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1971 Alfa Romeo GTV 1750 Coupe Project
The pride of driving a car you’ve brought back to life with your own hands can trump convenience or logic Chassis number: 775984 The first of Alfa Romeo’s Bertone-styled coupes — the 1.6-liter Giulia Sprint GT — was launched in 1963. Mechanically, the stylish new 2+2 was much the same as the Giulia TI sports…
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1964 Chevrolet K20 Pickup
Today we have endless choices among pickup trucks, and the luxurious options give away nothing to their car counterparts. This is a recent development. The Silverados and Lariats of the 1980s ushered in luxury features to the emerging everyday truck driving community. In the 1960s, a pickup was still a utility vehicle. Trucks were sparse…
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1964 Dodge Charger S/FX
The story of this historic car starts in late 1963, when Don Beebe of Automotive Productions proposed an unheard-of plan to Chrysler Corp. His plan involved creating the fastest three 1964 “doorslammers” in the world to run exhibitions at tracks near Dodge’s new car dealerships, so the cars could be displayed to the public before…
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1934 Packard Super Eight 1104 Tourer
Highlights from the Mecum Auctions catalog: • Vacuum assist brakes• Synchromesh 3-speed transmission• Push-button start• Secret Service jump seat• Original 384/145-hp engine• Mostly original interior• Record log from 1948 indicates passengers included General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Admiral Chester William Nimitz and many others
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1932 Ford Highboy Roadster
Ford’s classic 1932 roadster, better known as “the Deuce,” has been, and always will be, the quintessential hot rod. Great-looking, with elegant, timeless lines that transcend its age, lightweight — especially when shorn of its fenders — equipped with a modified Ford or Mercury flathead V8 developing three to four times its original output, “Deuce”…
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1968 Dodge Hemi Charger R/T
Highlights from Mecum Auctions catalog: • Total professional restoration • Original factory Hemi and 4-speed console car • One of 489 1968 Hemi Chargers built • Factory dark blue metallic with factory Pearl White interior • Engine is not original, but it is from another 1968 Hemi Charger – 465 hp • Engine is balanced…
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1969 Mustang GT Cobra Jet 428
This 1969 Mustang is a factory 63A Sportsroof car with an “R code” 428 Cobra Jet engine and Ram Air shaker hood. Factory 4-speed with GT Equipment Package. Beautiful Royal Maroon with black interior. Options include rocker panel moldings, power brakes and power steering. A fully-documented one-of-one car with Marti Report. Fresh rotisserie restoration just…
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1965 Corvette 327/375 Fuelie coupe
This Milano Maroon coupe with a build date of April 30, 1965, was delivered new to Bryner Chevrolet in Jenkintown, PA. Although the name of the first owner is not known, it is clear that this Corvette was ordered with an eye for both performance and aesthetics. This car was built with the rarest and…
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1965 Ferrari 500 Superfast
In its day, the 500 Superfast represented the pinnacle of Ferrari ownership. Offering 400 horsepower from its 4.9-liter V12 and capable of exceeding 170 mph, the ultra-exclusive 500 SF attracted Ferrari’s most elite clients. The 500 Superfast was impossibly powerful, beautiful, unbelievably expensive and perfectly suited to high-speed Continental trips in true GT fashion. The…
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1923 Ford Model T White’s Garage Snowmobile
Model Ts were a natural for these conversions because of their sheer simplicity — and massive numbers on the road Virgil D. White was a clever inventor who sold and serviced Model T Fords, becoming an authorized Ford dealer in West Ossipee, NH. By 1913, he had patented a snowmobile conversion kit for Model T…