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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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Keeneland Concours d’Elegance 2013
We just returned from the 2013 Keeneland Concours in Lexington KY. What a class act! We were there as invited…
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Visit to American Pickers
If you are a car guy (or gal) you have likely seen the TV show American Pickers on the History Channel.…
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GM Futurliner
It doesn’t seem that long ago that we could be amazed by the simplest of things. Then came man on…
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“Barn Find” 1968 Ford Torino
“Barn Find” is a term that all car guys have dreams about. Some of us have actually been lucky enough…
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Monza Road Kill
If you want to have some fun get a leaf blower; better yet get five of them. What? Oh, and…
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Le Mans 24 Hour win by Ford
In 1966, 1967, 1968, and 1969 Ford dominated Le Mans. Listen to how they did it and what it means…
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1951 Ford X-51 by Ron Courtney
Ron Courtney, an auto shop employee in McMinnville, Oregon, built the X-51 during the mid-50s. Preferring to call his work…
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Iowa I-80 Trucking Museum
Generally this site stays pretty close to the muscle car topic but we stray off into other collector car corners…
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New Project: 1954 GMC Fuel Tanker Truck
Some folks have a strong brand loyalty to the cars they collect. Some prefer only muscle cars while others prefer…
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Change at Floyd Garrett Muscle Car Museum
Our Dan Gurney Spoiler II has spent the last 3 years on display at the Floyd Garrett Muscle Car…
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Wendell Scott Diecast
We have done a couple of posts on Wendell Scott in the past. Click Here for the First and Here…
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Kids Don’t Try this at Home.
Road Kill by Motor Trend is like drinking fine wine out of a oil can. Motor Trend is one of…
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Riverside CA Motor Trend 500
My favorite race track remains the Riverside Road Course in Riverside CA. It no longer exists thanks to some stupid…
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Tom McEwen The Mongoose Part 2
I thought maybe you would like a little more of the Mongoose so here is some video.
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Hot Wheels Match Race Haulers
Back in the early 1970s Drag Racing was really catching on and star Match Races were a big draw. Every…
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1939 Delahay Type 365 Cabriolet
There is a point when a car is so wonderful it is no longer just a car. Its beauty may…
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Black Corvettes
One of the all time favorite colors of Corvettes other than red has to be black. It seems that regardless…
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The So-Cal Special
So-Cal Speed Shop is an Icon for the hot rod world and arguably one of its best known creations is the…
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Not a Barn Find…It’s a Lake Find!
Today, it seems everyone wants to discover a Barn Find. The desire to find that rare hidden away vehicle that…
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Buyer Beware!
On our sister site www.TalladegaSpoilerRegistry.com we constantly track the sale of for sale status of the 1969 Ford Talladega and…
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Peterson Automotive Museum
If you are ever in the Los Angeles area do not leave without visiting the Peterson Automotive Museum. I don’t…
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What are you working on? John Craft
John Craft, Texas, has a couple of very interesting projects going on in his garage. The first is a real…
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So Cal Speed Shop
We recently paid a return visit to arguably the best known speed shop in the Country, So Cal Speed Shop.…
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2013 Detroit Autorama Ridler Award
The Ridler Award given out each year at the Detroit Autorama for the past 50 years is arguably the most…
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Mullin Automotive Museum
Southern California has no shortage of great car places. Hot rod shops, cruise-in places, historic custom car builders, collectors and…
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Hot Rod Magazine 65 Year Cover Car Show
Last weekend Katrina and I attended the Hot Rod Magazine 65 Year Cover Car Show. If you haven’t heard about…
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1200 Horse Power, Australia and lots of Smoke!
Here is another Road Kill from the folks at Motor Trend. It is 27 minutes but it will blow your…
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Building a VW in a “glass house”
This is a Collector Car site and we mostly focus on Muscle Cars. To some, even a VW is a…
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Body Art
This is a very interesting story I found on the Internet about Body Art and cars. A wrecked car is…
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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…
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Motor Trend Road Kill
I have subscribed to Motor Trend Magazine for decades off and on. I have always considered it a good…
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What are you working on?
This is what we started with. We have been telling you about what others are working on so I thought…
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1960 Ford Starliner
If you like cars, I mean all cars not just the brand you drive, then you most likely have a…
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Richard Petty goes Drag Racing
So you think the King, Richard Petty, was only a 200 time winner in NASCAR? Well, there was a time…
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What are you working on?
