It’s rather ironic that both the birth of the “Pony Car” movement in the mid-1960s, and its eventual death in...
Designed by Oreca & Reynard Motorsport in Europe, the Chrysler Viper GTS-R was a racing variant of the Dodge Viper...
Watch and enjoy the beautiful sound of one of the most iconic GT race cars ever built: the Viper GTS-R, as it races up the hillclimb course during the 2023 Goodwood Festival of Speed....
The Super Dart 400 was built on a 1957 300C Chrysler chassis and proudly featured a 400-horsepower Chrysler Hemi engine...
A frenzy of uncorked Mini Coopers, followed by a gaggle of vintage MGs, Triumphs and other assorted vintage sports racers...
In January, Worldwide Auctioneers will be back in Arizona for its much-awaited annual boutique sale, The Scottsdale Auction. The auction is scheduled on January 26, Wednesday, at the start of the Arizona Car Week. There are a number of distinguished pre-war automobiles that will be on offer for this year’s...
I was down in New Zealand recently with my good friend, photographer Dave Gooley on a working vacation, searching out...
An elegant, pristinely conditioned 1933 Chrysler Imperial LeBaron CL earned “Best of Show” honors at the 64th annual Hillsborough Concours d’Elegance, held...
In the 1940s, Chrysler Corporation’s Dodge division had a reputation for building solid, dependable, conservatively styled cars. That was fine, however, Chrysler wanted to add some glamour and excitement to their cars. The American public was fascinated with the new jet-age technology that had developed after the war and car...
1936 De Soto Airflow The story of De Soto begins with a record for first year sales that stood for...
1948 Chrysler Town & Country Chris Kidd called a few days ago and said, “You guys have to see this! I found a 1948 Chrysler Town & Country convertible coupe just three blocks from the shop in unbelievable all-original condition, and it is beautiful. It has only 38,000 original miles...
The annual Arizona auto auction festival will take center stage in Phoenix and Scottsdale in mid-January, when most of America’s...
1954 Chrysler Ghia GS1 When Bob Frumpkin drove up in his 1954 Chrysler Ghia GS1 Special, at the Marina in Santa Monica, California, where we had agreed to meet, office workers and the boatyard crew came out to have a look. Several of them took out their cell phones and...
Mecum Auctions will host the Chicagoland area’s only annual collector-car auction on the weekend of October 5-7 when Mecum Chicago...
Each year the Hilton Head Island Motoring Festival & Concours d’Elegance features leading automotive collectors from around the world by...
Environment affects evolution. Case in point: racing sedans. European sedans, contending with high fuel costs and operating on winding and narrow roads, ended up looking different from their American counterparts, raised on cheap fuel in more open spaces. Racing venues also differed, with sedan racing in Europe dominated by road...
In an age of cell phones, disposable appliances, laptops thinner and smaller than LIFE magazine, it’s hard to remember that...
A 1937 Cord 812 Phaeton Supercharged (above, photo courtesy of the Forest Grove Concours) owned by Norman and Judi Noakes...
In response to liberal NASCAR rules of the late 1960s, Chrysler Corporation built a run of aerodynamically styled Plymouth Road Runners and Dodge Chargers with swoopy noses and tall tail wings, naming them, respectively, Superbirds and Daytona Chargers. Now 10 of these cars, nine Superbirds (above, photo courtesy of Mecum...
Some 150 vehicles from the world-class Charlie Thomas Collection will be auctioned at No Reserve during two upcoming Barrett-Jackson sales....
This Saturday’s 2016 edition of the Keeneland Concours d’Elegance will celebrate Chrysler cars — including a group of Winged Warriors,...
1964 Imperial Crown Coupe It was clear that this would be the start of something big just by opening the door on Wendy and Bob Walker’s 1964 Imperial Crown Coupe. And I mean big. The long, heavy door is just one part of a long, heavy car—longer and heavier than...
Owner and Chief Executive Officer, White Post Restorations VR: How is it that a major automobile restoration facility was founded...
Briggs Cunningham was one of the most important figures in U.S. road racing during the era of the 1950s. He...
Charlie Kemp was born in Mississippi, and his inimitable southern drawl once led Carroll Shelby to say that had Charlie raced as slowly as he talked he’d never have won anything! Charlie did win, however, and he won big. He finished 3rd in his very first race in a jalopy...
The 12th Annual La Jolla Concours d’Elegance took place on the bluffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean in the Southern California...
1958 DeSoto Adventurer The 1950s were a halcyon period for American car manufacturing. After the deprivation of the war years,...
Hemi-powered Mopar machinery will highlight Mecum’s 2016 Kissimmee Auction, set for January 15-24 at Osceola Heritage Park in Kissimmee, Florida. Two Plymouth Hemi Cuda Convertibles and one Dodge Hemi Challenger R/T Convertible are the featured cars in a field of 31 Hemi-powered vehicles set to cross the auction’s block. Leading...