Mecum’s recent auction in Dallas, held Sept. 4-7, saw 743 cars change hands in just four action-packed days. Overall sales...
At some point in his time collecting, it occurred to Todd Werner that there was a reason the cars he...
Mecum Auctions’ inaugural Phoenix·Glendale collector-car auction was held March 14-17, at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, and the results set a new company record. As more than 1,300 vehicles crossed the auction block in just four days, sales totals for the Phoenix-area auction rapidly climbed to more than $39...
Imagine it’s 1973 and you’re an aspiring racer/car builder. Working out of your little shotgun shack, single-car garage, you’ve welded...
1954 Chrysler Ghia GS1 When Bob Frumpkin drove up in his 1954 Chrysler Ghia GS1 Special, at the Marina in...
It’s confession time again. For my entire automotive collecting career, now entering its third decade, I’ve been both intrigued and confused by the early MOPAR performance and racing machinery. For years, I’ve been nodding with a wide smile and a blank cranium as people talk about Ramchargers, Max Wedge, Super...
Mecum Auctions made quite a statement at their inaugural Seattle auction, the weekend of June 14-15, with the record-setting sale...
Phil Remington From hot rods on California’s dry lakes, to the Scarabs (both sports cars and Formula One), to the...
Tommy Ivo’s career in Hollywood spanned nearly two decades. The pocket-sized actor/singer/dancer appeared in more than 100 movies and 200 television shows. Often cast as a brainy teen, the studios had no idea of the thundering power hidden within this wee man’s frame. Over the span of his drag racing...
It’s hard to believe it is already January 2013! With the coming of the New Year comes renewed attention and...
At last count there are more than 1,200 billionaires walking the Earth. This means that regardless of wealth, there aren’t...
The photo caption on page 31 of the November 1953 issue of Road & Track read: “A strange assortment of cars lined up for the feature of the day.” The author was Bill Brant and the feature race noted was the Seafair Trophy at the inaugural Seafair Sports Car Races...
Pete Lyons Did you hear about the diesel backhoe that did 350 mph at Bonneville? Yes, really…sort of. Become a...
Few early American racers did more than Ak Miller. He was a well-known hot rodder, successful long-distance racer, had more...
