A determined, wealthy collector slugged it out with Ford family representatives, resulting in the $1.76 million priceAs president of Ford Motor Company from 1925 until his untimely death in 1943, from cancer and undulant fever, Edsel Bryant Ford...
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At first glance I'd have to say very well sold indeed, but what price can you put on fun? Maybe it's a bargainThis month's "American Profile" is going to take a tiptoe amongst the automotive daisies, the puff and fluff of the market.Along with t...
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Built for a limited time, the Town & Country remains arguably the rarest, most desirable pre-war Woody producedConceived in 1939, the Town & Country Estate wagon represented Chrysler's desire to create an entirely new car that was both luxurious...
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The car was used by Harley Earl in Florida, but it was not cut up for destruction or sectioned diagonally to repair collision damage as the myth goesIn 1958, Cadillac produced a total of 815 Biarritz convertibles. Five were taken straight from t...
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I suspect the judges who previously gave this car an AACA Senior badge would not have done so on sale dayPontiac first offered the GTO option on the Tempest in 1964, and despite UAW strikes, which kept production down, it was a big hit. The musc...
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Without evidence of time, what does a real object offer the collector that a perfect replica does not as well?Oldsmobile made its name with the tiny single-cylinder "curve dash" buckboard in the early years of the 20th century, but went on to pr...
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If a "normal" restoration takes 2,000 hours, this one will need 2,500. At $70 an hour, the new owner is upside down before he pulls a fenderThe year 1953 is recognized by car buffs as a watershed in which several GM dream cars reached production...
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This car-serial number 13-is the oldest known Cadillac. It was one of three displayed at the New York Automobile Show in January 1903Founded by Henry Leland and Robert Faulconer, the Cadillac Automobile Company of Detroit completed its first car...
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The Trans Am was not without options, and one in particular made this Trans Am the king of the no-horsepower kingdomThe year 1974 was a tough time for American automakers, with many legislated changes. The results were not good.New emission regu...
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It seems hard to justify the extra $75,000 to own #1, especially as there's another #1 out there from the Norwood plantIntroduced to the public on February 26, 1970, the 1970 Camaro series stayed in production for twelve years. This handsome des...
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The greatest attraction of the car is that it is ideal for vintage tours and rallies, offering protection from the elements and reasonable luggage spaceIn 1955, Road & Track described the Arnolt-Bristol as "American designed, British powered and...
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It cruises well in a straight line but corners like a barge and stops as quickly as a Forrestal-class aircraft carrierIn the annals of automotive history, there have been few hucksters, snake oil salesmen, and promoters as bizarre as Earl "Mad ...
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The correct blower was reinstalled shortly before the auction, a wise decision on the seller's partUnveiled by Carroll Shelby on January 27, 1965, the GT350 fastback had a fiberglass hood and functional scoop, and a clean-looking grille with a t...
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This Duesenberg might be Rudolf Bauer's best-known work; it's certainly the most valuableFaced with the surreal scale of the Duesenberg's chassis, some designers attempted to reduce the scale of the car. Not artist Rudolf Bauer. His intent was t...
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While a top speed test was not performed, the Road & Track crew estimated 182 mph was possibleOriginally built as the "Cobra to end all Cobras," CSX 3015 represents the high water mark in the horsepower race of the '60s. Carroll Shelby built it ...
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