We like to hear from each of you on what your current projects are. One of our friends from down…
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Rat Rod Rumble 2012
We have a lot of viewers who absolutely love Rat Rods and we have really not given them much to…
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2014 Corvette Hits the Road
So you have the best job in the World, you test drive new Corvettes 6 months before the first one…
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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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Prototype Mustang
The following photos and article came to us from the folks at the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance. We have been…
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Compare Mustang Shelby GT 500 and Camaro ZL1
Our friends at Motor Trend have more fun than anyone deserves at work and get paid for it. However, I am…
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1968 Shelby GT 500KR Road Test
I am a big fan of these old Road Test shows. Now with YouTube we can still enjoy them. The…
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1973 Ford Torino-Speedway Newsletter
Since we are about to enter the 2013 Daytona Speedweeks which kick off the new race season I thought it…
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2014 Corvette
I have owned Corvettes, old and new since I was 21 years old. That amounts two approximately two dozen different…
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Getting Respect
I have found that most people, car folks or not, respect other peoples property. However, there is a certain portion…
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Set Up Day at the 2012 Muscle Car Corvette Nationals
Every year we go to several car shows ranging from local to national events. We go both as spectators and as…
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Linda Vaughn Miss Hurst Shifter and 69 Hurst Olds
One of the true highlights of the 2012 Corvette Muscle Car Nationals was meeting Linda and seeing this iconic muscle…
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Boss 429 Mustang – ZL1 427 Camaro – 426 Hemi Cuda
I always enjoy picking you some old auto related documents and see what we being said at the time. Steve…
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History of Ford
I recently found this graphic which although it never mentions many historical events I find important it does provide an…
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Order Tickets for the Daytona 500, 1970 Race!
If you are all fired up to attend the opening NASCAR race at Daytona this year I can’t help you!…
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Ford, Built on Racing
Today’s NASCAR race cars are far from being stock although in 2013 they will be closer in appearance. In the…
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1963 1/2 Mercury Marauder
If you are beginning to have some NASCAR withdrawal and can’t wait for the 2013 season to start then have…
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Merry Christmas
Here are some of the special digital Christmas Cards and Wishes we received this year. We will be adding more…
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Kris Kringle Car Show
When the weather is warm and the sky is clear it is time to drive and cruise. However, when it…
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Grand National Race Cars
We recently received some interesting information and photos that we want to share with all of you. John Craft is…
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Aero Car Reunion at 2012 Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals
One of the best displays at the 2012 Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals was the Blue Oval and MOPAR Aero…
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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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Voo Doo Hellion Rat Rod
When we were recently at the Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals we saw a car that really caught our eye.…
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1961 Corvette For Sale Video
We previously provided you with some photos of a fantastic original 1961 Fuel Injected Corvette. Today, we bring you another…
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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…
Read More » Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals 2012 Chicago
We have been here at the 2012 Muscle Car Corvette Nationals in Chicago for a couple of days now and…
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1961 Corvette Fulie; the best one? For Sale!
If you grew up in the late 50s or early 60s and you were a car guy; there was one…
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Dyno Wars at Shelby American won by a Boss 429 Talladega
I just received an email from friend Rick Stanton regarding his Benny Parson Tribute Talladega. Most of you are familar with…
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Corvette Muscle Car Nationals, Chicago
We are only few weeks out from the 2012 Talladega Family Reunion being held in conjunction with the Corvette Muscle Car…
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Cruisin The Coast 2012
We have yet to make it to Cruisin the Coast but have it on our Bucket List. Next year it is…
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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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2013 Legendary Collector Cars Calendar Now Available
We are now shipping the last of our 2013 Calendars for Legendary Collector Cars. These are printed on high quality paper and…
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Resto-Mods
Over that past year or so we have noticed that the collector car market seems to be evolving. On many…
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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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Restoration or Resto-Mod?
