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This Twin Engined Seaplane Survived Pearl Harbor, Spends Its Days in a Cozy Museum
This Twin Engined Seaplane Survived Pearl Harbor, Spends Its Days in a Cozy Museum

7 Jun 2022, 19:25 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / You see, not every military airplane present at the Pearl Harbor Naval Station was a fast, nimble fighter like a Grumman Wildcat or a Curtiss Warhawk

 
1967 Ford Mustang in Frost Turquoise Is Pure Eye Candy, Not Much of a Muscle Car Though
1967 Ford Mustang in Frost Turquoise Is Pure Eye Candy, Not Much of a Muscle Car Though

6 Jun 2022, 19:41 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / But it's not just the candy-like exterior color that sets this classic apart. It also comes with a nicely matched interior in Aqua and Teal

 
1967 Pontiac GTO Spent 40 Years Buried in a Garage, Comes Back to Life
1967 Pontiac GTO Spent 40 Years Buried in a Garage, Comes Back to Life

30 May 2022, 13:08 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Retired in a garage back in 1982, this Pontiac GTO hasn't been driven on public roads in 40 years. That's about to change

 
Two P-40 Warhawks Collided Mid-Air 78 Years Ago, Their Remains are Now Nearly Restored
Two P-40 Warhawks Collided Mid-Air 78 Years Ago, Their Remains are Now Nearly Restored

22 May 2022, 22:03 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / It was a task that volunteers at the Glenn H Curtiss Museum cordially took on when the staff purchased the airframe and the rest of the remaining parts in 2011.

 
The Fascinating Story of Little Red, the Mythical 1967 Shelby GT500 Experimental Coupe
The Fascinating Story of Little Red, the Mythical 1967 Shelby GT500 Experimental Coupe

20 May 2022, 22:34 UTC · By: Vlad Radu / Thought to have been destroyed, one of the rarest, most sought-after Mustangs of all time was found in 2018 and it now lives on, fully restored

 
Rare RHD 1961 Mercedes-Benz 190 SL in Deplorable Condition Sells for Big Money
Rare RHD 1961 Mercedes-Benz 190 SL in Deplorable Condition Sells for Big Money

2 May 2022, 06:02 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The luxury roadster was meant for restoration when parts were scavenged off it, so it was put into storage and abandoned there

 
Preston Tucker’s Speed Shop Explains the Genius Behind an American Tragedy
Preston Tucker’s Speed Shop Explains the Genius Behind an American Tragedy

30 Apr 2022, 11:49 UTC · By: Andrew Nabors / One of the world’s most intriguing and innovative automakers and his creations are the focus of a new project, run by Preston Tucker's great-grandsons

 
The Fascinating Story of the 1948 Norman Timbs Special, an Iconic Homebuilt Custom
The Fascinating Story of the 1948 Norman Timbs Special, an Iconic Homebuilt Custom

16 Apr 2022, 20:52 UTC · By: Vlad Radu / The work of a passionate engineer who designed and built it at home, in his spare time,, this timeless custom is a masterpiece on four-wheels

 
First Bentley T1 Now Under Restoration, Will Be Finished Next Year
First Bentley T1 Now Under Restoration, Will Be Finished Next Year

14 Apr 2022, 13:44 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Chassis number SBH1001 is the oldest T1 around, the very first example to roll off the assembly line in Crewe back in 1965

 
The Kobe Bryant Pink Lady V ‘47 Plymouth Custom Gets Full Restoration, Returns Home
The Kobe Bryant Pink Lady V ‘47 Plymouth Custom Gets Full Restoration, Returns Home

10 Apr 2022, 06:41 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / An older Christmas present for wife Vanessa, the Plymouth was sent to two different shops before it ended up with Ronnie Payan Kustomz

 
1935 Studebaker Dictator Needs Help To Rule Again
1935 Studebaker Dictator Needs Help To Rule Again

31 Mar 2022, 20:00 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / A partial restoration project that needs a few parts, this pre-WWII Studebaker comes with a numbers-matching straight-six engine

 
Rare 1962 Jaguar E-Type Barn Find Spent 46 Years in Storage, Will Get Restored
Rare 1962 Jaguar E-Type Barn Find Spent 46 Years in Storage, Will Get Restored

31 Mar 2022, 13:39 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / A numbers-matching, early version of the Series 1 E-Type, this Jaguar was parked in a garage back in 1976. Not your regular barn find

 
This Old Single Cylinder JAWA Motor Gets a New Shot at Life, Shines Like New
This Old Single Cylinder JAWA Motor Gets a New Shot at Life, Shines Like New

17 Feb 2022, 12:59 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Restoring a barn find is difficult, but things get turned up a notch when the vehicle in question was abandoned in a forest. Watch this one get rebuilt

 
This Vintage 1955 Spartan Mansion Trailer Is Tailored to the Movie Star Among Us
This Vintage 1955 Spartan Mansion Trailer Is Tailored to the Movie Star Among Us

10 Feb 2022, 20:15 UTC · By: Cristian Curmei / This travel trailer from 1955 has been restored and is now used as a mobile home rental service to be used by customers from the entertainment industry

 
Skoda Restores Last Remaining 1100 OHC Coupé, Only Two Ever Existed
Skoda Restores Last Remaining 1100 OHC Coupé, Only Two Ever Existed

7 Feb 2022, 17:09 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Did you know that Skoda once made an aluminum bodied trans-axle rear-wheel-drive race car with independent throttle bodies? Well, its restoration is complete

 
1961 Holiday House Geographic Model X Was the Trailer for the Rich, a Futuristic Unicorn
1961 Holiday House Geographic Model X Was the Trailer for the Rich, a Futuristic Unicorn

10 Jan 2022, 14:16 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Holiday House built only two such luxury trailers, and parts for another seven. The two surviving examples have been restored and are in private collections

 
Extremely Rare 1956 Packard Caribbean Hard-Top Surfaces in Europe, Needs a Lifeline
Extremely Rare 1956 Packard Caribbean Hard-Top Surfaces in Europe, Needs a Lifeline

6 Jan 2022, 21:54 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Packard built only 263 hard-top cars in 1956, the only year when the Caribbean wasn't produced as a convertible only. And most of them were dismantled

 
How To Start a Budget C3 Corvette Build: Body Basics
How To Start a Budget C3 Corvette Build: Body Basics

27 Dec 2021, 16:41 UTC · By: Andrew Nabors / Corvette's 3rd generation is unlike anything else on the road, so here is what you need to know in order to start your project on the right foot

 
One-Off Aston Martin Bulldog Driven at Speed for the First Time in 40 Years, Hits 162 MPH
One-Off Aston Martin Bulldog Driven at Speed for the First Time in 40 Years, Hits 162 MPH

5 Dec 2021, 05:19 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The concept car that should have earned the title of world’s fastest production car in 1979 has undergone shakedown testing, as prep for 200-mph run

 
This Ford Model B Is 117 Years Old, Still Runs and Drives
This Ford Model B Is 117 Years Old, Still Runs and Drives

24 Nov 2021, 19:35 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Not to be confused with the 1932 Model B that replaced the Model A, the early Model B was marketed as a luxury vehicle and was quite expensive