Reading Time: 2 minutes When Ferrari’s first 250 GT Berlinetta left the factory gates in March 1956, one can only assume that the engineers that had built and designed the car had no idea of the impact the factory’s […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Certain concept cars stand out from the rest. Some are clearly production bound while others are nothing more than proof of concept and some you will remember long after their novel idea or pitch has […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Porsche introduced the 964 Turbo model in March, 1990 as the successor to the 930. Unfortunately, they hadn’t had the necessary time to develop a turbocharged version of the 3.6 liter M64 engine, and chose to re-use the 3.3 […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The mythical “barn find”, every automotive enthusiast dreams of it…the holy grail for professional and amateur collectors alike. Whether you are Wayne Carini or Joe Sixpack, every gearhead dreams of finding against all odds and […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Despite looking outwardly similar to the preceding models, Porsche thoroughly updated their 356 line in 1956 and called their new model the 356A. At the core, this included a larger 1600 cc engine, but also a […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Take a Trip Back To the Early Eighties and Appreciate the Innovative 1982 Datsun 810 Maxima The first car to wear the Maxima name was introduced in 1980 for the 1981 model year. It was […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes When you say the name Alfa Romeo, at least here in America there is one car and one car only that immediately comes to mind…the series 3 Spider. Manufactured from 1982 to 1990 it was […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute It only seemed appropriate that our focus this week should be with all of our friends currently attending the 25th Annual Z Car Convention in Phoenix, Arizona…and where better to start than with John Morton’s legendary left-coast racer, the ’72 Brock Racing Enterprises Datsun 240Z. […]
Reading Time: 5 minutes Launched in 1989, the M100 Elan was a two-seater, convertible sports car designed to utilize a reliable Isuzu engine and manual transmission in conjunction with a light-weight British roadster design. Built with the development and […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute As a child it was a polarizing moment when my father and I picked out a plastic Revell model of the 1989 Pontiac Banshee concept…it was a design which would shape my vision of where […]
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