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1959 Ford Ranch Wagon - Ranch Wagon Blues
So 1959 maybe wasn't the most successful year in the history of American automobile design. Automobiles, however, like some wines and some... more |
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1927 Ford T Roadster - The Roth And Ronnow '27 T Roadster
Glen Roth and Johnny Ronnow were members of the Pasadena, California-based Coupes Car Club and raced with the Russetta Timing Association. more |
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1946 Ford Convertible - Ragtime
While we journo types love traveling the country searching out cars to show you on these pages, it can sometimes prove frustrating tracking... more |
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1957 Chevrolet Nomad - Cloned, But Nomad'r ...
There's just something about a Nomad, something that elevates it above standard "station wagon" status, putting it (them) among some of the... more |
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1933 Ford Coupe - Limey Gasser
Carl Frith is from Bristol, England. As he points out, he was always into "Yanks and stuff" and started out with a '55 Caddy Coupe De... more |
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1948 Chevy Fleetline - Better '48 Than Never
Do you remember what you were doing 30 years ago? Harold Fogle does. He was trying to convince the owner of this 1948 Chevy Fleetline... more |
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1951 Merc - Low Down...But Not Too Dirty
As most of us have probably seen by now, life at the top ain't always so grand. more |
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1948 Plymouth Coupe - The Mayflower Sails Again
Steve Frisbie can drive pretty much whatever he wants. If you don't know his name, you probably know his shop, Steve's Auto Restorations. more |
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1926 Ford Phaeton - Four Ever Four
Inspiration for a new project can come from the unlikeliest of places. more |
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1952 Chevy Sedan - Jade Rival
Of all the ways to start a project, finishing what someone else started usually ranks about the worst. But the siren's call of another's... more |
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Gene Winfield's 1935 Ford Shop Truck - A Windfall Fortune
They say it takes a village to raise a child. The proverb reflects the idea that no one person is an island; for someone to develop fully... more |
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1950 Chevy Styleline DeLuxe Station Wagon - Good Without Wood
A few years back, my dad and I wanted a woodie wagon, and we ultimately decided on the Chevy "tin woodie". I watched and even bid on a few... more |
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1932 Ford BB Truck - The Bruce Deuce
What did we tell you back in our April issue about the rise in popularity of early shop trucks? Back then it was Paul Borrmann's Hemi-fied... more |
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1932 Ford Three-Window Coupe - The Quinton-Joehnck '32 Ford Coupe
The path back to authenticity is rarely straight or clear for race cars of any discipline, whether they're internationally known sports... more |
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1957 Oldsmobile Rocket 88 - Rocket Man
Very few of us are lucky enough to still own our first car, or one that we have fond memories of from our youth. We're car guys and galsand... more |
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1954 Chevrolet Bel Air - Hard (Not To) Chop
As anyone who's ever attempted to chop a hardtop knows, it isn't easy by any means. In order for that attempt to transcend into a... more |
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1957 Lincoln Continental Mark II - Right On The Mark
John Torrie Sr. has been a car guy practically his entire life, and his son, John Jr., was fortunate enough to inherit the same interests. more |
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1951 Mercury Coupe - Back In The Day ...
If you've seen one chopped Merc, you've seen 'em all ... right? Nope, not by a long shot. more |
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1929 Ford Model A Roadster - Easy Decision
Both Tim Bernsau and myself have on separate occasions spied Luis Loyola's A roadster at events over the past couple of years and been... more |
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1929 Ford Model A Phaeton - Two-Man Tub
With four times as many roadsters than phaetons produced by Ford in 1929, and more than 10 times as many Tudor sedans, the 1929 Ford Model... more |
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1923 Ford Model T Roadster - Second In Line But Second To None
People seem to forget about Seconds even if they're winners in their own right. For example, chances are you wouldn't have to look far if... more |
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1931 Ford Model A Coupe - The A That Was Meant To B
The search for a suitable Model A coupe ended in November 2007, when my friend Sandy Wachs mentioned he had a 1931 Ford coupe body in his... more |
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1964 Ford Falcon - Time Bandit
Probably the only thing better than a mid-'60s Ford coupe for a first car is a free one. Blaine Wolfe knows all about that since his dad,... more |
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1953 Studebaker Champion Starlight Coupe - Sublime Stude
Customizing a '53 Studebaker is not a feat to take lightly, as the clean Robert Bourke design (often credited to studio chief Raymond... more |
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1933 Ford Pickup - Some Shop Truck!
Shop trucks have always been a part of hot rodding, and a necessary one at that. How else would you haul engines, transmissions, axles, or... more |
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