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Jeff Gordon “Test Drives” a Camaro

Jeff Gordon “Test Drives” a Camaro

In the past I have not been a big fan of NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon. He always seemed a bit, how do I say it? Wimpy and whinny. That was until I saw this video of him taking a test drive in a used Camaro. He did what most of us have wanted to do forever. However, [...]

2012 Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals Photos

2012 Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals Photos

Linda Vaughn and First Production Talladega I just returned from what had to be one of the best Car Shows I have ever attended. Unfortunately, Katrina could not make this show since she is recuperating from hip surgery but wants everyone to know she won’t miss another one. To start with the Muscle Car and [...]

Trans Am Racing

Trans Am Racing

The Trans Am racing series from the late 60s and early 70s featured the new Pony cars that were just hitting the market back then. This included the Mustang, Camaro, Barracuda, Challenger and Javelin. There were a few others such as Porsche and the ocassional Firebird. These were the cars designed for the young and [...]

Baldwin-Motion Fantastic Five

Baldwin-Motion Fantastic Five

RETURN OF THE FANTASTIC FIVE: MODERN MUSCLE CARS WITH LEGENDARY HERITAGE! Baldwin-Motion’s Joel Rosen partners with DeNooyer Chevrolet’s Performance Division and Redline Motorsports to build and market 2011 MOTION 427 and 454 Camaros. More than 40 years ago Joel “Mr. Motion” Rosen, a young Brooklyn dyno-tuner, hot rodder, street racer and national record holding drag [...]

1969 Trans Am Racing

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 [...]

Top 10 Collector Cars for 2010-2020

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 [...]

1969 Yenko Camaro Dragster, Cliff Ernst Collection

1969 Yenko Camaro Dragster, Cliff Ernst Collection

We all know how special the 1969 Camaro is. Seems like it is the stand out favorite of most collectors and car geeks of all kinds. On top of the regular Camaro stands the ultra rare COPO cars. You know the ones. The ones, you go into the dealer and give him the magic hand [...]

1969 427 ZL1 COPO Camaro Video

Here is one of those cars you just love to hear run but never ever get to. Now you can anytime you want to, just come back here and listen. What is it? This is a 1969 427 ZL-1 COPO Camaro from the Ciff Ernst Collection. You can see the complete collection on our Museum [...]

Muscle Car Book Review: Camaro Forty Years

Muscle Car Book Review: Camaro Forty Years

Motorbooks has published a great book by Darwin Holmstrom titled Camaro Forty Years. It is a combination coffee table book with wonderful David Newhardt photos with great historical info on the Camaro. Some call the Camaro a Pony Car but it is a Muscle Car in the right trim levels. Although most of us will [...]

Muscle Car Book Review: Camaro Restoration Guide

Trust me, when you purchase a restoration guide do not sit down in front of fire in the fireplace on a cold winter evening. It works faster than a speeding sleeping pill. This guide is one of the better ones I have read. It still isn’t something you pick up to escape from reality but [...]

Lane Motor Museum; Need a Smaller Car for Great Gas Mileage? Check these out!

Lane Motor Museum; Need a Smaller Car for Great Gas Mileage? Check these out!

So you have had enough and you are going to trade the SUV in for a new small car? Had enough of the 10 mph on your Muscle Car? Think going to the river with your boat requires a second or third mortgage on the house? Want to give the gas station attendant the finger? [...]

Want your car on TV or in a Magazine?

Want your car on TV or in a Magazine?

Behind the Scenes on TV; how do you get your car on TV? You love cars, you think yours is one of the best and you want to see it in a magazine or on TV, right? If you love your car you have that dream. When I was in high school I would sketch [...]

Welcome Legendary Collector Cars Blog

Welcome Legendary Collector Cars Blog

Legendary Collector Cars are not made in a factory, they are made on the street, at the racetracks and at car shows. They can be Muscle Cars, Sports Cars, Hot Rods, Rat Rods, Classic Cars, Antique Cars, Collector Cars or any other car you love. This page is about our Legends and about making your [...]