The 300SE has always been a cult car, and it's a great choice for a true open four-seater for classic eventsThe Mercedes-Benz's S-class cabriolet of the late-1960s wore the same timelessly elegant coachwork that debuted in 1959 on the 220SE, and...
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Should you choose to tread down this path with a 914 project, there are dedicated 914 hot rod admirers that will step up to buy your creation - at about 30 cents on the dollar.Porsche's all-out racing machines were always mid-engined, dating bac...
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When you restore one of these, you want to make sure you have found all the holes in the body.There are better cars, and there are better boats, but there is no better way to draw a crowd than with an Amphicar. Designed by Hans Trippel and b...
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Its appeal is simple to understand: A turnkey entry into most every exciting historic race and rally, including the Monte Carlo Historic Rally, the Tour Auto in France, the Tour of Spain, and the Rallye des AlpesThis ex-works car was one of 14...
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Pagoda SL values have been appreciating, and top examples continue to stretch the upper limit of the price envelopeThe last of a popular and extremely successful line that began with the 230SL of 1963, the Mercedes-Benz 280SL was introduced i...
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A Turbo Cabriolet is almost a poseur among hard-core Porsche folk, a car to be seen in rather than a car to drive fast inIn series production from 1975, the 911 Turbo married a KKK turbocharger to the 3.0-liter engine, a combination that deli...
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This one, as they say in real estate, had "great bones" and just a little mechanical sorting over the winter should make it a nice summer cruiserThe 190SL was born from the rich tradition of excellence and distinction so firmly adhered to b...
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Restoring a 540K is not for the faint of heart. The chrome bill alone on these cars can run close to $50,000Mercedes-Benz introduced the 500K in 1934. The "K" designation stood for Kompressor, German for supercharger. With power increasing fro...
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Fair money for a car that can't be restored economically in today's marketPorsche is famous for the careful development of its machines, so it is no surprise that the 1965 356C, the last of the 356 series, is a highly sophisticated automobile. ...
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From any angle and at any speed, it is the perfect picture of what a modern sports prototype should look likeAfter its 1994 Le Mans victory with a decade-old design, Porsche needed a new long-term strategy for its international sports car compet...
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A Rembrandt of iron and rubberThe Mercedes-Benz SSK was developed from the S-type chassis and fitted with a 7-liter SS engine. About 33 SSKs rolled out of the factory from 1928 to 1932, and about half were competition cars like this one, which w...
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In 1963, the imminent threat of Abarth's Simca 2000, which was to be raced in the European 2-liter championship, was the impetus for Porsche's creation of the Carrera GTS. Porsche chassis designer Hans Tomala decided the required production run ...
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After the second World War and into the 1960s, as prosperity increased with the car-buying public, the demand rose for better, more elegant and entertaining vehicles. Up until this time, most manufacturers concentrated on rather bland and functi...
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The Mercedes-Benz 600 Limousine made its premiere at the Frankfurt International Motor Show in the fall of 1963. The previous "Grand" Mercedes-Benz were the pre-war 770 models (1930-43), built during a time in automobile history when luxury, pow...
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The third-series Mercedes-Benz roadster, the 230 SL, was introduced in March 1963 at the Geneva Show, succeeding the highly regarded 1950s-designed 300 SL and 190SL. This new SL (type 113), nicknamed the "pagoda" after the silhouette of its dist...
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