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1963 Dodge 330 Max Wedge
Offered from a private collection The third of nine factory 330 Lightweights built Built with the Aluminum Package option and 426 Max Wedge V8 Beautifully presented full restoration
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1929 Ford Boyd Coddington “Alumatub”
Called the “Alumatub,” this hand-crafted Boyd Coddington creation was built on the popular “American Hot Rod” TV series on the Discovery Channel. It has a hand-formed all-aluminum body by Marcel Delay on a specially constructed Coddington aluminum frame and chassis. It’s powered by an aluminum 350-ci Chevy engine, with Barry Grant Demon Six-Shooter three-deuce carburetion,…
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1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS 396 L78
This is a very rare find with a very cool story. This car was parked in a storage lot in California in 1983 and was only recently removed from there. This Chevelle is a rare special high-performance RPO L78 396 car and one of only 2,144 built. The L78 option was discontinued after the first…
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1965 Ford Mustang Convertible
This all-original, unrestored survivor, 1965 convertible Mustang was purchased new in October 1964. Since then it has remained in the same family and has been garaged since new. It has 14,633 original, documented miles. Like-new inside and out, it’s in pristine condition and runs like a top. It has original everything. The convertible top is…
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1946 Chrysler Town & Country convertible
Such was the demand for vehicles in the immediate aftermath of World War II that the 1946 Chryslers — like most other American makes — reappeared looking much the same as they had in 1942. One difference in the model line-up was that the wood-embellished Town & Country model, previously available only as a station…
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1965 Chevrolet Corvette 327/375 Fuelie convertible
327-ci/375-hp L84 V8 Original numbers-matching engine Last year for Rochester fuel injection Original Muncie M20 4-speed transmission First year for four-wheel disc brakes Optional knockoff aluminum wheels Presented in Nassau Blue Pristine two-tone blue and white interior Body-off restoration Completely detailed NCRS Top Flight Award winner
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Duemila Ruote: From Scandal to Windfall
Luigi Compiano is an Italian businessman who inherited a substantial security company from his father, Arnaldo. Based in Treviso in the northeastern corner of Italy, North East Services was founded in 1929 by Mr. Compiano’s grandfather. Arnaldo Compiano developed this small business into one of the market leaders in the secure handling and movement of…
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Cool Runnings
We do these things to ourselves. On purpose. It’s part of our old-car madness. When American Car Collector contributor Michael Pierce and his wife, Linda, invited me to spend Christmas Day night with them, it became an excuse to give an old car some exercise. They live in Carlton, OR, a bucolic town in the…
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Spend a Little More — Get a Lot More
If you want to put an all-wheel-drive sports car into your collection, but you don’t want to pay the ticket price for an exotic and you don’t want the boy-racer styling of a sport compact, there aren’t a lot of options. Fortunately, the obvious choice is also a good one. The Audi TT is a…
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1987 Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo Evoluzione IMSA “Ufficiale”
Alfa Corse Works car Presented in correct Works livery Highly competitive historic racing candidate