by Mike - Previously we have featured several different classic cars as examples of cool collector cars that can be had for less than $50,000 USD. Today we are discussing the exciting Japan made Datsun 240Z. Datsun 240Z Before the … [Read more...]
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The Path Not Taken: Ford’s 1967 Mid-Engined Mach 2
March 16, 2017 By 3 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - To create the Ford Mach 2 it was a natural--take the transaxle from a GT40, and a reliable tested-in-combat 289 and lay it in a Mustang floorpan but amidship, not up front. Engineer Ed Hull is credited with working it out on … [Read more...]
Styling Analysis: The Bentley Electric Convertible Concept
March 14, 2017 By 1 Comment
by Wallace Wyss - It is not surprising that Bentley, at the Geneva Salon of 2017, in the second incarnation of the EXP 10 Speed Six concept, would bring us a convertible version, but it is surprising that it is an electrically powered one. … [Read more...]
Porsche’s Grand Italian Experiment – 1960 and 1961 Porsche 356B Abarth GT/L
March 12, 2017 By Leave a Comment
by Wallace Wyss - Now Porsche, as I have found out while researching the re-birth of my book Porsche 356 Photo Album, always liked to do things their own way. They had, at the beginning, Erwin Komenda, an Austrian who could design aerodynamic … [Read more...]
Missing, Presumed Junked: Two Italian Cadillacs
March 9, 2017 By 2 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - When a Cadillac designed by Pinin Farina (before they were one name) came up at auction, Bonhams said it was one of four Italian Cadillac based styling exercises built by Pinin Farina between 1958 and 1961, but this author … [Read more...]
Interesting Collector Cars For Less Than $50k USD – Triumph TR6
March 7, 2017 By 12 Comments
by Mike - Previously we have featured the Porsche 928, the Datsun 510 Sedan, the Jensen Interceptor, the Volvo 1800 series and the Studebaker Avanti as examples of collector cars that can be had for less than $50,000 USD. Today it is the … [Read more...]
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