Authentic Restoration Your input is very important to us. What you have to say has a lot of impact on…
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Pikes Peak Crash
Pikes Peak has always intrigued me. It looks like more fun than anyone should have in a car but it…
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Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum; Legendary Collector Cars TV Episode 5
Although we focus on Muscle Cars and Hot Rods most of the time we still love the old classics and…
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Life of Riley Hot Rod
We have done several article lately on hot rods and rat rods and it suddenly came to me that many…
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Rat Rods; the book
Our Rat Rod Feature Posts and Pages are some of the most popular on the site. Although we have never…
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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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Good Guys Des Moines 2012
We always enjoy a Good Guys show but can not make it to most of them. This year our friends…
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Reversion Mustang
When it comes to retro design and new cars the results are often far from acceptable. There are some exceptions…
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Upside Down at Speed
There are lots of cool things you can do with your car but going fast is usually somewhere near the…
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Project Bulls Eye Sold
When we started this project our goal was to demonstrate that it doesn’t take trunk full of money to have…
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Legendary Collector Cars TV Episode 8: AMX Barn Find
For two years now we have been working on our Project Car Barn Find AMX. It is now completed…
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Little Big Town
Obviously, this is a site all about cars and related activities. When we are in the garage there has to…
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Legendary Collector Cars TV; Episode 7: Nashville Good Guys
Previously we brought you some individual photos of our favorite cars at the 2012 Nashville Goo Guys show. Today in…
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Legendary Collector Cars TV; Episode 6: 2012 Indy 500 Event
The Indy 500 is more than a race. If you go and all you take in is the race on…
Read More » INDY 500 2012
It was the hottest race ever at Indy and it was memorable. Last year was the 100th Anniversary of the…
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Rat Rod Update
We recently added some new images to our Rat Rod pages. You should check them out. If you have any…
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Nashville Good Guys 2012 Photos; Saturday
It was a big relief to enter the grounds at the Saturday Good Guys event in Nashville. There were lots…
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Nashville Good Guys 2012 Photos
We just returned from opening day of Good Guys in Nashville and have to tell you I was very disappointed…
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Carroll Shelby
By now there is most likely no Gearhead in the World that doesn’t know that we have lost Carroll…
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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…
Read More » Episode 4: Walter P. Chrysler Museum; Legendary Collector Cars TV
This Episode of Legendary Collector Cars TV takes us to the Walter P. Chrysler Museum outside Detroit, MI. When we…
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Legendary Collector Cars TV; Episode 3 Chrysler Turbine Car
This just happens to be one of my very favorite concept/prototype cars. I have now seen 3 of the remaining…
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Legendary Collector Cars TV Episode 2: The Henry Ford Museum
In our first Episode of Legendary Collector Cars TV we took you to the GM Heritage Collection just outside of…
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New Feature: Legendary Collector Cars TV, Episode 1: GM Heritage Collection
We are always trying a new way to bring our stories to you in the best way we can. Today…
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GM Heritage Collection
We all have “Bucket Lists” of all those things we want to do or accomplish before we die. Some are…
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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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Original Owner 1965 Chevy SS
This is a story we all hear about and dream about. I need not say any more just watch this…
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Project “Bulls Eye” 1963 Dodge Dart GT; Part 2
Project Bulls Eye Dodge Dart GT is under way. We pushed the little girl into the garage and put…
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Riding Shotgun: 1969 Mercury Cyclone Spoiler; Cale Yarborough Special
The Car Rather than experiment with strangers’ cars we decided to do our very first Riding Shotgun using one of…
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Project Barn Find AMX Update
We have finally gotten the Project Barn Find AMX back from the paint shop, have the new interior in and…
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Project “Bulls Eye” 1963 Dodge Dart GT
Tired of all the high dollar “I’m scared to drive it!” muscle cars? Tired of high horsepower gas gulping collector…
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GPS is Great but Stupid!
Not long ago Katrina and I were showing our 1969 Mercury Cyclone Spoiler Cale Yarborough car at the NASCAR race…
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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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Riding Shotgun
When I was a teenager just beginning to enjoy the thrills of car ownership a big part of the experience…
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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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Barn Find Project AMX Update
As usual we have slipped a little on the timeline for the AMX but better to take your time and…
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What are You Working On?
We like to stay in touch with our readers and encourage each of you to tell us about What’s In…
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Vintage Racing was Dangerous!
