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The 1970 Dodge Hemi Challenger R/T SE to be offered at Dana Mecum’s 36th Original Spring Classic May 12-20 at the Indiana State Fairgrounds.
Mecum
Walworth, Wis. – The legendary 1970 Dodge Hemi Challenger R/T SE, known as the “Black Ghost” in the Detroit street racing scene of the 1970s, was unveiled today at Mecum … Read the rest
The Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum has released 2023 dates for their popular Demo Days.
Philadelphia, PA – This year the Simeone is telling some of their favorite stories from the annals of sports car racing history featuring all of your favorite characters, legends, and races from the past 100 years. From the Dynasties of Le Mans to Grunt: American Muscle, to pulling an all nighter on Le Mans weekend, each Demo Day is going to be more exciting than the … Read the rest
A look at a car with a funny name that made its way to America from East Germany
Sometimes you have to love a car simply for its unusual name, like, say, the Apperson Jackrabbit, or the Gadabout roadster, or the Wartburg, the subject of this column.
The Apperson (1901-1926) was a fairly popular line of early American cars, while the one-off Gadabout was a circa-1945 attempt at an American sports car. The Wartburg, … Read the rest
Investigators still seek whereabouts of 1929 Pontiac involved in a 1930 murder.
An interesting item turned up in a 2022 edition of the Pontiac Oakland Club International’s Early Times Chapter newsletter, ETCetra. In it, chapter founder Arnold Landvoight writes of getting a phone call from the Justice Department’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) regarding a 1929 Pontiac.
The caller was a retired ATF agent … Read the rest
Dodge has never been a stranger to muscle, including trucks
Mother MoPar may not have been first to the performance party, but she became the life of it. Wild colors, outrageous stripe packages and hairy engines meant MoPar had arrived. Beating MoPar to the go-fast fun were Ford with its … Read the rest
When the Datsun was purchased new, Michael Bennett was shown no love at the dealership. Luckily, the 240Z has provided ample amounts of joy to make up for it over the years.
Michael Bennett didn’t get off to the greatest start with his new Datsun 240Z back in 1973.
There certainly wasn’t anything wrong with the car. It was awesome then — and it’s pretty awesome now. It was dealing with the hardball car dealership and a prickly salesman that … Read the rest