Chassis Number: R612356 An almost perfect rotisserie restoration — absolutely everything has been replaced on this truck and was done by a Studebaker expert to assure that it was complete and historically correct (only exception is the added seat belts). Receipts and documentation exist for every step taken, including the fl at...

The Corvette was introduced at the General Motors Motorama at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York and it was a sensation. Its two-seater body was wrapped around the conventional perimeter frame chassis with independent front suspension and live rear axle. The body itself was a revelation, constructed from a revolutionary...

It cruises well in a straight line but corners like a barge and stops as quickly as a Forrestal-class aircraft carrierIn the annals of automotive history, there have been few hucksters, snake oil salesmen, and promoters as bizarre as Earl "Mad Man" Muntz.Muntz made and lost a fortune in the...

Millionaire American sportsman Briggs Swift Cunningham II was determined to win the Le Mans 24-hour race in an American car. In 1950 he entered two Cadillacs, one of which finished tenth. This motivated Cunningham to develop the C-2R sports car with a Chrysler V8 engine, tubular frame, De Dion axle...

While this car was created to race, it combines a high level of technical competence in construction with the highest standard of finishHot rodders Art and Lloyd Chrisman were early and successful pioneers of drag racing with their famous #25 dragster, which was the first to achieve trap speeds of...

If a "normal" restoration takes 2,000 hours, this one will need 2,500. At $70 an hour, the new owner is upside down before he pulls a fenderThe year 1953 is recognized by car buffs as a watershed in which several GM dream cars reached production. The Corvette was introduced by...

They'd motor into town, set up at a football stadium, open their side panels, and raise their ridgebacks eleven feet to expose banks of floodlightsOne of twelve built by General Motors, this self-contained display and transport vehicle was created in 1940 by the GM design staff under Harley Earl's direction....

In 1953 the Cadillac Motor Car Company introduced the Eldorado line of cars. Original sales brochures described the car as "dramatically styled by Fleetwood to capture the heart of all America." The standard equipment list read like a menu and it was far and away the most luxurious car America...

Buick marked their 50th anniversary in 1953. With V8 engines gaining popularity, it was quite natural that Buick would celebrate its golden anniversary by introducing a modern overhead-valve V8. Remarkably, in addition to the first Buick V8 engine and the first use of a 12-volt electrical system, the 1953 Buick...