The story of this coupe begins with that of a sedan: A four-door 1953 Ford with a 101-hp 215-cu.in. Mileage Maker OHV six-cylinder and Fordomatic automatic transmission. Like this coupe, that sedan was green—probably Seafoam Green. Seafoam was one of

This world we inhabit is replete with stories about people whose first cars were from the past, and which they relished, drove happily and sometimes, forgot quickly when a more desirable car rolled into sight. “My first car was …” is a frequent quota

It goes without saying that a multitude of project vehicles, from the mundane to the uber-rare, can materialize through a variety of sources, sometimes unexpectedly. As a case study, we present the 1940 Cadillac V-16 Model 9033 Imperial Sedan picture

In August 2023, Ford pulled the wraps off a new performance Mustang GTD, designed to fit global GT3 racing categories. It would pit the famed nameplate squarely against other storied performance cars: BMW M4, Chevrolet Corvette Z06R, Ferrari 296, Por

Packards from around the country will make their way to Wisconsin for this year’s National Packard Meet. The week-long gathering will revolve around Brookfield and include tours to The Wisconsin Automotive Museum, The Experimental Aircraft Associatio

ASKING PRICE: $25 EACH FOUND AT: 2023 CARLISLE GM NATIONALS (CARLISLE, PENNSYLVANIA) THESE VALVE COVERS come from a 1954-’62 Chevrolet 235 or 261 six-cylinder and a 1955-’60 GMC 270- or 302-cu.in. six-cylinder and were seen together in the swap meet

Some might consider a low-priced car as nothing more than basic, stripped-down transportation. Imagine, then, a car company that loaded its low-priced fleet of vehicles with nearly two-dozen premium features normally found in high-priced makes. Many

SPONSORED BY GULLWING MOTOR CARS You couldn’t really call this 1965 Buick Wildcat a barn find. Ethan Dunlap, the car’s 18-year-old owner, has known just where it was all his life—in fact, when he was born, the Buick had already spent years hidden und

You have to really stretch your imagination to picture the spit-and-shine Los Angeles Police Department employing a supervising detective who looked like he just scrambled out of a dumpster. It takes even more work to envision that in the throes of H

VETERAN READERS OF our sister publication Hemmings Muscle Machines should be familiar with Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania’s Ed Pienta. His 1967 Chevrolet Chevelle SS–best described as a modified example that was built, body-off, and assembled with a non-

The earliest post-World War II designs from the Big Three were futuristic looking from a 1940s perspective, but quickly came to look outdated as 1950s industrial design left Streamline Moderne behind for the jet age. Similarly, reliable prewar mechan

THERE’S AN OLD saying in the automobile business: You never want to be too far behind styling trends, or too far ahead. Finding that sweet spot between styling that’s too conservative and too advanced is critical, and the Mitchell automobile is a goo

Today’s motorsports enthusiasts point to Bonneville as a swath of salt bed that’s home to sensational land speed records man once thought impossible. When Pontiac unveiled its “action styled” Bonneville in 1957, this new model featured a sleek silhou

BOB DRAKE REPRODUCTIONS 800-221-3673 Fix unwanted holes or add strength to mounting hole locations with these new weld-in patch kits. Each 200-piece kit features 18-gauge steel repair disc patches of eight different sizes, ranging from 5/16-inch to 1

Imagine discovering a one-of-a-kind PPG Indy Car World Series Pace Car while shopping dealers of pre-owned vehicles for a daily driver. In early 2020, that’s exactly what Mike Blaze did. Then he bought it! The production engineer from southwestern Pe

DANG I did it again! I inadvertently folded myself into the front passenger seat of my restored 1966 Morris Minor convertible. It happened right in the middle of a town on the Coromandel Peninsula of New Zealand where we have a house. Neighbors were

The credit for the technique doesn’t belong to the automotive firmament but instead, to the aviation pioneer Alexander P. de Seversky, who in 1923 figured out a way to refuel one U.S. Army Air Service biplane from another one buzzing alongside, fille