Talking with famed Indianapolis chassis builder A. J. Watson, the question arises about the front, twin air inlets—the signature of...
Bruce Kessler had a meteoric motorsports career, which started with drag racing his mother’s Jaguar XK120, progressed to practicing for...
Automobiles first came to Los Angeles just over 100 years ago. Roughly 23 manufacturers eventually set up shop in the ensuing years and the region grew in concert with the relatively new invention, producing what we might rightly call the first auto-based city in the United States. Novelty aside, early...
USAC Road Racing Fades as the SCCA Overcomes Its Aversion to Racing for Money When we left the USAC road...
The Hill Family and L.A.’s Petersen Automotive Museum marked the 50th Anniversary of Phil Hill’s 1961 World Championship for Ferrari...
In addition to being a successful real estate developer, Ted Gildred was appointed Ambassador to Argentina during the Reagan administration. VR: You were born in Mexico, as I understand. TG: Yes, I was born in Mexico City in 1935. My dad was a civil engineer and had worked, when he...
The Petersen Automotive Museum has announced that Peter Mullin has been elected Chairman to its Board of Directors. Joining him...
Phil Remington From hot rods on California’s dry lakes, to the Scarabs (both sports cars and Formula One), to the...
1953 Chevrolet Corvette Motorama Show Car. As we celebrate the 60th anniversary of Corvette, it is appropriate to reflect on some of the technologies that have been introduced through the “halo” Corvette. Of course, the introduction of a new technology to the mass market can be a sensitive issue and...
Following a 14-month total transformation that shrouded the exterior with ribbons of stainless steel and packed the interior with priceless...
• The Fabulous Fifties held its annual Lindley Bothwell Award dinner in early December at the Proud Bird restaurant near...
Porsche Cars North America has opened its $60 million Experience Center and Motorsport Headquarters in suburban Los Angeles, the second such facility in the USA. Convenient to three Los Angeles airports and just off the I-405 San Diego Freeway, the Center will serve as a primary destination for Porsche enthusiasts....
On the weekend of February 17-18, Mecum Auctions will join the long and historic list of car-related events to be...
The Bothwell Ranch is a self-contained 16-acre working citrus farm situated just over the hill from Los Angeles, ringed with...
Mecum Auctions is preparing to return to the Fairplex in Pomona, California, February 16-17 for its Los Angeles 2018 auction, which will feature approximately 600 American muscle cars, classics, Corvettes, exotics, Hot Rods, Resto Mods and more. Heading the docket will be a pair of investment-grade, ultra-high-performance sports cars, a...
Mecum’s Los Angeles 2018 collector-car auction, held this past weekend at the L.A. County Fairplex in Pomona, California, achieved $9...