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Today Marks Another New Feature for Legendary Collector Cars
We are always trying to improve our site and provide you with more value for your visit. We try to do this with good content and lots of photos and videos. For sometime now we have been offering a few Cars For Sale ads to friends. Now, [...]

Ford Talladega Art Work

It is with great pride and enthusiasm that Legendary Collector Cars announces the first of our very limited edition 1969 Ford Talladega Artist Prints. These 3 prints are the first of the “Legendary Collector Car Series”. Each print in the series will be had signed and numbered by the artist. Each print will come with [...]

Smart String

My Sting is smarter than your String!
Sounds like a challenge doesn’t it. Well, you better send your string to college because the string I have is pretty smart!
A friend of mine, Herb at HDA Design just sent me one of these as a test to see how I liked it. I like it a lot!
This [...]

1969 Ford Talladega Art Work

The first ever Ford Talladega Family Reunion is coming up on October 1 and 2, 2010 at the Forge Muscle Car Show in Kingsport, TN. You already know how rare the 1969 Ford Talladega is and what an important role it played in NASCAR history now you can have one for your very own! We [...]

Hurst Olds, one of one 1980 Style

You know that the names Hurst and Oldsmobile go together like bacon and eggs. Hurst built cars for other manufactures but it was the Hurst Oldsmobiles from the 60s and 70s that most of us remember and lust over. Unfortunately, the conversions became fewer in numbers and less and less common as the years went [...]

Artist Prints by Dan McCrary

We have just added some terrific new artist prints to our Online Store. These are the work of nationally known artist Dan McCrary. His work makes you want to jump into the picture and drive away!
Check these out.
All of these prints are for sale in the Legendary Collector Car Online Store right now. You can [...]

1969 Mercury Cyclone Spoiler History

This is a continuation of our history of the Ford Talladega, Mercury Spoiler/Spoiler II

1969 Mercury Cyclone Spoiler Cale Yarborough Special 428 CJ Ram Air
As you may remember, Ford had to build 500 Talladegas to get the body modifications authorized for the track; this was also true with the Spoiler IIs. There was an urgency to [...]

1969 Mercury Cyclone Spoiler and Spoiler II History

When Ford began running its Special Order of 1969 Torino Talladegas the Product Development Group over at Mercury wanted its own version of the NASCAR Aero “Going Thing”. By” Rick Ochs and Richard Fleener

In a 1969 intra company letter sent to the Production Development Group at Mercury, Ford spelled out what changes were made to [...]

Marti Report, Ford Documentation and more; Talladega Prototype

Continued from: Building the Ford Talladega Prototypes by Rick Ochs
We have been talking a lot lately about the two rare 1969 Ford Talladega prototypes known as the Banjo Matthew’s cars and today we have even more. The paperwork that follows is the same kind of things you should be looking for on your cars. It [...]

Building the Ford Talladega Prototypes, by Rick Ochs

The following article was provided by Rick Ochs; a fellow who loves the Ford Talladega. Unlike many of us who also admire these cars, Rick is the Guru when it comes to the real details. Here is his historical research and perspective on the two very rare Banjo Matthew’s prototype Talladega cars.
In August of 1968 [...]

Build Your Own ZO6 or ZR1 Corvette Engine!

Chevrolet has changed the rules! Order a new Corvette and now you can build your own ZO6 or ZR1 engine; at the factory. Can you imagine the attention you will get at the next club meeting or cruise when you start to talk about how you went to the Corvette engine plant and built the [...]

Idiotic Car Story Contest; 51 Ford and Alcohol don’t mix

Here is our second story from a reader for our Idiotic Car Story Contest! Email us your story and have a chance to win one of our great prizes from our Online Store.
By Fred McDonald:

When I was 16, I had bought a 1951 Ford with flathead and three speed overdrive.  By then the 55 [...]

69 Ford Talladega Family Reunion: Benny Parsons ARCA Car

We are only three months away from the first ever 1969 Ford Talladega Family Reunion. It will be held in conjunction with the Forge Muscle Car Show in Kingsport, Tennessee on October 1 and 2, 2010. Because it is a “Family Reunion” the Mercury Cyclone Spoiler and Spoiler II cars are also invited and will [...]

Contest: Idiotic Car Story about “Scooping the Loop”

This is another example of an Idiotic Car Story. Send us your “Idiotic Car Story and you might win one of our great prizes!
If you want to know the rules just click here.

I was 18 and had just graduated from High School and was leaving for Iowa State University at Ames in a few [...]

Corvette 1968-1982 Collector’s Originality Guide

I have went out in search of many old cars and not just a few of them were Corvettes. I would pay a great deal to have a reference guide this thorough on all of those cars. I have owned several 68-82 Shark Vettes without the benefit of this book and it sure would have [...]

