Archive for the 'Classics' Category

It is really satisfying to buy a junked Willys Jeep, buy a collection of CJ2A parts, and restore the classic offroad vehicle to new condition. While some people like to keep their vehicles looking rugged, particularly those who are going to use it for actual offroading, others want to make their vehicles look at good […]

 

Peugeot like many of the European car manufacturers such Audi and Citroen have a rich and illustrious history. The cars on the forecourts of dealerships evidently use this heritage as a means of development and styling. However Peugeot were not always involved with the manufacturing of cars; originally the company made steel rods, not exactly […]

 

It is said that the first car rental started in 1916 when a Nebraskan named Joe Saunders lent out his Model T to a traveling salesman. The salesman needed the car for a date with a local girl.
Then car rentals passed some bad reputation in its history when it became associated with bootleggers, bank robbers, […]

 

Is it the car that makes one famous? Or is it the driver who make the car famous? Or is it both?
The Ford Thunderbird is an American car icon that has been manufactured in the United States from 1955 to 2005. It was Ford’s response to Chevrolet’s Corvette, but it was not sold as a […]

 

Auburn was an American car manufacturer which produced cars from 1900 to 1936. Like so many other early automobile manufacturers, Auburn automobiles were created by makers of horse-drawn carriages Frank and Morris Eckhart of Eckhart Carriage Co. The first car models were experiments as they were hand-built cars and distributing them only in the […]

 

Hot-rodding is a popular American culture. The phenomenon was first covered by magazines. Glossy print names such as The Rodders Journal, Hot Rod Magazine, Street Rodder, Popular Hot Rodding, and Rod and Custom Magazine are just a few of the magazines that feature this staple activity in the American life.
In addition to print, hot-rodding […]

 

You can’t buy this car anymore. You can only rent it.
The Austin Healey was a British brand of sports car that was last produced in the year 1972. The company was established through a joint venture set up in 1952 by Leonard Lord of the Austin division of the British Motor Corporation(BMC) and Donald […]

 

There is a love of classic cars that just cannot be stripped away from some people. It is more than just the captivation they have with the look of the car, it is also about the way they were built and the era that they came from. But as with anything classic, restoring these […]

 

Model cars have been around for quite some time. Even I have to admit going through the phase of putting them together. Even as I write this, I can think of a few of the boxed sets that I would love to pick up from the shelves at the local store and piece together bit […]

 

This car has gotten a lot of admirers. In fact, this car is so loved (or desired, I should say), that it is made an inspiration for songs as mentioned or referred in songs such as The Ramones with “Go Li’l Camaro Go”, Kings Of Leon’s “Camaro” and Bruce Springsteen’ s “Racing in the Streets.” […]