I live in a small house with a one-car garage that’s nestled within the confines of a bustling city, but I dream of owning a giant shop someday. My mechanical wares swamp my existing footprint to the extent that I’ve already overtaken one neighbor’s garage, and I’m working on the other […]
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Reflecting in the Chrome
This month’s “Readers’ Forum” question is all about project cars. Why is it that gearheads tend to like to restore old cars when the math rarely works in our favor? Making an old car new again can take years of time and thousands of dollars even for a DIYer, so […]
1972 Jeep CJ-5 Renegade
304-ci V8 BorgWarner manual 3-speed transmission Renegade Orange 39,000 original miles Original Renegade racing stripes and vinyl 30×9.50R15LT Hercules Trail Digger MT tires Ceramic-coated Hedman headers Dana 44 Trac-Lok rear end Dana 30 front axle Warn premium locking hubs Soft half doors Bimini top
1968 Dodge Dart LO23 Dick Landy Super Stock
Factory-backed Hemi car One of 80 built for NHRA Super Stock Racing Campaigned by Dick Landy and Bob Lambeck Low ET and top mph of 10.46/131.19 at Orange County in October 1968
Jon Shirley’s 1932 Alfa Romeo 8C2300MM Touring Takes Best in Show at Crescent Beach
This year’s Crescent Beach Concours, held August 31 at Blackie Spit Park in Surrey, BC, saw 100 cars compete for recognition as the best in their respective classes just a stone’s throw from the Pacific Ocean. This year’s Most Elegant Pre-War award winner was Frank Daly’s 1937 Packard V12 Convertible […]
1955 Chrysler C-300
Virgil Exner styling 331-ci Hemi V8 300 hp at 4,400 rpm Dual Carter AFB carburetors PowerFlite automatic transmission Platinum White exterior Beige leather interior 12-volt electrics
1927 Dick Williams Ford Roadster
Built by Dick Williams in 1952 1953 America’s Most Beautiful Roadster award winner SCTA Bonneville timed speed of 123 mph Featured in Hop Up magazine, June ’53 Entered in the inaugural Historic Hot Rod Class at Pebble Beach in 1997
1973 Chevrolet Camaro Baldwin Motion Phase III
Documented Phase III Motion Camaro Original owner was Joel Rosen’s mechanic, who built the car at Motion Believed to be the last Baldwin Motion Camaro built Signed by Joel Rosen 454-ci V8 engine Automatic transmission Motion-installed roll bar Mickey Thompson S/S Indy Profile tires
1969 Shelby GT350
One of 152 Hertz GT350s produced for 1969 Well-preserved example in Black Jade Documented by a Deluxe Marti Auto Works Report Formerly of the Sam Pack Collection An excellent example of Shelby power
1996 Chevrolet Corvette coupe
300-hp, 5.7-liter multi-port fuel-injected V8 4-speed automatic transmission with overdrive Z51 Performance Handling Package Power steering Power anti-lock disc brakes Torch Red exterior Light gray interior Removable tinted roof panel Power leather sport bucket seats 55,337 miles showing