If you drive your classic car often, chances are you’ve had a few close calls in modern traffic. A lot of today’s commuters don’t realize that classic cars from the 1950s and 1960s don’t handle and stop as well as today’s cars. The drum brakes that were industry standard for […]
In our last episode of “Horsepower,” I warbled along to this essential point: New cars just don’t really do it for me. Editor Pickering, my Instigator in Chief, responded with, “That was great! And now I have a new car coming for ya!” I think he likes to watch me […]
Last summer, I spent a week of quality time under the hood of my ’66 Caprice. I was installing Holley’s Terminator EFI system while most of ACC’s staff was in Monterey, CA, for the Pebble Beach auctions. Normally I’m there, too, but this time was different. I was staring down […]
With talk today of a soon-to-be-released pickup version of the Jeep JL-series Wrangler, it seems quite distant to think that Jeep had the first domestically built “compact” pickup. Initially, it was the CJ-8 Scrambler from 1981 to ’85, but the idea also continued from 1986 until 1992 with the Comanche. […]
While the Army’s light-vehicle needs in World War II were met by Willys and Ford Jeeps, heavier trucks were largely the purview of Dodge. Over the course of the war, some 700,000 vehicles in the VC and WC series, from ½-ton to 1½-tons, were delivered to U.S. forces. Most numerous […]
Custom California car built by Mopar restorer Bob Munoa From the Denny Guest Collection Custom Hemi altered-wheelbase car 426 Hemi engine built to 528 ci Hilborn fuel injection MSD ignition system Push-button 3-speed automatic transmission A990 lightweight custom bucket seats Full roll cage Trunk-mounted battery Custom graphic design Tinted windows […]
440-ci “Six Pack” V8 engine Manual transmission featuring Pistol Grip shifter Interior features bucket seats, console, radio and Road Runner horn Highly desirable Mopar; excellent presentation throughout From the Duffy Grove Collection
Credited with starting the T-bucket craze Hot Rod magazine cover in October 1955 Featured on TV in “Mr. Kagle and the Baby Sitter” in 1956 Paint, crab-claw flames and pinstripes by Dean Jeffries Car Craft cover: April, 1957 Starred on the TV show “77 Sunset Strip,” in 1958, and was […]
1978 Macho Trans Am #202 The last Macho Trans Am modified by DKM in 1978; two 1978 models were converted in 1979 The last of nine produced with the HO Racing Specialties turbocharger The only turbocharged Macho Trans Am in black and gold MCACN Day Two Gold award in 2015 […]
This 1961 convertible was purchased from well-known Continental expert Gordon Jensen of Marco Island, FL, in December 2014. Gorgeous in Sunburst Yellow, it has the interior wood-grain accents characteristic of the early Continental interiors. Contours and paint are all excellent, and exterior brightwork is of very good quality. The instrument […]
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