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1955 Hudson Italia
One of only 26 examples produced and one of just 21 remaining Powered by its original engine and equipped with overdrive Outstanding driver, tour- and road-ready Carefully inspected and extensively serviced by Mr. Ed Souers, Hudson Italia Historian for the Hudson Essex Terraplane Club and Manager of the National Hudson Motor Car Company Museum in…
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1966 Chevrolet Nova Pro Street
Custom build completed in 2015 Balanced and blueprinted 355-ci engine with Comp Cam Weiand Team G intake manifold, Holley carburetor with Big Shot NOS system MSD distributor with Digital-7 programmable ignition Doug’s ceramic-coated headers 3½-inch exhaust, Flowmaster mufflers Aerospace fuel pump and three regulators with 10-gallon aluminum fuel cell Turbo Action 350 transmission with transbrake…
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1988 Jeep Grand Wagoneer
5.9-liter, 144-hp V8 engine Automatic transmission Four-wheel drive Reported as driven sparingly Near-original condition Known and select ownership Air conditioning Power windows and front seats Roof rack Aluminum wheels Excellent condition throughout
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Mind If We Gawk?
It was just three months ago when, in this column, I pompously and piously pronounced that I would never again drive at excess speeds on a public highway. I referred to the 140 mph I had averaged testing the Ford GT in 2006. Two days later the call from Lamborghini came, asking if I would…
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‘Real McCoy’ Races to Judgment
Legal Files” previously reported (May 2014, p. 38) about a lawsuit filed by Domenico Idoni concerning the “Real McCoy” Corvette. This March, the lawsuit came to an end, with judgment entered in favor of Chuck Ungurean, the owner of the Corvette. The Real McCoy is a 1956 Chevrolet Corvette SR prototype that Chevrolet built to…
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A Car for the Younger Collector
On any given Saturday morning you can find a Cars & Coffee event in most American cities. The phenomenon is less than 10 years old, and it’s delightful in its simplicity. There’s no entry fee, no class structure, no judges, and no trophy to take home. It’s just about driving your car and enjoying what…
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1953 Jaguar C-Type Racer
This wonderful Le Mans racing Jaguar is one of the most unmolested, highly original, 1950s 24-Hour-race sports cars still surviving anywhere in the world today. It is also much more than “just” a Le Mans 24-Hour race car — it is a Le Mans 24-Hour-race top-10 finisher, and it achieved that feat in the Jaguar…
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2009 Mercedes-Benz SL65 AMG Black Series
The SL65 AMG Black Series was unveiled at Monterey in 2008. The base car SL65 AMG’s 6.0liter V12 engine was retained for the Black Series, but it received larger turbochargers, a bigger intercooler, a new exhaust system and a suitably remapped ECU, resulting in an increase in maximum power to 670 horsepower (approximately a 10%…
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1988 Porsche 911 Turbo / RUF-Converted CTR
RUF’s ascension from little-known Porsche tuner to household name came after the publication of the July 1987 issue of Road & Track magazine. In an article titled, “The World’s Fastest Cars,” the Road & Track staff assembled a venerable “who’s who” of the world’s most incredible street-legal supercars, of which the Ferrari 288 GTO and…
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1950 Ferrari 340 America Barchetta by Touring
On May 7, 1951, chassis 0116A was sent to Carrozzeria Touring to be fitted with its elegant Barchetta coachwork. On June 14, it was returned. Two days later it was delivered to its first owner, Pierre Louis-Dreyfus, a resident of Paris, a World War II hero, and founder of the Louis-Dreyfus Financial Group. In his…