Idiotic Car Story involving a Thunderbolt

Our Idiotic Car Story Contest continues with another story from a friend that involves a Comet Thunderbolt! Send us your Idiotic Car Story for a chance to win a prize from our Online Store.
By: George Houk
In 1964-65 a good friend of mine, Dick Hoffman, a couple of other friends and I were on our [...]

Another Idiotic Car Story from a Reader

Here is our second story from a reader for our Idiotic Car Story Contest! Email us your story and have a chance to win one of our great prizes from our Online Store.
By Joey:
“I’m a pretty dumb guy sometimes, but I guess the best place to start is my first, “Dumb Guy With A [...]

Idiotic Story Contest: $250 1966 Cadillac Coupe de Ville

By: Anonymous
Here is our first entry in the “Idiotic Car Story Contest.” Send in your story NOW!

My first car was a 1966 Cadillac Coupe de Ville. I bought it from a family friend in 1987 just after I turned 15, hoping to get the kinks worked out of it before I turned 16. I paid $250 [...]

Idiotic Story Contest: 53 Plymouth on a Hoist plus Jay Leno

By: Richard Fleener
Yesterday we started a new contest for the “Most Idiotic thing you ever did To a Car, With a Car or In a Car” and today you get two examples. The first is my story and the second is a Jay Leno story video. Enjoy and send us your story. You might just [...]

Contest for Most Memorable “Idiotic Thing I did To, With or In a Car story”

He’s an Idiot! Have you ever said those words or worse, heard them?
We are macho gearhead men, right? We never do anything wrong; we never get lost; we never drop a screw down an intake manifold on a newly built engine; we never put diesel fuel in our gas powered car; we have never spun [...]

1955 Ghia Giloa Coupe Concept Car

This Ghia Giloa Coupe was designed for the 1955 Turin Motor Show in Italy. It is a striking design and foretold the design direction of many American cars later in the decade. Can you spot a De Soto or Chrysler from the late 50s visible in this view?

If the design is not enough [...]

Muscle Cars by Mike Mueller and Motorbooks

Motorbooks knows what us gear heads like and they have struck again. This new Muscle Car book is a smaller size paperback for $19.95 retail. You don’t even have to read to enjoy this one, it is full of great color photos.

There are 55 muscle cars featured with 350 color photos. Production and [...]

Bill France Sr. Ford Talladega Autograph Car

We have some very notable 1969 Ford Talladegas registered for the Forge Muscle Car Show on October 1 and 2 of 2010. The very first Ford Talladega Family Reunion will be held in conjunction with the ever popular Forge Muscle Car Show.
One of those very special Talladegas will be the Bill France Senior Signature car. [...]

1964 Pontiac Banshee

Pontiac was known as a performance car back in the day of Muscle Cars. In fact it seemed Pontiac was constantly flirting with manufacturing a two seat sports car. The problem was the Chevrolet insisted no one build a two seat sports car that might rival the Corvette. That didn’t stop Pontiac from playing with [...]

Hot Rods a Book Review

Motorbooks is always coming up with a new book that is a must have for the book shelf or the table top or the garage workbench. Hot Rods are not for everyone but most car guys love them even if they don’t want one. This historical reveal all was created and edited by Michael [...]

Corvette C7 Prototype

There was the Stingray Corvettes, then there were the Sting Ray Corvettes but will the C7 Corvette be the STINGRAY ! If the Prototype we saw is any example, the next new Corvette body may very well be the wildest Stingray ever.
If you have missed this GM Prototype of the next possible C7 Corvette we [...]

Betty Boop gets a Cougar

By: Richard Fleener
Going to a car cruise can be a lot of fun. Owning a collector car is definitely fun. Meeting great people is the best and that is just what car people are, the best. The Murfreesboro Hot Rod Club has some great people in it and visitors from all over Middle Tennessee come [...]

1948 Norman Timbs Special

By: Richard Fleener

When you think of mid-engined cars you usually are thinking Lamborghini, Ferrari or some other exotic sports car. I doubt if you are thinking 1948 Norman Timbs Special. However, that is just what this streamlined beauty is. It is a hand formed all aluminum two seater with mid-engined Buick straight eight power.

It is [...]

First Cruise of 2010

Car season is BACK! We just attended our first real car cruise of the year. The weather was great and the new rides were all terrific. We live in Murfreesboro Tennessee home of the Murfreesboro Hot Rod Club and they put on a great cruise. Every Friday night cars from all over middle Tennessee and [...]

Top Ten NASCAR Recommendations

By: Richard Fleener

I am no one special. I have never raced a NASCAR, owned a team, been a sponsor or even stayed at a Holiday Inn Express. However, I have been a fan of the sport since I can remember. The first NASCAR race I ever saw was in bits and pieces and televised on [...]

