It never ceases to amaze me how good, original cars keep popping up. With our army of car nuts peeping into every open garage and lustfully eyeing every barn in the lower 48, you would think that all the… more»
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Early Bird’s Worm: 2000 Chevrolet Camaro SS
From January 13 through the 21st, while nearly every other city in the United States is shivering from the cold, the crew at Barrett-Jackson will be warming up the city of Scottsdale, Arizona with another one of their mega… more»
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Childhood Revisited: 1979 GMC Honka Tonka
Long ago, when this nation valued people who worked with their hands, kids were given toys that allowed them to pretend to do adult jobs. And these toys were really cool. Fire trucks, backhoes, tractors, semis, trains, and all… more»
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New Year’s Resolution: 1930 Ford Model A Sport Coupe
On Friday, I volunteered to lay wreaths at a National Cemetery near my home. Driving past part of the cemetery to go to the entrance, I spotted a Model A blind back sedan in attendance at a funeral. Circumstances… more»
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Going To A Funeral: 1980 MGB
1962 was a big year for all things British. Slowly emerging from the horrors of World War II, the British had struggled to regain their former stature in both popular culture and manufacturing. However, 1962 saw the emergence of… more»
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Triple Black Land Yacht: 1973 Lincoln Continental
There once was a time where one’s automobile was a rolling reminder of their status. While there were sports cars for well heeled gentlemen to purchase, those with means in the early seventies generally found themselves driving either Cadillacs… more»
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Skilled Restorers Only: 1936 Cord 810 Phaeton
In November of 1935, the Auburn Automobile Company shocked the world by displaying at the New York Automobile Show what could reasonably be called the most advanced automobile produced in America. The Cord 810 was a smash hit, and… more»
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Money Laundering: 1976 Cadillac Fleetwood
In the movies, the mob guys always drove black Cadillacs. Expensive, but sinister was the image that Hollywood tried to get across. Strangely, during summers off from college, I ended up working for a business that had some executives… more»
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Blank Canvas: 1956 Woodill Wildfire
UPDATE 12/12/17 – This one has been relisted here on eBay with a $9k starting bid. Thanks for the tip AC! FROM 7/7/17 – In the early 1950s, we were a can-do country. From the space race to… more»
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Tough Competition: 1984 Honda Accord Coupe
If you were an American automobile executive in 1984, you were getting pretty used to competing against automakers from the Land of the Rising Sun. The Japanese were taking more and more market share every year, due in no… more»
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Christmas-N-Paradise Part Two: Car Show and Vintage Drag Racing
As promised, here is the second installment covering the Christmas-N-Paradise festivities at the Paradise Dragstrip in currently snow covered Calhoun, Georgia. This post is just a glimpse of the car show and the vintage drag races that made up… more»
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Old School Kicks At Christmas-N-Paradise Holiday Toy Drive
This past weekend, the Paradise Dragstrip, located just north of Calhoun, Georgia sponsored an event that I thought our readers might like a report on. The plan was for a swap meet first, then a patriotic opening ceremony, and,… more»
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Mogul Mover: 1958 Cadillac Fleetwood Limousine
While the proliferation of ridiculous limousines with hot tubs and triple rear axles stank up the reputation of such vehicles in the eighties and nineties, they once were the stately transportation of the upper crust of society. Limousines often… more»
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Gothenburg Drift: 1989 Volvo 780 Bertone Drift Car
In the movie Crazy People, Dudley Moore is an angry ad executive who, in the middle of a career and personal crisis, ends up in an insane asylum. While there, his fellow inmates help him come up with insanely… more»
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Learning To Fly: 2001 Pontiac Trans Am WS6
The band Pink Floyd may be an acquired taste for some, and for me it was played incessantly by a college roommate until I acquired that taste, but the lyrics on many of their songs have a way of… more»
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A Squirrelly Situation: 1967 Pontiac Firebird
It is said that a rat is just a bushy tail away from being hand fed in the park by little old ladies, but in the auto restorer’s unending battle against the forces of destruction there is little differentiation… more»
