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1970 Trans Am Racing
Back in 1966 until 1972 NASCAR was challenged as America’s favorite form of racing. Arguably the Trans Am Series, in…
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Trans Am History
Trans Am racing, at one time was one of the most popular racing series in the Country. NASCAR was big…
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Prototype Trans Am Cars
The 2014 Muscle Car And Corvette Nationals had two of the Trans Am pony car Prototypes on display. These are…
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Trans Am Racing
The Trans Am racing series from the late 60s and early 70s featured the new Pony cars that were just…
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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…
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1969 Trans Am Racing
I found this video and it brought make some great memories. It depicts the 1969 Trans Am racing series. Better…
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1970 Chevelle vs 1970 Camaro
Comparing the 1970 Chevy Chevelle SS and the 1970 Chevy Camaro Z28 Here at Legendary Collector Cars we like to…
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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…
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AMC AMX/3 Prototype
1969 AMC AMX If you are a die-hard Ford Chevy or MOPAR fan you may not give much attention to…
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Very First Camaro
What do you imagine the very first Camaro would be? Would it be a convertible? Maybe an SS or Z28?…
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American History on Wheels
There are times when a car or truck comes along that just blows my mind. There are car builders that…
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Corvette: America’s Star Spangled Sports Car
BOOK REVIEW BY: Wallace Wyss Corvette: America’s Star Spangled Sports Car by Karl Ludvigsen There are lots of car history…
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Saint Louis Museum of Transportaion
We have had a number of people tell us the Saint Louis Museum of Transportation is not to be missed and…
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Cars are more than Transportation
To most of us our cars are an extension of our family. They are a source of memories past and a…
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Joel “Mr. Motion” Rosen gets his Motion Phase III Camaro!
Joel Rosen, left, Howard Tanner After the announcement on the new 2011 Joel “Mr. Motion” Rosen Phase III Camaro I…
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Willys Dream Becomes a Reality
This story was provided by Dave Semel with photos by Mike Hacker; Story edited by Richard Fleener. Back in the…
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1954 Oldsmobile F88 GM Motorama Concept Car
Before there was a Corvette in 1953 there was the GM Motorama show that toured the Country. It was full…
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Talladega Family Reunion Show Report
By: Richard Fleener From left to right: Last Talladega, First Production Talladega, Banjo Prototype Talladega Katrina and I just returned…
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Help us Build a Rat Rod! (not a barn find; it came out of a pasture)
Could this become a Rat Rod? If you are a regular visitor to our site you have probably guessed that…
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Transporting a Prized Muscle Car
As you most likely have guessed from the looks of this site, I am a car collector. I recently purchased…
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Project Barn Find AMX
If you are a regular reader at this site you already know about our Barn Find AMX turned Project Car.…
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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…
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Project Car Barn Find AMX Update
We have been working hard on the Barn Find AMX but still have a long way to go. This week…
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There are collections of cars all over this Country that contain outstanding examples of what we car junkies lust over.…
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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…
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Muscle Car And Corvette Nationals
My wife and I recently returned from the 2019 MCACN car show in Chicago. We were displaying our 1969 Ford…
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Vintage Race Cars
Today it appears that more and more race fans are looking for an alternative to NASCAR. For many of us…
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NHRA Museum, August 2018 Part 2
This is our second article, Part 2 on the Pomona Wally Parks NHRA Museum visit in August 2018. For Part…
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Technology & Maritime Museum Malmo Sweden
My wife and I can both be considered diehard gearheads. Where ever we go, eventually we will discover a car…
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Cheetah Sports Racer
At the 2016 Road Atlanta Walter Mitty Historic Races I saw a number of cars that brought back fond memories…
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2016 Walter Mitty Historic Races at Road Atlanta
My wife and I just got back from a very fun and relaxing week end at Road Atlanta. Unlike Nascar,…
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A Vintage Race Special
The 1969 Boss 302 Factory Race Car That Wasn’t Factory (But Hey, it was still a genuine Boss….) A guest…
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Our Pick for the Top Ten Muscle Cars for 2012
In 2010 we did our pick of the Top Ten Collector Cars for the new decade 2010-2020. We thought it…
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King of the Road; Could this sell a Prius?
