by Wallace Wyss - It is fitting that the Petersen Automotive Museum will be having not one but two Shelby events early in the year 2019 because Robert E. Petersen, founder of Petersen Publishing, with his magazines like Motor Trend and … [Read more...]
All In The Family – Iso Rivolta GT
October 5, 2018 By 7 Comments
by Buddy Pepp - In addition to being a loving father and mentor, my father had a passion for automobiles. No, he was not a collector. He enjoyed owning exotic cars as his daily drivers. Growing up, my father had Ford woodies, a 1955 T-bird with a … [Read more...]
The Ferrari 250 GTO Mystery Is Solved
June 7, 2018 By 30 Comments
With the recent news of a Ferrari 250 GTO selling for $70 million USD it started me thinking of other stories published here about the Ferrari icon, the 250 GTO. Here is a favorite. This is a slightly updated re-post of an article originally … [Read more...]
The Four Rotor Wankel Chevy Corvette Fib
March 27, 2017 By 2 Comments
Wherein our contributing historian is surprised to find a fib still being perpetuated... by Wallace Wyss - History is, well, history. Until it’s bent for nefarious reasons. The Wankel Chevy Corvette is one of those stories. I … [Read more...]
A California Custom – 1939 Lincoln Zephyr – Scrape
December 27, 2013 By 8 Comments
by Mike - I took these photos at The Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, California a few years ago. The museum said this about Scrape, Scrape was designed by former Hot Rod Magazine editor Terry Cook and constructed by Ramsey … [Read more...]
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