250 MPH Street Machine

You may have seen this car on our site before or on the pages of HOT ROD magazine but you have never seen it like this before. Owner Rick Stanton just completed a chassis dyno run with his Boss 429 Powered Ford Talladega and made some outstanding numbers.
The car pulled 250 mph at 7,483 RPM. [...]

Cobra in the Barn

Obviously, the title is to catch your eye. That must have been just what author Tom Cotter was thinking when he chose that title for his new Motorbooks publication. The book is a collection of short stories about the elusive barn find we all seek. The fact that the subjects of each story are successful [...]

Last Production Talladega at Forge Muscle Car Show

The Ford Talladega “Family Reunion” will be held in conjunction with the Forge Muscle Car show on October 1 and 2, 2010 in Kingsport Tennessee. The Feature car at the show this year is the 1969 Ford Talladega. Among the special Talladega cars that will be featured are the first production and last production Talladegas.
It [...]

1935 Offy Print by Herb Dixon

We are beginning to ramp up our new web site Online Store and are very proud to announce our first product. It is a high quality print by an old friend Herb Dixon. These prints are extremely limited and all are signed by the artist. We will eventually be offering a couple of different sizes [...]

Beach Hop Whangamata New Zealand

By: Richard Fleener
I love my cars and all we get to do with them but it is really about all the great people we meet when Katrina and I take them out. One example of that is Robert Pegler of New Zealand. Robert and I first met through this web site. Last summer he made [...]

GM Pontiac Firebird II Concept Car

In the 1950s it seems everyone was fascinated with Space Ships. They were on TV, movies, cartoons, comic book and car designs. The Big Three were trying to out do each other with there clear canopies over the driver’s compartment, tail fins and wild shapes. Turbine engines were also going to be the wave of [...]

Richard Petty NASCAR King

When you talk of the King around race folks most will know you mean Richard “The King” Petty. He won 200 NASCAR races and raced back when the racers bought their cars off the show room and hauled them to the track on a small car trailer behind a pickup much like a dirt track [...]

Data Plates and Vins, Part 4 It’s Mine Officer

Part 4: It’s Mine Officer, Honestly!
This is part four and the final part of an article written by guest author Bill Culp. All VINs used in these photos have been altered and do not show all numbers.
Here is another 1971 Dodge, only this one is a 340 Demon.  Even these slightly different screws are correct [...]

Data Plates and Vins; Part 3 What Does it Say?

Part 3: What Does it Say?
This is part three of a four part series written by guest author Bill Culp. All VINs used in these photos have been altered and do not show all numbers.

If you decipher the data provided by AMC and most other manufactures it will tell you the original color and interior [...]

Data Plates and VINs; Part 2 Altered Plates

Part 2: Altered Plates
This is the Second Part in a four part series contributed by guest author Bill Culp. All VINs used in these photos have been altered and do not show all numbers.
As the use of modified or switched data plates became more of a problem the use of rivets and vinyl decals became [...]

Data Plates and VINs

We are continuing with our new feature on the site with today’s Post. We are welcoming guest Articles from writers with interesting or informative articles they would like to share with the rest of us gear heads. If you have a technical article, a story about your first street race or a driving impression of the first [...]

Top Ten Car Crazy Symptoms

If you’re a fan of Car Crazy you know Barry Meguiar is always talking about being Car Crazy. Now Meguiar’s has posted the top ten ways to know if someone is certifiably Car Crazy. You can add your ideas if you like in our comments section below. Just so you know I qualify on large [...]

Collector Car Speed Freaks!

We recently did something we have never done before. We collect anything to do with cars and have a large collection of diecast but I have kind of burned out on those. I really like the highly detailed models but for the most part they are very pricey. I have been searching for a replacement [...]

Bobby Darin Di Dia 150

Back in the 50s and 60s there were a couple of young Hollywood entertainers that were the stars of young America. Bobby Darin and Sandra Dee were on top. Bobby Darin was an extremely talented singer and Sandra Dee was on the big screen.
At the time Hollywood was a meca for custom cars. It seems [...]

GM LaSabre Concept Car of 1951

Concept Cars from the Detroit Automakers have always been my biggest car related weakness. When I was a kid I could not wait for the annual big show in Des Moines where I could actually see hot rods, customs and the occasional concept car that had already been to the big shows and publicized in [...]

Smokey Yunick

There are a number of pages on our site devoted to the Legend of Smokey Yunick. We will continue to add pages and information as we find it and as we discover more of his cars and inventions. Today we just added a Feature Car page under Race Cars devoted to a couple of his [...]

