When Carrol Shelby cut the deal to make GT350 Mustangs with Ford, he really wasn’t doing anything to a stock Mustang that couldn’t be done by a competent do it yourselfer in their driveway. What made the GT350 special… more»
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Sitting In The Rain: 1936 Cord Sportsman
On August 25, 2017, Hurricane Harvey barreled ashore along the middle Texas coast as a major hurricane. Then, uncharacteristically, it stalled out and began dumping amazing amounts of water over eastern Texas. This rainfall combined with decades of overbuilding… more»
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Guldstrand Tuned Meat Axe: 1970 Corvette Race Car
General Motors was the largest automobile manufacturer in the world, and it had essentially bottomless resources. However, racing a Corvette was always an exercise in frustration. Corvette’s chief engineer, Zora Arkus Duntov, accomplished amazing things in the racing world… more»
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Iacocca’s Lifeboat: 1982 Chrysler LeBaron Convertible
By 1982, Chrysler was in real trouble financially. Years of mismanagement and quality control problems had taken their toll, and the outside forces of rising fuel prices and double digit interest rates did little to help the situation. Fortunately,… more»
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By Request: Cabin Fever Car Show Part Three
Here we go again! At the request of a few of our dedicated readers, this is the third and final (I swear!) post on the Cabin Fever Car Show in Knoxville, Tennessee. While the two previous reports (1, 2)… more»
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Building Your Own Bullitt: 1968 Ford Mustang Fastback
Unless you were in a coma, you have probably heard about this week’s automotive equivalent of finding the Ark of the Covenant. For their debut of the 2019 Bullitt Mustang, Ford also revealed the long lost hero car from… more»
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Big Risks And Big Rewards: 1941 Buick Super Convertible
One of the concerns that is frequently discussed here on Barn Finds is “being able to get out” of a vehicle. This means that when you add up the initial price, parts, and labor, will you have a car… more»
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Knoxville’s Cabin Fever Car Show Part Two: The Customs
If you have read the previous post on the Cabin Fever Car Show in Knoxville, Tennessee, then you will really love this one. In this installment, we will focus on some of the custom cars in the show. A… more»
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The Last Passenger Pigeon: 1991 Nissan 240 SX
When you speak of Nissan (formerly Datsun) in the company of learned folks, and the subject of sports cars comes up, the discussion inevitably turns to the 240 Z. The original Z car, built from 1970 through 1973, was… more»
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Staying Warm At Knoxville’s Cabin Fever Car Show
With temperatures in the teens, and snow on their trailers, over 200 brave car lovers brought their prized vehicles to the 34th annual Cabin Fever Car Show at the Knoxville Expo Center this past weekend. Long a tradition in… more»
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No Place To Store It: 1929 Model A Phaeton
One of the biggest problems our hobby faces is storage. Many potential entrants into our hobby live in apartments and condominiums, and if they even have a garage it is usually taken. A collectible car takes up a lot… more»
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A Jailable Offense: 1936 Cord Westchester Sedan And Phaeton
Not so long ago in our history, a man who committed any particularly heinous offense might find himself at the wrong end of a horse whip. While you might think that horsewhipping someone for a crime is a bit… more»
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World of Wheels Part Two: Muscle Cars, Hot Rods, and Mary Ann Too!
Once again, as temperatures start to dive past freezing, gear heads need something to do to help them cope with their affliction. In the eastern section of Tennessee, that was accomplished by taking a trip to the beautiful convention… more»
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Avoiding Snow At The 50th Annual World Of Wheels Car Show
With winter bearing down on the East Coast, and weathermen trying to out do each other in both colorful vernacular and terrifying forecasts, it is hard for car guys to stay entertained. Thankfully, indoor car shows have begun to… more»
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A True Barn Find: 1933 Plymouth Sedan
While everyone dreams of locating a legitimate “barn find,” there are only so many barns out there, and there are a finite number of cars residing in them. However, every once in a while, often in areas where small… more»
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Turned Out To Pasture: 1947 GMC Truck
Every once in a while, one of the writers at Barn Finds does a write up on an early postwar Ford or Mercury pickup truck. Usually, these trucks have been rescued off farms in Canada or the Midwest. While… more»