I would like to see Toyota try to sell a Prius with a video like this! On the second thought,…
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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…
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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…
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Pontiac’s Great One
On the day I received this book it was the day GM announced the pending death of Pontiac. Over the…
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1967 Mustang Fastback Project Car, HELP
We have a 1967 Mustang fastback with factory air, 289 and C4 automatic. I have owned this car since the…
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1969 Cyclone Dan Gurney Spoiler SCJ
This is an article about a very special car, a great friend, and a fantastic restoration. Thank you to Al…
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Cruisin’ the Coast Auction
VICARI’S 26TH ANNUAL BILOXI COLLECTOR CAR AUCTION SET FOR OCTOBER 4-7 DURING MISSISSIPPI’S CRUISIN’ THE COAST® HARVEY, LA -Vicari Auctions…
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1969 Barn Find Survivor Project Car Part 1
There are all kinds of barn finds and project cars. Some are just old and neglected while others have sat…
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1957 Aurora Prototype
One of our local car clubs recently had a driving tour to visit the Lane Motor Museum in Nashville TN.…
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Bobby Darin’s DiDia 150
Bobby Darin was an unbelievable musical talent that died well before his time. This is the car he loved. It…
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Top 10 Affordable Project Cars; June Car Craft Magazine
Recently, I was looking back over some old posts from this web site. I was shocked at one that caught…
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The Honda S2000 is an Ideal Collectible: Here’s Why
This article provided by DriveMarketingOnline.com with editing by LegendaryCollectorCars.com The collective car market is changing. No longer is it strictly…
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Motion Performance Mustang!
There was a time when you could not pick up a magazine without seeing an image of a Motion Performance…
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Looking for a rare car?
Note the Talladega factory built extended aerodynamic front end with the extended front fenders, custom front bumper and special flush…
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Holman Moody 1964 Galaxie; Part 4 Conclusion
This is the last of a multi-part series on the history and reconstruction of an important Holman-Moody stock car. John…
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Holman Moody 64 Galaxie: Part 3
This started out a few months ago as a post on “What Are You Working On?”. Since then, John Craft…
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1964 Ford Holman Moody Galaxie: Part 2
This started out as a post on “What Are You Working On?”. Since then John Craft has finished his project…
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Holman-Moody 1964 Ford Galaxie Race Car: Part 1
This is the first of a multi-part series on the history and reconstruction of an important Holman-Moody stock car. John…
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The Car Mercury Should Have Built!
I have seen renderings of people putting a fastback roof on early Cougars. Mustang fastbacks are substantially more desirable than…
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Indy 500 Museum, 100th Anniversary Winning Cars
This week in 2020 the Indy 500 is happening but it is not Memorial Day! The COVID-19 has turned our…
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1955 Nardi Blue Ray I
I always marvel when I look back at coachbuilt and concept cars from the 50s. Although I was there in…
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1967 Corvette 427 Sting Ray Coupe
The history and life of Corvettes have evolved into a series of generations. C-1 is the designation for the first…
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1966 Ford Fairlane GT-X
Whatever year you attend the Muscle Car And Corvette Nationals (MCACN) in Chicago each year you will likely see a…
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Blackhawk Museum
The Blackhawk has been around for over 30 years. It presents and displays historically significant and artistically inspired automobiles from…
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New C8 Corvette! Remember the fuss when the C5 Corvette was new? Part 2
Today, we continue with Part 2 of the C-5 Corvette story. As we recap the experience of ordering a C5…
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Don Nicholson Mustang 428 Cobra Jet
The 428 Cobra Jet was born of Bob Tasca’s desire to win. Bob Tasca’s Ford dealership in Providence (now Tasca…
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1963 Chrysler Turbine Car
The 1962 Chrysler Turbine Car is one of those very rare Prototypes that was actually a fully operational car. Not…
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Buying your first Car or considering a Collector Car?
Portions of this article were originally published at HiCharlie.com“. Buying your first car is likely the second biggest purchase a…
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Aero Cars Return to Talladega Speedway
One of the reasons we started this site nearly ten years ago was to find ways to have more fun…
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Dangers of Collector Car Restoration
This article was provided to us as a public service to our readers. Please read carefully and make sure to…
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1954 Oldsmobile Concept Sports Car (Olds Corvette?)