Cars of Amelia Island Concours De’Elegance

Seeing the cars on the show field of Amelia Island Concours De’Elegance will take your breath away. Seeing these beautiful works of art start their engines and drive through the crowd is enough to make you act like a school kid!
Seldom have I been as excited at a car show as I was when the [...]

1969 Ford Talladeg and Mercury Cyclone Spoiler II Page

There are a lot of articles on this site about the 1969 Ford Talladega and Mercury Spoiler/Spoiler II. We love these cars and this year, for the first ever, a Talladega (and Mercury Spoiler II) Family Reunion will be held in conjunction with the Forge Muscle Car show. As a result we have added [...]

Ford Talladega and Spoiler II Family Reunion at Forge Muscle Car Show

If you are a regular reader of Legendary Collector Cars you already know that there is going to be one great event for all the Ford Talladega and Mercury Cyclone Sp0iler/Spoiler II cars this fall. On October 1 and 2 of 2010 we will have the first ever reunion of some of the rarest production [...]

Product Review: In-Car Video Camera

Are you as intrigued by the video cameras mounted inside race cars as I am. They can show the driver hard at work fighting the wheel or even show the car behind pounding on your rear bumper. Whether it is the local dirt track or NASCAR these images are captivating. Well, I [...]

Working With Smokey Yunick, Part 3

Some of the most visited pages on our site are those relating to Smokey Yunick. It seems everyone is interested in his Hot Vapor engine as well as the stories behind the man. He was a true inventor and built some controversial cars as well as some outstanding race cars. There are books and stories [...]

Working With Smokey Yunick, Part 2

Some of the most visited pages on our site are those relating to Smokey Yunick. It seems everyone is interested in his Hot Vapor engine as well as the stories behind the man. He was a true inventor and built some controversial cars as well as some outstanding race cars. There are books and stories [...]

Working With Smokey Yunick

Some of the most visited pages on our site are those relating to Smokey Yunick. It seems everyone is interested in his Hot Vapor engine as well as the stories behind the man. He was a true inventor and built some controversial cars as well as some outstanding race cars. There are books and stories [...]

Cars and Music

If you haven’t been paying attention we have been adding new stuff to the web site on a regular basis. This will continue! Not only are we adding new cars, new projects and new tours to shows we have added music videos!
What goes with fast cars better than great rock and roll and beautiful girls? [...]

Exotic Cars at Amelia Island

When you think of the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance you think of older perfectly restored exotic legendary collector cars. That is the focus without question but remember the people that own these cars are also likely to drive today’s equivalent. A look around the parking lots confirms this.

Take a look at these photos of what [...]

Update on Project AMX

Some of you have been asking about the 1969 Project AMX in our garage. The work has been going on at a slow but steady rate. Some of the car is in the body shop and some of it is in our shop and some of it is still on the way from suppliers.
I just [...]

Amelia Island Sporting Group Photos

We have just put up another batch of photos from Amelia Island. This is still just a small portion of what is to come but hope you enjoy them. These are the Sporting Cars including race cars and Motor Trend cover cars!
Click Here.

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Front Page Videos

Another new addition to our new web site is the car videos. We have previously explained the great new music video but don’t over look the ones down the page a little. We will also be posting new videos in this location once every week or two.
These videos may be found else where on our [...]

Collector Car Scams

Over the years we have purchased a lot of different cars for our own personal use. Some have been brand new off the show room floor, some were special orders to the factory and some have been private party purchases. It used to be if you wanted to buy a used car your best bet [...]

Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance; More Photos

We have posted some general photos from the Concours d’Elegance at Amelia Island. We will be posting hundreds of photos over an extended period of time but these will help show you what we have to share. The cars were beyond your imagination. There were concept cars, exotics, race cars, customs and one off homebuilts. [...]

Amelia Island Concours

We have just left the Amelia Island Concours and will be bringing you all the beautiful cars and warm weather we can pack into this page. The event was held March 12-14, 2010. We attended autograph sessions and seminars as will as the Concours.
We have nearly 1,000 excellent photos, videos and more that we are [...]

So You want to Buy a Collector Car! Part 5

We have begun another new feature on Legendary Collector Cars. We invite guest authors to submit their articles for publication in our Blog. Today’s contribution is from Bill Culp of Decatur, Alabama. If you would like to make a submission for consideration please send it to: Richard@LegendaryCollectorCars.com.

Part 5
Probably the last two areas to be concerned [...]

So You want to Buy a Collector Car! Part 4

We have begun another new feature on Legendary Collector Cars. We invite guest authors to submit their articles for publication in our Blog. Today’s contribution is from Bill Culp of Decatur, Alabama. If you would like to make a submission for consideration please send it to: Richard@LegendaryCollectorCars.com.

