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1,200 classic and collector cars are slated to cross the auction block in Harrisburg on July 27-30.
Walworth, Wis. – Mecum Auctions will return to the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, this July 27-30 with an estimated 1,200 American muscle cars, classics, Corvettes, trucks, exotics, Hot Rods, customs and more expected to cross the auction block.
Mecum Auctions
Among featured vehicles consigned to the Mecum Harrisburg 2022… Read the rest
A look at the “finned” Dodge pickup from a fan’s perspective.
I was mesmerized the first time I saw a 1957 Dodge Sweptside pickup. As an eight-year-old boy, I thought putting tailfins on a truck was a bold advance in design. The Sweptside inspired me to put cardboard tailfins on my bicycle, but instead of the Sweptside Dodge fins, my … Read the rest
Wisconsin’s Reedsburg Salvage closing after 5 decades of business.
Add Reedsburg Salvage to the lengthy list of yards that have fallen victim to urban sprawl.
The 10-acre property comprising the salvage yard and scrap metal business, located on Main Street (Highway 33) in Reedsburg, Wis., has been sold, according to its current owners. Once the yard’s inventory has … Read the rest
Wisconsin reaches a milestone with 50 years of Collector plates.
2022 marks two automotive-related golden anniversaries in Wisconsin — the 50th anniversaries of the Iola Car Show and the establishment of the state’s Collector license plate.
The June 1972 issue of Old Cars reported that, at 11 a.m. on … Read the rest
Old Cars spotlights a reader’s 1978 Excalibur Phaeton.
Lloyd Robinson is king of the road wielding his Excalibur Phaeton. I’ll let Lloyd tell you a little about his prestigious ride…
“I am the original owner having purchased, partially disassembled in 1979, and am the first registered in 1980. As a Talent Agent representing Showroom Producers in Las Vegas we often drove to Las Vegas from Beverly Hills in the middle of the night arriving with exhaust pipes glowing.”
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The first McLaren badged car affectionately called, ‘ Jolly Green Giant’ was unveiled by Bonhams and will be part of their Goodwood Revival sale September 17th.
Bonhams
Bonhams – One of motor racing’s most legendary classic sports-racing cars, Bruce McLaren’s 1964 Cooper-Zerex-Oldsmobile ‘Jolly Green Giant’ – which became something of a long-lost ‘Holy Grail’ – has been unearthed and returned … Read the rest