Before there was a Corvette in 1953 there was the GM Autorama show that toured the Country. It was full…
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NASCAR Legend You Should Know
I recently picked up a new paperback book that has just been released by Waldorf Publishing and authored by Brock…
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Art of the Muscle Car Photo Shoot
It does not seem possible but it has been ten years sine Peter Harholdt visited our garage and did a…
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Mustang Boss 302 and Ford Talladega SOLD
THE BOSS IS SOLD AND THE TALLADEGA IS NO LONGER FOR SALE. Here are two iconic and rare Ford muscle…
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Looking for a Collector Car?
Changes in the Collector Car Market: In recent years the collector car market seems to have made a few twist…
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What Are You Working On? 1935 Bugatti T57 Stelvio
In early 2016 we did an article on Chalfant Motor Company since that time James (Jim) Hery has continued to use…
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1940 Chrysler; Worlds Fair Car?
The cars are cool but it is the stories and documentation that makes them really interesting. There are still cars…
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Automotive Art Collection
We have a wide variety of automotive art in our home and man cave. Some of it is because it…
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The Cars of Harley Earl
BOOK REVIEW: The Cars of Harley Earl Author: David W. Temple Publisher: Car Tech Publishing Binding; Hardbound ISBN-10: 161325234X ISBN-13: 978-1613252345…
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PROTECT RARE VEHICLES WITH HAND-CUT XPEL ULTIMATE FILM
I have not had any experience with this product but it looks like just what I have been waiting for!…
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Fixer Upper GTO: Part 4, the Cost
This is the last Post on our 2004 Fixer Upper Pontiac GTO. We told you previously about what we started…
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Fixer Upper GTO: Part 3, the Reveal.
After sourcing all the parts for our 2004 GTO Fixer Upper she was sent off to a local body shop…
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Fixer Upper GTO: Part 2
Our 2004 Pontiac GTO Fixer Upper project is moving vary rapidly. The first order of business was to replace a…
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Was Your 2015 Collector Car Purchase a Good One?
The collector car market has had its ups and downs over the past few years. Some of the cars have…
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Fixer Upper
We are going to start a new series of posts here on www.LegendaryCollectorCars.com called Fixer Upper. Although I love the…
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1969 Dodge Daytona Wind Tunnel Model
In the early part of 1969 Ford took its new 1969 Ford Talladega to the Nascar Superspeedway at Daytona and…
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Original 1966 Mustang Fastback
We always appreciate receiving information and photos on special cars. We can’t use them all but we do try to…
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Collector Car Auction
Most likely you are like a lot of gearheads you have watched hours and hours of collector car auctions on…
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Follow up to Update on Cyclone GT 500
In our last Post we tried to give you the most recent information on the 1968 Mercury Cyclone GT 500…
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Mercury Cyclone GT 500 Delivered at Atlanta 500
It was February of 1968 at the Daytona 500 and Cale Yarborough won the race and Ford team mate Lee…
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Aero Car Values
Since we just got through the first round of the Collector Car Auction Season I thought it might be good…
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A Fourth of July to Remember
The Fourth of July, to me, usually means some find of car activity and watching what will always be the…
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The Disappearing Shelby
Was it destroyed long ago? This is a guest Post by one of our regulars Wallace Wyss. There are…
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Helping You Purchase Your Collector Car
There is one thing that prevents many of us from purchasing that Legendary Collector Car of our dreams…MONEY. Until recently…
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1954 Fuel Delivery Tanker For Sale
We purchased this 1954 GMC Fuel Tanker last summer at auction with high hopes of starting a restoration on it.…
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1969 Dodge Daytona Project Car; Project Nuremberg Daytona, Part 8
In Part 7 we told you how our Project Nuremberg Daytona left Creative Industries and today in Part 8 we…
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1969 Dodge Nuremberg Daytona Project Car Part-7
This is Part 7 of the story on our new 1969 Dodge Charger Nuremberg Daytona Project Car. In future Parts…
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1969 Dodge Charger Nuremberg Daytona Project Car – Part 6
This is Part 6 of the story on our new 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona Project Car. In this Part we…
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1969 Dodge Charger Nuremberg Daytona Project Car – Part 5
This is Part 5 of the story on our new 1969 Dodge Charger Nuremberg Daytona Project Car. In future Parts,…
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1969 Dodge Charger Nuremberg Daytona Project Car – Part 4
This is Part 4 of the story of our new 1969 Dodge Charger Nuremberg Daytona Project Car. In future Parts,…
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1969 Dodge Charger Nuremberg Daytona Project Car – Part 3
This is Part 3 of the story on our new 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona Project Car. In future Parts we…
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Tracking down a 1969 Ford Talladega Drag Car Part-3
When we left off last time we told you the history as we have it regarding the Skip Mac Farland…
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Tracking down a lost 1969 Ford Talladega-Part 1
Because we have so many pages of information devoted to the Talladega and Spoiler II cars we have developed an…
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Poject Cougar Update
We are trying real hard to get the Project Cougar finished up in the next couple of weeks. We have…
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1967 Dodge Coronet; Project Frankenstien
Approximately one year ago I started on a project that had been in the back of my head of sometime. I wanted to…
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1969 Mercury Cougar XR7 Project Car
We have not been the best about keeping you up to date on all of our Project Cars. Unfortunately, as…
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Barn Find?
