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from Auto Restoration 101The Mohs Ostentatienne Restoration Part 2
Sunday, February 07 2010Here are some more pictures of the Mohs Ostentatienne Opera Sedan when the car was picked up for the restoration. Here’s some history about this car as copied from an information card. Specifications: Length 248″ Height 69″ Width 90″ Weight 5740...
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from Hemmings Auto BlogsSIA Flashback – Sidecars to Sports Cars
Sunday, February 07 2010As Andrew Whyte relates the story of Jaguar styling in SIA #53, June 1981, the luxury aspect of the company’s products dates all the way back to its days when it went by the company name Swallow and it built upscale bodies for Austins. Whyte takes the s...
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from Bring A Trailer
Vignale Rarity: 1958 Fiat Superleggera
Saturday, February 06 2010This 1958 Fiat is a rare Vignale bodied example that still features all original paint. It was recently campaigned in the La Susa Moncenisio car rally in Italy. It performed well and is in good working order. We’d like to check it out just to gain entry...
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from Classic Rallies
Patrick Head to be celebrated by Grand Prix Masters
Patrick Head, one of the most respected Grand Prix designers of the modern era, will give his name to a new class division within the Grand Prix Masters historic race series this season. Head's name will adorn the class for Post-1978 Formula One cars, in ...
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from Hemmings Auto Blogs
Hotel Hell Vacation: Family Truckster, Griswolds reunite on Superbowl Sunday
Friday, February 05 2010We’re not sure how this one eluded us, but vacation property rental company HomeAway has put Chevy Chase, Beverly D’Angelo and Gary Schneider’s replica Family Truckster together for a Superbowl ad and associated short film. According to their press ...
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from Hemmings Auto Blogs
Muscle car history as seen through magazine ads
Friday, February 05 2010One thing worth keeping in mind about muscle car history is just how geared to the concept of youth these cars were when new. In fine consumerism tradition, Detroit took the freedom of cars, the freedom of youth, a little bit of sex, and blended it all to...
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from Hemmings Auto BlogsHemmings Find of the Day – 1935 Ford roadster
Friday, February 05 2010Occasionally, somebody not familiar with the Hemmings brand will ask us if we’re just a regional magazine, and of course we inform them that we’re not just national, we’re global, as shown by today’s Hemmings Find of the Day, a 1935 Ford roadster ...
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from Hemmings Auto Blogs
Four-Links – ittybitty streamliner, little Buddy, Microbus with a speaker, baby autos
Saturday, February 06 2010* The greatest thing about land-speed racing, especially in the 1950s, was that there were no formulas. It’s you, your imagination, and some sort of engine versus the wind. Alan Richards decided to go as lightweight as possible, with as little rolling r...
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from Hemmings Auto Blogs
Four-Links, bonus edition – vans, trucks, roadsters, Retromobile
Saturday, February 06 2010Gotta clear out the bookmarks this week. That means you get a double shot of Four-Links today. Which makes Eight-Links. But I always insert an extra one, so that means Ten-Links. Dig? * I have many favorite blogs, and when two of them link to the same th...
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from Hemmings Auto BlogsSix Degrees of Automotive Separation – Goggomobil
Friday, February 05 2010So did y’all like that curveball I threw you last week? I’ll try it again sometime in the near future, but in the meantime, back to our regularly scheduled Six Degrees of Automotive Separation Challenge. This week: Goggomobil! Though not a household n...
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from Sports Car DigestAFAS Celebrates 15 Years at Amelia Island Concours
Friday, February 05 2010The Automotive Fine Arts Society will host its 15th annual art show during the 2010 Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance on March 11-14, 2010 in Amelia Island, Florida. Mazda North America will once again sponsor the popular exhibit, which will showcase au...
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from Sports Car DigestSuper GT – The Potential Revitalization of Road Racing
Friday, February 05 2010Story by Will Silk Forty years ago the world was enjoying the height of heavy weight sports car action with such famous series as the SCCA Can Am Challenge, and the European counter-part to the Can Am, the Interseries. Both of these road racing venues b...
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from Sports Car DigestKroymans Ferrari Collection Sold
Friday, February 05 2010What was once one of the most important collections of vintage and collector Ferraris in the world has been salvaged from bankruptcy wreckage and sold by Hamann Classic Cars of Greenwich, Connecticut. Founded in 1902 by the great grandfather of current Ch...
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from Sports Car Digest2010 Kissimmee Auction Results – Mecum
Friday, February 05 2010Mecum Auction staged its Kissimmee Auction January 28-31, 2010 at Osceola Heritage Park in Kissimmee, Florida, resulting in total gross sales (excluding buyer’s premium) of $25.6 million and a 71% sell-through rate. Amid a crowd of 29,000 spectators a...
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from Bring A Trailer
Sitting for 30 Years: 1965 Lotus Cortina
Friday, February 05 2010This 1965 Cortina has been sitting for 20 years and looks to have been raced before that. The seller describes in detail the serial numbers and engine stampings and claims this to be a real Lotus and not just another Cortina GT. We’ll leave the authenti...









