This 1930 Chevrolet three windows is said to be a barn find from New Mexico: well, there is no better place where to find a car stored for so many years. The seller says that this was a barber’s car which have been stored for 60 years and now it is seeing the light again.… Read More Barber’s car: 1930 Chevrolet three windows
This little fiberglass spider has been built putting toghether a Trojan body with a Cheetah front end. This is a long project as the seller provides also a bunch of period photos describing the work performed on it through the years. The frame is made of square steel tubes. The seller says also that the… Read More Mini Cobra: 1956 Cheetah Bangert/Trojan Custom
Sometimes it happens that, because of health issues, death or whatever bad reason it is, an entire collection must go. In this case the seller doesn’t mention the reason of the sale; however the collection has been made putting toghether mostly america cars along with some european spot. It starts from a “Buddymobile”, aka 1949… Read More Classic stash: A collection for sale
Really, the paint job on this car really catches us. Although such paint job could seem a sacrilege, we must admit that it has been realized with a clear project in mind. It doesn’t seem improvised: a very good hand did such job, unfortunately we don’t know when. We could bet on a late ’70’s… Read More Acid paint job: 1961 Chevrolet Corvette “Fuelie”
In the period between mid ’50’s and mid ’60’s many do-it-yourself builders engaged in building race cars, taking inspirations by european barchettas (mostly Ferrari) but with a cost much lower. The most famous of these guys was Bill Devin who established his workshop in El Monte, CA. He began to build fiberglass bodies using various… Read More The american way: 1960 Devin-D/Porsche Roadster
This 1932 three windows is said to be and original hot-rod which survived to the last sixty years. And we believe that’s the truth otherwise we should never make an article as we can’t stand fake hot rods. Indeed the seller has published a lot of period photo to bear witness about it: since then… Read More Automotive archeology: 1932 Ford Three Windows Coupé
This custom built car is a great representative of the custom cars era of the sixties. The seller says that this car has been built in 1962 from a known custom builder (but we can’t find his name in the description) and it was also portrayed on the Car Craft cover of june 1962. Often… Read More Rocket age custom: 1962 Vortex X-2000
If you have a numerous family, a big garage and if the 5 mpg consumption doesn’t scary you, this car could be an original ride to scamper across the country. The Checker Aerobus was produced in seven or nine doors by Checker Motors Co. from 1962 to 1977, initially with a Chrysler Continental V8 engine,… Read More Big family car: 1968 Checker Aerobus
It’s a rare thing to find an original import Ford Mustang in Europe; it’s even rarer to spot one in Italy and finding a GT 289 Fastback could be classified as unique. Italy (and, generally, Europe) has always been home of small cubic inches engine because of gas price, and in the same period in… Read More Italian stallion: 1967 Ford Mustang GT 289 Fastback
This car has been built in 1950 – starting from a 1946 Mercury chassis – by Lloyd Templeton and his sons. It’s also known as “Bob Hope Special” because it was supposed to have been used in a film with Bob Hope, a film which remained a project. This car was also shown at the third… Read More Expensive Hope: 1946 Mercury Templeton Saturn
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