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The Audrain celebrates the ‘Magic of Monaco’ in new exhibit

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NEWPORT, R.I. – The 35th exhibit at the Audrain Automobile Museum, titled “Magic of Monaco,” is set to open on Saturday, December 14, 2024, and run through March 9, 2025. This exhibit will showcase a stunning collection of rally and grand prix cars, along with original period race posters, medals, race programs, and advertising material covering the walls from the renowned collection of Murray Smith.

Visitors to the museum can expect to be transported into the glamorous … Read the rest

A look inside the new Stutz Museum

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The Stutz, located in downtown Indianapolis, was an automotive factory for less than 30 years, but it’s that period that is celebrated throughout the revitalized industrial building.
Chad Elmore

For a few decades in the first part of the 20th Century, Indianapolis was home to a cluster of automobile manufacturers that helped it rival Detroit. Some of the industry’s most respected makes once called the capital city home: American, Duesenberg, Marmon, National and Stutz.

Stutz is the focus of a … Read the rest

Tales From the Garage: The sporting life

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As a teenager, I loved cars. All cars; it didn’t matter what it was, as long as you turned a key and it moved forward. My secret passion was for sports cars. Most likely this was the result of having read “The Red Car” by Don Stanford (1954), a tale of a teenage boy who discovers a non-running MG TC, restores and then drives it with the help of Frenchy Lascelle, a local mechanic. I was hooked. No idea how … Read the rest

Car of the Week: 1932 Auburn B-100A Brougham

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John Pontius grew up in Auburn, Ind., with this 1932 Auburn 8-100A Brougham.
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In June 1977, an excited 6-year-old John Pontius left Auburn, Ind., with his father, Lee, and family friend, John Stoops, on a once-in-a-lifetime road trip to Buffalo, N.Y., to pick up a 1932 Auburn 8-100A that Lee had recently purchased. John recalls stopping along the interstate at what seemed like every 10 minutes for rest room breaks. The excitement of picking up an … Read the rest

A Beloved Canopy Express: 1949 Chevy Canopy Express

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The 1949 Chevrolet canopy express truck was little changed from the 1947 version and casts the same silhouette.
Michael Petti

Before my children became adults, my wife and I would take them to Wildwood, N.J., aka “Doo-Wop City” due to its mid-century motel names such as Bel Aire (Chevrolet) and Park Lane (Mercury). Ironically posed against those modern hotels’ kidney-shaped pools, zigzag balconies and jutted roof angles were old hucksters that would park nearby to sell fruit from under the … Read the rest

Car of the Week: 1958 Buick Caballero

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Story by Al Rogers and Joe Tonietto; Photos by Al Rogers

You would be hard pressed to see a finer looking wagon!
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For more than a decade I served on the Eyes on Design car show vehicle selection committee alongside Joe Tonietto, among others. During one of our monthly meetings, Joe pulled me aside to share pictures of his current restoration project, a rough 1958 Buick Century Caballero station wagon that he’d rescued. The previous owner … Read the rest