Part 4
Even with a favorable appraisal performed by you, [...]

So You want to Buy a Collector Car! Part 3

We have begun another new feature on Legendary Collector Cars. We invite guest authors to submit their articles for publication in our Blog. Today’s contribution is from Bill Culp of Decatur, Alabama. If you would like to make a submission for consideration please send it to: Richard@LegendaryCollectorCars.com.
Part 3

Value can be determined by Internet searches, E-Bay [...]

So You want to Buy a Collector Car! Part 2

We have begun another new feature on Legendary Collector Cars. We invite guest authors to submit their articles for publication in our Blog. Today’s contribution is from Bill Culp of Decatur, Alabama. If you would like to make a submission for consideration please send it to: Richard@LegendaryCollectorCars.com.

Part 2
Speaking of value, I find that I have [...]

So You want to Buy a Collector Car!

We have begun another new feature on Legendary Collector Cars. We invite guest authors to submit their articles for publication in our Blog. Today’s contribution is from Bill Culp of Decatur, Alabama. If you would like to make a submission for consideration please send it to: Richard@Legendary CollectorCars.com.
Part 1
I have purchased a few old collector [...]

Data Plates and VINs; Part 2 Altered Plates

Part 2: Altered Plates
This is the Second Part in a four part series contributed by guest author Bill Culp. All VINs used in these photos have been altered and do not show all numbers.
As the use of modified or switched data plates became more of a problem the use of rivets and vinyl decals became [...]

In Car Video Camera

I, like most guys, am a sucker for new toys! I just received a new in-car on-car camera system from Hoyt Technologies. We have not put it to heavy duty use yet but have had lots of fun playing with it.
This is the same kind of camera you see mounted to race cars and police [...]

Barn Find AMX restoration is on schedule!

If you have been following the progress on our Barn Find AMX you know we haven’t told you much lately. That is because we have been in the garage working! We are on track for having the car ready for the first big show in Nashville this spring. We hope to unveil the little red [...]

Trans Am Racing Series History on DVD

When you think of watching a DVD you usually don’t think of history or cars. However, I have a DVD for you that will make you want to delay that trip out to the garage. You will want to sit down in front of the flat screen and pop this sucker into the DVD player [...]

New Barn Finds

We were out this past weekend enjoying a brief taste of spring and came across some more “Barn Finds”. Unfortunately, these were more “Pasture Finds” and not as well preserved as true Barn Finds. Some of these are too far gone to be salvaged but others still may find there way to be included in [...]

1967 Mustang Fastback Restoration Update

The day we have been waiting for has finally arrived. We have actually started doing improvements to our 1967 Mustang Fastback. You can see the repairs to the rear of our Project Car by Clicking Here.
The next step is to align some doors and fenders and rehang the new front bumper etc. Whatch for this [...]

Banjo Matthews Prototype Ford Talladega to appear at Forge Muscle Car Show

The “Banjo Mathews Prototype Ford Talladega” will be at the Talladega Reunion in the Forge Muscle Car Show this coming October 1 and 2 in Kingsport, Tennessee. This is only one of the very rare Ford Talladegas that will be featured at this show.
This car has been unseen for decades and is now undergoing a [...]

1967 Mustang Fastback Restoration

This is our 1967 Mustang Fastback that appeared in the Gloriana Music Video before my children all left their driver’s training wheel scars on it!. Back in 1990 this is what the car looked like. Today, it has many more dents and the paint is faded down to the primer. However, we are now into [...]

Lowering your car the hard way!

In 1969 Ford wanted to lower its Talladega and Mercury Cyclone Spoiler II race cars so they would corner better and have less aerodynamic drag. However, NASCAR had strict rules about how low the car could be. The officials measured from the bottom of the rocker panel to the race track surface. The light bulb [...]

Another GT 500?

Over the last year or so we came across the 1968 Mercury Cyclone GT 500. Not a GT; a GT 500. It is a very rare specimen and you would walk right by most any car you would see thinking it is just another Cyclone GT. You can read all about what we have found [...]

Ford Talladeg 1969 News Article

Talladega guru, Rich Ochs sent me an interesting article from back in the day on the “New Model T Ford”. It is about the Talladega! The article is dated April of 1969 and the cars were only weeks old at that point. It even contains a photo of one of the prototype cars.
As with most [...]

Update of Site

We are in the process of our second and most extensive revisions to our site. There may be times when the site is down or doesn’t work quite right; hang in there we are making huge changes to make your visit to our site more rewarding and more fun. We have an entirely new Theme [...]

Detailing the Past

When I was a youngster there were no video games or computers. When school let out it was either a pinball machine or model cars that filled my evening. That is until I discovered girls! Once I aged sufficiently I was able to advance into real cars and real girls!
Back to when I was younger, [...]

