With AI (artificial intelligence) being the top buzz word for 2023, you can’t turn around without running into someone telling us how AI will be the next big trendy thing in our world. How does it effect the collector car market? When you ask Chat GPT what is the best classic car to own, it…
Not to be outdone in the big block wars of 1970, Chevrolet introduced their best “grocery getter” of all time when they came out with the Chevelle SS LS6 with the monster 454 ci V8 engine that produced 450 horsepower from the factory. For sheer cubic inch dominance Chevy was able to subdue even the…
With a rich racing heritage, the Saleen S7 was the culmination of years of racing design and experience. While Saleen Automtive, Inc. (headed by Steve Saleen) was involved with producing a few Saleen S7-R examples for racing, they also sold a street version for a very lucky few who had the where-with-all to afford such…
Sometimes the value in a top end collector car is in how it was brought back to life. Do you know how many beautifully restored cars never get driven and waste away in storage? Here is the story of a “trailer queen” that needed to be brought back to life even though it was once…
We have a rare one for you this week. Lost in the background of top collector cars here is an opportunity for our readers to get up close and familiar with a 1962 Ford Thunderbird Convertible which was not a Sports Roadster when it left the factory. There were 1,427 Sport roadsters which were built…
Custom built show cars and trucks have always been treasured finds among car collectors. That is especially true when some big name California custom builders are involved in the restoration. Californians may have seen this 1932 Ford Custom Pickup named “Gold Rush” when it was competing at the Grand National Roadster Show in Pomona. It…
Yesterday a beautiful classic 1950’s convertible was listed in our Buick Section that is so rare and hard-to-find that we had to show it to you here. This is a 1954 Buick Roadmaster Series 75C Convertible, one of only 52 documented in the Buick Registry. The current owners have cherished it for the past 32…
A little reported part of our automotive history is how the Lincoln brand became a competitor in the luxury car market with Cadillac and Packard. There was a dispute between Henry Leland, the Cadillac founder, and William Durant, GM’s head honcho. Leland left Cadillac to form Lincoln in a patriotic attempt to aid the war…
The term “restomod” is the most over worked word in the collector car lexicon. By definition it is called a “restomod” when it looks classic original, but runs like a modern day high performance super car. Of course, there are all different levels of sophistication in restomod and pro touring cars today, from muscle car…
Threatened by Chevrolet’s Cameo Carrier Pickup trucks, Dodge knew it had to compete with them in the “passenger friendly” half-ton pickup market. Their “Sweptside” pickup series emerged in 1957 and it changed how pickup trucks would be used in the future. Pickup trucks now had dual purposes; to look nice enough for the family to…