read More
| Las Vegas, 1973Posted by Daniel Strohl - Date: 1973 Location: Outside the Landmark Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada Source: Vintage Las Vegas What do you see here?...Read More
| | Tuesday, December 12, 2017 | Old car factory to become new car museumPosted by Daniel Strohl - Image via Google Street View. The cars going into the in-development Hackett Auto Museum might be largely of standard fare - a Model T, a Model A, a Mustang - but the history baked into the walls of the former auto factory that will hold them tells the tale of several nearly forgotten early 20th-century Michigan carmakers, including one who aimed to topple General Motors. Initially, the factory at 615 Hupp Avenue in Jackson, Michigan, housed a simple auto-parts supplier, the Lewis Spring and Axle Company, foun...Read More
| Hemmings Find of the Day - 1973 Cadillac Caribou pickupPosted by Kurt Ernst - From the seller's description: I have a 1973 Cadillac Caribou. The car has had a frame on restoration less than 8 years . Brand new black leather interior . New tire, rim, brake, steering parts . The car is ready to drive anywhere. The Caribou company based inCalifornia would take your brand new Cadillac Deville and convert it into the pick up for the rich and famous for about the price it would have costed you to buy 2 new Deville's . Everything works on the car with the exception of the A/C . Should be converted ...Read More
| On Any Sunday and Endless Summer Director Bruce Brown passes away at 80Posted by Jim O'Clair - Bruce Brown. Photo courtesy AMA Hall of Fame. For many motorcycle enthusiasts, the 1971 film On Any Sunday was a seminal movie that began for some, invigorated for many others, their favorite pastime. The same could be said for surfers with the release of Slippery When Wet in 1958, Barefoot Adventure in 1960, or Endless Summer in 1966. The common thread in these popular documentaries was director Bruce Brown, who died on Sunday in Santa Barbara of natural causes at 80 years old. Brown was born in...Read More
| Recommended Reading: Fashion guides for Jazz Age motoringPosted by Daniel Beaudry - Two of MAFCA's references on Ford Model A-era fashion--The Fashion FilesandA Book of Fashion Facts--are for any owners or enthusiasts of late 1920s and early 1930s automobiles interested in ensuring they look as correct as their vehicles. Several months ago, we posted an Open Diff that asked the question: What to wear when driving our collector vehicles? My thoughts were that donning period-correct clothing... ensures that nothing detracts from the experience of the occupants or viewers of our vehicles.....Read More
| Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 1971Posted by Daniel Strohl - Date: March 1971 Location: Federal Building, Oak Ridge, Tennessee Source: Frank Hoffman photo, via Department of Energy on Flickr What do you see here? ...Read More
| | Monday, December 11, 2017 | IMSA GTP cars celebrated at 2018 Amelia Island Concours d'ElegancePosted by Kurt Ernst - The Miller High Life-sponsored Porsche 962 of Holbert Racing. Photos by Bill Warner, courtesy Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance. IMSA's GTP (Grand Touring Prototype) class was founded in 19 but as we see at Kustomrama, he has plenty of hot rodding stories to tell, including the time he wrecked Ak Miller's rear-engine roadster at Bonneville. * Granted, there's not much Cobra to this electric racer other than the body, but the Tesla motor and the Kia battery pack in the custom-designed tube frame chassis make for an interesting combination. * Though it's the time of the year to watch National Lampoon's Chr...Read More
| Hemmings Find of the Day - 1976 BMW 2002Posted by Kurt Ernst - From the seller's description: This beautiful 1976 BMW 2002 is finished in Cream on Black interior. The car was repainted recently and as you can see in the photos, it flowed out gorgeously. It's a California car with no rust. The interior was fully redone and looks better than new. The car runs perfectly - the engine was completely gone through and serviced by Black Forrest Automotive. Also, I just smogged and registered it. Here is a list of everything I've done/added: -Full set of Coco floor mats -Brand New Ke...Read More
| LAST WEEK'S MOST READThe Corvair sport coupe that never was - the 1968 Molzon CorvairPosted by Kurt Ernst - 1968 Molzon Corvair. Photos courtesy Bonhams Auctions. In 1963, GM designer William Bill Molzon set out to build a car of his own, with some rather ambitious goals: It would accelerate faster than a Corvette, be as frugal as a Corvair, and out-handle a Lotus. The resulting one-off vehicle, the 1968 Molzon Corvair, not only met these goals but did so on a build budget of $2,000. Next month, Molzon's remarkable creation crosses the auction block in Arizona, part of Bonhams's 2018 Scottsdale sale. B...Read More
| LAST WEEK'S BEST DISCUSSIONThis or That - Season 2: 1982 Buick Grand National Regal or 1984 Chevy Monte Carlo SSPosted by Matt Litwin - 1982 Buick Grand National Regal(top); 1984 Chevy Monte Carlo SS (bottom); images by the author. Editor's note: This or Thatis not a comparison report between two vehicles, but rather a feature that enables us, in an idyllic world, to add a collectible vehicle into our dream garage on a weekly basis, but with a catch: We can only pick one vehicle fromthis pairing and it has to be for enjoyment purposes rather than as an investment. Featured in this edition ofThis or Thataretwo midsize cars fromth...Read More
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