Another Great Private Car Collection

There has been an email going to car buffs for sometime now about a private collection of Chevrolet Convertibles in Ankeny, Iowa. Well, now you have an opportunity to see for yourself.

This collector has one of every Chevrolet Convertible ever built up to 1975. If you want to see more, CLICK HERE.

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Pertronix Ignitor III Distributor

If you have been following our 1969 AMX Barn Find Project Car you will be interested to know that the engine is out to the machine shop and the car is out to the paint shop getting the engine compartment painted. We are excited about the new ignition system we will be installing in our [...]

Show Car for Go! The Ultimate Street Car!

There is always the debate to show or go. Well, here are some guys who show but really put the go into there machines. These are fast and safe. Let this be an inspiration to anyone building a car for the street. Do it right!

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Ford Talladega Family Reunion at the Forge Muscle Car Show

Once in a lifetime opportunity if you love Fords or just enjoy rare cars!
Several of us are working with Tim Lapata and his Forge Muscle Car Show to put on a very special “Family Reunion” for the Ford Talladega at this fall’s Forge Muscle Car Show. There will be an indoor show with a portion [...]

The Easy Off Challenge: How to Clean the Underside of Your Car!

Project AMX Barn Find got its bottom scrubbed!
We are trying to get the AMX Barn Find ready for its new engine. The first step is to clean and paint the engine bay but thought we should also do a little detail work on the underside. It was decided to also make this a Product Review [...]

Corvette Damage at Russo Steele in Phoenix

Here is one example of the “minor” damage at Russo Steele Auction. Look closely at photo.

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Russo and Steele Tent Collapse

This is what our friends in the Collector Car Hobby were dealing with at Russo and Steele in Phoenix on Friday.
Could this happen to you? Think twice.
Very glad no one was seriously injured and the cars can be repaired. We have all seen similar things happen at a smaller scale at car shows when the [...]

Russo-Steele Disastor in Phoenix!

This is a terrible situation, my thoughts and prayers go out to all who had cars at the auction and those of you attending.

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Larry Shinoda

Brand Loyalty or Bigotry?
In our last post we raised the question is Brand Loyalty Bigotry. There are lots of examples of people going overboard thinking their brand of car is the only one worth driving and all the rest are just stupid, dangerous, slow junk! Well, maybe these folks should do a little thinking about [...]

Brand Loyalty or Bigotry?

Is Brand Loyalty Important?
Are you a die hard Chevrolet person? Are you one of those people who bleed blue oval blood or would you rather push your MOPAR than drive either a Chevy or a Ford. I can appreciate these feelings but can’t quite understand them. Personally, I love cars; if its got 4 wheels [...]

The Aero Cars arrive at Daytona; 1969

If you are too young to have seen the 1969 Ford Talladega, Mercury Cyclone Spoiler II or Dodge Charger 500 show up for the Daytona 500 or if your are too old to remember then this video is for you!
You will see all the familiar faces and some great old race cars. This is when [...]

1969 Trans Am Racing

I found this video and it brought make some great memories. It depicts the 1969 Trans Am racing series. Better yet, it gives wonderful insight into the entire life style of the late 60s and early 70s.
You will see some of your favorite pony/muscle cars doing four wheel drifts on the track, girls in bell [...]

Studebaker; Subculture or Life Style?

In my last post I talked about the love of a Studebaker and how the brand was and is under appreciated. However, Studebakers also have a strong following and each car has a unique story that goes with it.
Well, I got an email from Mike at Mikes-Show and Shine telling me about a post he did on [...]

Studebaker Silver Hawk; an early Mustang?

Earlier we gave you our pick for the Top 10 Collector Cars for 2010-2020 and that got me to thinking about some of the other cars that might be of interest to collectors but not on the top 10 list.
Back in my college days I had no money but had a real love of cars. [...]

Top 10 Collector Cars for 2010-2020

Do you remember all the squawk over the New Millennium back in 1999? It seemed no one believed the World would survive the changing of our calendars to the year 2000. All of our computers were predicted to spit up little micro chips and die; airplanes were going to fall out of the sky and our [...]

Stones River Battlefield

We live in the City of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, home of the Stones River Civil War Battlefield. As we begin this new year and new decade take one brief minute to remember the trials and tribulations that make it possible for us to live the lives we do. We, as citizens of this great Country, may [...]

1968 Mercury Cyclone GT 500 proof?

If you are a regular visitor to this site you already know of our interest in chasing down rare and forgotten muscle cars. One of our biggest searches deals with the 1968 Mercury Cyclone GT 500 of which only 60 were manufactured. The documentation and historical data on these cars is scant at best.
John Drilling [...]