I am not sure if this car was found in a barn or not. However, I do know that it was…
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I Gotsta to Get Paid – ZZ Top
We recently attended a ZZ Top concert and enjoyed it from beginning to end. It was full of car related…
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New Project Car
Doing a Project Cars is one of the things we have the most fun with on this site. We just…
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Checkers Rat Rod
Rat Rods are like ice cream they come in all flavors and sizes. I find them to be of interest…
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Project “Bulls Eye” 1963 Dodge Dart GT; Part 3
We have started on Project Bulls Eye and so far so good. I called around to some friends and found…
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Henry Ford Museum
Katrina and I have been on the road recently and visited some of the most impressive car museums in the…
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2012 Bristol Speedway Aero Car Show
We just returned from the March 2012 NASCAR Race in Bristol TN. It was a wet but wonderful weekend…
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Darrell Waltrip Diecast 1971 NASCAR Mercury Cyclone
Here is another outstanding diecast for your collection. This one also comes with or without the driver’s autograph and certificate…
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What Are You Working On? 1971 Pinto 8.75 E. T. at 154 MPH
Not often we get two great “What are you working on?” contributions at the same time, both Fords, both black…
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What are your working on? 1967 Ford Fairlane GTA Convertible
We keep you posted on our Project Cars but there is a lot more going on out there. We like…
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What Are You Working On?
I know most of you have some project underway, just finished one or are about to start a new one.…
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Collector Car Pileup
The next time you are out with your collector car and feel the need to do a burnout or accelerate…
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1968 Mercury Cougar GT 500
We are often contacted by individuals wanting assistance in locating or selling very rare cars. We also obtain a great…
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Barn Finds Found
We all dream of finding a barn out in the country full of rare old cars. I have been more…
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Ford’s Better Idea; Stop-Start Technology?
It is rumored that in 2112 Ford will equip many of its U.S. cars and SUVs with stop-start technology. What…
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1969 Mustang Mach 1 Custom by Larry Payne
Very seldom do I walk into a car show and instantly fall in love with a car. Of course there…
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1969 Ford Talladega; Overview
If you are going to the Forge Muscle Car Show on Oct. 1 and 2 in Kingsport, TN then you…
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1969 Mercury Cyclone Spoiler II Overview
As you know, the Ford Talladega Family Reunion being held in conjunction with the Forge Muscle Car show in Kingsport…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Four Post Lift Arrives
The day we have been waiting for has arrived; our new four post lift is here. I went to the…
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Moving Cars-Continued
In the last post we told you a little about ourselves and the move from Southern California to Tennessee. Now…
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Muscle Car Book; A Photo Shoot
PHOTO SHOOT I recently received a phone call from a representative of Motorbooks about photographing some of our cars for…
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1969 Dodge Daytona, pick-a-pair; Photos and More
If you like the winged cars from Chrysler you have to check out our Feature Car page and the TWO…
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Flex Fuel? This is Flex Fuel! Chrysler Turbine Car Inside and Out; a Quick Look.
You think Flex Fuel is something new? How about this Chrysler Turbine Car from the mid 60s that will run…
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$.36 a Gallon Gas and Stock Cars built from Stock Cars
It was 1969. The Stones, “Honky Tonk Woman” was one of the top ten songs along with “Get Back,” by…
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1969 Mercury Cyclone Spoiler II what makes it so great?
1969 When NASCAR raced STOCK CARS! It was 1969. The Stones, “Honky Tonk Woman” was one of the top ten…
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Gas Prices How are you going to change what you do with your collector car now that fill up more…
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