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Six years ago, the oldest production Corvette in existence, Corvette #003, sold for $1,080,000 at Barrett-Jackson’s Scottsdale sale. RM Auctions is not expecting a repeat of that sale when the…
Six years ago, the oldest production Corvette in existence, Corvette #003, sold for $1,080,000 at Barrett-Jackson’s Scottsdale sale. RM Auctions is not expecting a repeat of that sale when the…
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Building the Global Archive of Automotive History - VRL member call to action! Become one of 100 VIP “VRL Historic Archive Ambassadors”.
We are building a global archive of automotive and motorsport history on the VRL community platform – www.thevrl.com and we need your help. Since 1900, there…
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The story of XP-819, the one-off rear-engine experimental Corvette that Chevrolet built in 1964, begins not with Zora Arkus-Duntov, the famed godfather of the Corvette whom…
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The following is another of those stories from along the way....if you have the time, we hope you'll enjoy reading it!
Please continue to consider "Carmel-By-The-Sea Concours On The Avenue" when making your plans for August 2012.
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"My Hobby Shop"......Part 3
1983 was an interesting year for…
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Though Ferrari in the 1950s is usually associated with sophisticated V-12 engines, it was a straight-four that…
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Editor’s Note: M. Schutta, the historian for the Tucker Foundation, recently let us know about the reunion of Rudy Schroeder, who won a Tucker in a raffle in 1949, with the very same car. Mike sent along these photos and the story of the…
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Photos courtesy Indianapolis Motor Speedway
As the obituaries about his life flowed in, Jim Rathmann, who died November 23 at the age of 83, was remembered most of all for winning perhaps the 1960 Indianapolis 500, the most nail-biting 500 ever contested. That race…
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The inaugural International Historic Motoring Awards dinner took place on November 16 at London’s elegant St Pancras Renaissance Hotel. The awards evening drew an audience from across the historic motor sport and motoring industry, both from the UK and from overseas, and was hosted by former Grand Prix racer and TV commentator Martin Brundle. The international panel of judges called upon experienced…
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Images courtesy Ford Motor Company
While recently rooting around in Ford’s image archives, we ran across a batch…
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Photo by Pete Lyons, courtesy Terry Lietzau
When Chevrolet entered the pony car segment with the Camaro in 1967, it faced an uphill battle. Ford already had the segment locked down, and the bowtie…
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Diesel power grew in popularity at an exponential rate in the early to mid-1930s, buoyed by reports of astounding mileage and of the cheap price of diesel fuel versus gasoline – important factors when there’s a Depression going on. Heavy haulers – trucks, locomotives, and tractors – accounted…
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