If you ever wondered why seat belts were invented to watch this video very closely. This is when racing…
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1965 Acadian Beaumont
We ocassionaly get calls with people who have rare cars they want to sell. Sometimes we can help suggest a…
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24 Hours of Daytona, Part 3
Last time I told you about the race and provided some action photos from the track, However, in 24 hours…
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24 Hours of Daytona, Part 2
This is a continuation of our previous Post on the 2012 24 Hours of Daytona. This was thought to be…
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24 Hours of Daytona, Part 1
This year celebrated the 50th year of the first running of the 24 Hours of Daytona. I remember watching TV…
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Mecum Kissimmee Auction 2012
We needed a break and a little warm weather so what better way to do so than go to a Mecum…
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1969 Daytona 500
Previously we brought you a video of the 1968 Daytona 500. By February 1969 the Daytona 500 was shapping up to…
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1968 Daytona 500
This weekend Speedweeks in Daytoan begins with the running of the 24 Hours of Daytona. We will be bringing you…
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1969 Mercury Cougar Project Car
This is actually the second time around for this car to be in our Project Car garage. The first time…
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Craig Breedlove and AMX Set World 24 Hour Speed Record
Since we are about to have our Barn Find Project AMX back on the road I thought is might be…
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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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Carroll Shelby; Innovator
Is there anyone who is into cars that doesn’t know who Carroll Shelby is? Have you ever met him in…
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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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V-10 in a Mustang!
This is something to see and we will be bringing you much more in the future. It is a 1967…
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Project Barn Find AMX Update
Every day we see progress now. The AMX is into final assembley and buff; still not done but I can…
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Mercury Cyclone GT 500
We don’t talk much about the 1968 Cyclone GT 500 because we know so little and there just aren’t any…
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Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals
The Ford Aero cars are about to go big time. Hold on to your titles, pack your bags and buy…
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Project Barn Find AMX Update
Here is another teaser/project update on our Barn Find AMX. At this point the car is getting its first buff…
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Wild Mustangs
The following information and photos were sent to us by: Doug Kielian; Auto Kraft Body & Paint, Inc. DSK Auto…
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24 Hours of Le Mans Ford GT 40 engine testing
We sometimes have historical paperwork and videos donated to us which provide invaluable background context to our collector cars. On…
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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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FUN FORD WEEKEND
Bristol Dragway is excited to announce they have aquired the services of Tim Lopata as the “Managing Director” of the…
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Project Barn Find AMX Update
It’s Red; Project Barn Find AMX is Red! It has been several months since we media blasted the AMX back…
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1969 Ford Mustang Press Release Photos
The Mustang remains one of the iconic cars in America. One of the most popular years of all time is…
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Rad Rods by Troy Update on Talladega
One of the least seen cars at a car show has to be the 1969 Ford Talladega. Having one at…
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Barn Find AMX Project Car
Originally this Project Car was going to have the engine and suspension freshened and paint buffed and put back on…
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Project Cars Update
We have two Project Cars that have been getting neglected as of late. However, we are now back on both…
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Mercury Turnpike Cruiser
One of the cars Katrina and I lust over is the 57 and 58 Mercury Turnpike Cruiser. These cars…
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Vintage Drag Races at Bristol, TN
Here is another of the great vintage drag racing films provided by Tim Lopata of the Forge Muscle Car Show.…
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Film of 1911 Indy 500
Our good friend Tim Lopata of Forge Muscle Car Show fame as done us another huge favor and provided us…
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Cougar GT 500 Update
We have some new information on the 1968 Cougar GT 500 we told you about last week. We have known…
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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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Drag Racing at Bristol Tennessee 1970
Our friend Tim Lopata has a large collection of vintage racing moving from back in the day and agreed to…
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1969 Ford Mustang Mach 1 428 CJ Road Test
The 1969 Ford Mach 1 Mustang was one of those Mustangs designed to put some fire into the belly of…
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Crusin the Coast 2011
One of the events I keep hearing about but have not yet participated in is Crusin the Coast. Our friends…
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Barn Finds Found Part #3
This is our third and last post on this Barn Find collection. I hope you have found this entertaining. If…
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Barn Finds Found Part 2
Recently we showed you the Barn Finds we just uncovered. Today, we bring you some more! 1969 Olds Cutlass…
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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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Introducing the Mako Shark Corvette
I was always a Corvette kid more than a hot rodder back in the day. When I first saw photos…
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Indianapolis Motor Speedway Aero Cars on Track
We participated in a very special event this past August. It was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in conjunction…
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Aero Cars at the 2011 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Brickyard 400-Video 1
One of the highlights for us this year was having the opportunity to drive our 1969 Ford Talladega on the…
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