When it comes to fender-bulging, tire-destroying, adrenaline-inducing V8 monsters, one nation, under god, undoubtedly comes to mind first: The United States of America. Muscle cars have been the lifeblood of American car culture since Harry S. Truman was in office. With such a rich and extensive history of cramming massive iron slabs into lightweight mid-size…
If you’ve heard of the De Tomaso Pantera, chances are that you know a thing or two about cars. Since the Pantera didn’t receive the vapid bedroom poster fanfare of the Lamborghini Countach or Ferrari Daytona, the Italian-designed, Ford-powered exotic flew under the radar of almost everyone in the early 1970s. Even today, it takes…
Among muscle cars, there always were a few that, for whatever reason were a little more rare than others. This list shows the rarest factory built production muscle cars. These are cars that ANY buyer could walk into ANY dealer and conceivably order. One off cars for company executives, dealer modified cars (Yenkos, Baldwin-Motion, etc.)…
On May 26, 1927, Henry Ford watched the fifteen millionth Model T Ford roll off the assembly line at his factory in Highland Park, Michigan. Since his “universal car” was the industrial success story of its age, the ceremony should have been a happy occasion. Yet Ford was probably wistful that day, too, knowing as…
Taking many rodders by surprise is the street rod potential which all early model Buicks have. The 1937 and 1938 Buicks are high on the list of many collectors. In addition, Buicks rightfully possessed the reputation for being the fastest cars on the road during the 1940’s. The overlooked Buicks are also credited with being…
First let us consider the name, “automobile.” Now, a “car” could have been called anything and, sometimes, it is. Oliver Evans applied for a U.S. patent in Philadelphia in 1792 on a steam land carriage, which he called the “oruktor amphibolos!” We could have been strapped with that name forever, if it weren’t for more…