More Barn Finds

I am amazed every time a new Barn Find shows up. I just recently received some photos of a find that makes all others seem like mere used car lots.
How would you like to stumble into a backyard with two old Mustangs under car covers. They have been sitting there for over 30 years? Now [...]

New Project Car; Shelby Mustang

This is not one of ours but it is a start to finish project that I thought you would like to see. This one is out of the Pony Performance shop in Norway! It is a full-on, what we would call a, Pro-Touring car. It is a clone of a Shelby Convertible but much, much [...]

Motion Performance; Tales of a Muscle Car Builder

Motorbooks with author Martyn L. Schorr has done it again. They have taken us back to the glory days of Muscle Cars in America. They tell us about the the American Dream of living your dream and they tell us about loosing that dream.

Motion Performance is a very well know quantity to anyone into muscle [...]

Ford Talladega Signature Car; Bill France prototype

In 1969 Bill France was NASCAR and Ford was after the Manufacturers’ Championship. They had been working all winter on a super speedway killer car, one that would be aerodynamic and dominate the high banks of Daytona and the new Talladega track. Nine  Ford Talladega prototypes were built to test the cars potential. It was [...]

Boskovich Collection; Boss 429 Mustangs and much more

I recently had an invitation to tour a portion of the Boskovich Car Collection. If was like no other experience. It is likely that most of you have heard of Pop’s Toy that terrorized Van Nuys Boulevard back in the late 60s and early 70s. If not, CLICK HERE for the story.

Pops was a hard [...]

New AMX Project Car added to Garage

We have added a new Project AMX to our garage. It replaces the previous car which has since been sold to a new owner who will be completing it. We had the opportunity to pick up an excellent Barn Find but had to move one of our Project Cars out to make room for the [...]

Cars of Norway

We have visitors to our site from all over the World on a daily basis. Every once in a while one of them will send an email with a question or a comment. We have even had readers from New Zealand stop by our garage during their visit to the States this year.
Regular reader Kjell [...]

How to Meet New Friends and Get a Free Meal at Sonic

By: Richard Fleener

While we were at the Aero Car Reunion in Alexander City we saw a lot of old friends and met lots of new ones. One such meeting was way more entertaining than the others.
Katrina and I went to the Sonic next to Tim Wellborn’s Muscle Car Museum for lunch one day. Because all [...]

Boss Nine Ford Talladega BURNOUT

We usually don’t get into posting Bunouts but we decided to make an exception to see what you think. Here is the same Ford Talladega that is posted on our Feature Car page doing a burnout.

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Benny Parsons Boss 429 Talladega Tribute Car

This is a car that has been on the site in our Feature Car section for almost a year now but we just added some updated photos and information. This is one of the nicest and wildest 1969 Ford Talladega cars you will ever find. I won’t repeat the story you can visit our page [...]

Barn Find page updated

We have had a very productive November from a Barn Find perspective. Not only did we find a bunch of different cars out in the woods but we even found a high quality Barn Find in a Barn that we purchased and hope to have on the road by spring.

If you like to look at [...]

Gloriana Wins AMA Breakthrough Artist of the Year 2009 Award!

By: Richard Fleener
Remember when I was so excited about our Project Mustang on our Project Car page being selected to appear in the Music Video for Gloriana? Well, they just won the American Music Awards Breakthrough Artist of the Year Award! The music video is currently in the GAC top 20 and who knows where [...]

NASCAR Plymouth Supberbird, Ramo Stott

The Plymouth Superbird is a car you will never forget once you see it. If you ever saw it on the race track there was nothing like it…well, other than the Dodge Daytona! Even when it was on the smaller ovals out in the Midwest in 1970-71 it was a site to behold.
Ramo Stott owned [...]

Ford King Cobra and Mercury Cyclone Spoiler II; Ford Prototypes for NASCAR

If you ever wonder what might have been when it comes to cars from the factory; we just added two cars to our Feature Car pages that you will want to check out. The first is the 1970 Ford King Cobra. It is a wild and fast 1970 Ford Torino prototype that was to be [...]

Aero Cars on Track at Talladega

By: Richard Fleener

This is the last post on the 40th Reunion of the Aero Warriors at the Talladega Super Speedway. The Dodge Daytons, Plymouth Superbirds, Ford Talladegas, Charger 500s and Mercury Cyclone Spoiler IIs all got their chance to recreate that magical time back in 1969 when Stock Cars were Stock Cars and race drives [...]

Wellborn Muscle Car Museum

By: Richard Fleener

We try to check out car museums when ever and where ever we find them. The smaller ones are often little more than a few poorly restored oddball cars displayed in a dusty environment. When we visit the bigger and better venues it is a real treat.
A new museum will be opening after [...]

Daytona Superbird Auto Club Halloween Party 2009 at Wellborn Muscle Car Museum

Halloween is a unique time of year but if you want to see want Muscle Car folks do on such a holiday check out the recent Halloween Party at the Wellborn Muscle Car Museum in Alexandria City Alabama. This was all part of the 40 Anniversary of the NASCAR Aero Wars at the Talladega Speedway.
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Barn Find, No! Parking Lot Find!

By: Richard Fleener
We all have that dream of finding the rare winged Dodge Daytona in a barn covered in dust but otherwise prisitne. It may be just like one we saw fishtail away from a stop light in a street race late one night when we were out cruiseing with a bunch of buddies or [...]

Tim and Pam Wellborn’s Russwood Estate Aero Car Show!

By: Richard Fleener
When Tim and Pam Wellborn invite car folks over for a visit they know how to do it right! During the 2009 Aero Car Reunion these Mopar collectors made even us humble Ford collectors feel special. The Wellborn Estate, known as Russwood, is a treasure in its own right but when you add [...]

Sonic Drive-in Muscle Car Heaven

By: Richard Fleener

Can you imagine pulling into your local Sonic drive-in and finding a row of 1969/70 aero muscle cars sitting there? How about two 1969 Dodge Daytons, a 1969 Dodge 500, a 1969 Ford Talladega and a 1970 Plymouth Superbird all in a row plus multiple more Daytonas, Superbirds, and Mercury Cyclone Spoiler IIs [...]

Dodge Daytona and Plymouth Superbird Club at Talladega 40th Reunion

By: Richard Fleener

Katrina and I just returned from four fabulous days of playing with our Ford Talladega and a bunch of terrific Mopar and Blue Oval folks at Talladega! We have a long list of stories to tell and nearly a 1,000 photos plus videos to sort through.
We will be posting stories, Feature Cars and [...]

Art of the Muscle Car

This book just hit the shelves and if you don’t hurry it will be gone and unavailable for Christmas. This is another Motorbook coffee table book you must have if you have ever thought of owning a Muscle Car. It is a master piece of photography and turns are dreams into cars to lust over.

There [...]

Talladega Super Speedway Aero Car Reunion

By: Richard Fleener

We are off to the 40th Reunion of the NASCAR Aero cars this weekend at the Talladega Super Speedway. This reunion is only held once every five years at the Speedway. It is a great group of people who all love the Aero cars. Most don’t care if you own a Blue Oval [...]

Rat Rod Photos

By: Richard Fleener
Rat Rods continue to grow in popularity. They range from old beater 50’s machines in a combination of primer and rust to miscellaneous parts scavenged from a junk yard to make a vehicle for cheap. Others are highly engineered and mechanically advanced with suade paint jobs. Still others are pure rust buckets that [...]

Middle Tennessee State University Homecoming Parade 2009

By: Richard Fleener
Katrina and I like doing things in our local community so today we braved the cold weather and a lot of well lubricated college students to drive the MTSU Homecoming Queen and the MTSU Blue Raiders Queen in the Homecoming Parade in our 1965 Thunderbird.
It is always fun to support such events and [...]

1966 Mustang Shelby GT 350 Clone Project Car

By: Richard Fleener
You like Project Cars so we decided to pull one out from  the past and replay it for you. We have also been talking Mustangs a lot lately so why not keep it going? We just posted a Project Mustang that was completed sometime ago. We no longer have it; someone in Japan [...]

Hot Rod Tour to SEMA with Rolling Bones

We just received the following information from Motorbooks and thought you might be interested.
Rolling Bones, one of the nations best-known hot rod shops, is teaming up with Motorbooks and rodders across the country on an adventure to SEMA! Ken Schmidt and Keith Cornell (aka Rolling Bones) will drive their 1932 Ford Three Window Coupe from [...]

How Far Do You Want to Go?

By: Richard Fleener
The new music video from Gloriana, “How Far Do You Want to Go?” has just been released. This is the one that features our 1967 Mustang Fastback. The song is terrific and we have been listening to it for sometime now. We really like the band and they have been nominated for Breakthrough [...]

Gloriana Video Behind the Scenes; See our Mustang Fastback!

By: Richard Fleener
It’s almost here! The new Gloriana single “How Far Do You Want To Go” Music Video will be released on Monday October 19, 2009 but we have a behind the scenes peek for you. We had a blast providing our 1967 Fastback for this shoot and we are very impressed with this new [...]

Book Review on Automotive Trim Repair

If you want to make your car stand out at a car show you have to have the details right. It doesn’t matter if you have a $20,000 paint job if the chrome is old or the trim around the windshield is dented. Not only are the small parts typically very hard to find but [...]