The Best Vintage Racing Feature Anywhere
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Recently, Chris Harris from Drive TV went to the Goodwood Festival of Speed to do some gentleman’s racing in a classic Lister Jaguar Coupe. As many know this is an event focused on vintage cars, style, and everything in between. Watch as Chris and his former racecar driver friend battle it out against AC cobras and many other million dollar cars.
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C&C Irvine- Spotlights
Saturday was a great turn out at Cars and Coffee Irvine, heres just a few of the “best” rides I saw cruisin around-
My great-grandpa had one of these, the standard street version of course- revolutionary car.
My friend Mike’s Buick, bagged and pinstriped she’s a beauty- more on this one soon!
Award for Smallest Car of the show, he showed me the engine bay too and it was Immaculate!
Always wanted to ride in a Porsche 914, sort of the Lotus Elise back in the day, like how low the seats are and the minimalist interior. I want those seats w/ the inlays!
I love these headlight brush guards, a german touch-
Golden twins
Nearly twenty years apart, a mid fifties mercury wagon and a mid seventies Mercedes have very little in common. Except one major piece: they were built in a time when quality steel and comfy leather was standard. What an era. Quality as a baseline, wish we had that today!
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classic aeroplane vents
Just picked up this baby for a screaming deal, can’t get over the solidness of the car, and the depth of the intense german engineering. The ride quality could put a screaming baby to sleep, which is impressive for 1977. Did I mention it has a 200hp dual-overcam I6? Yes the buzzing of the camshafts provides great Top-End audio.
DriveTv Returns – Enthusiasts Start Your Engines
Today marks a huge day for DriveTv , they return for their newest season of automotive video content hosted on Youtube.com. They are pioneers in this industry because they are the first major automotive enthusiast channel to be hosted online. In the past TV was the only way for makers of enthusiast content to share their shows, and we all know how complex and political the process of airing a TV show is. The fundamentals of DriveTv make so much sense. World-class videos that you can watch whenever you want, and that are hosted by automotive website stars from multiple countries. They are also diverse, airing shows that focus on F1, personal interviews with people of interest in the automotive world, as well as classic cars in their show Big Muscle. Yes I know, can you believe it? A major online video group that has a classic car-focused show. They are simply the best. I encourage everyone with any interest in cars to watch the new season, because from what I hear it will be the best one yet. Thanks DriveTv!
Check out Season 6 Intro Here-
Fabulous Fords Forever 2013 Highlights
Above: Ultra-rare 1957 Ford Thunderbird “E” Code Factory Supercharged
Above: Factory original “Indy 500 Official Pace Car” Special Package offered by dealers in 1964. 1 of 2 Concours Gold pace car mustangs.
Above: 4 Original Big Block Shelby GT500’s, two being GT500KR’s.
Mustang- 49 Years Later
Yesterday, April 17th was the birthday of the Ford Mustang. As it goes, I was too busy with everything (including working on one) to mention the Pony car’s birthday. Yesterday 49 years ago, it was displayed at the World Fair, and little did Ford know it would be arguably the iconic car from Ford. At the time it was a gamble for Ford engineers and designers, not knowing if a sporty small car could sell in a world full of used ’50’s land yachts and similar early ’60’s technology. It was an undeniable breakthrough, and it was soon clear they had struck gold. Three body styles gave the Mustang versatility, 4 seats made it a family car, and a strong V8 gave it a power to weight ratio that could compete with any labeled “sports” car of the time. The rest is history, and the amount of “good times” and memories facilitated by this iconic car are infinite. Below is a link to a forum thread currently running on Vintage Mustang Forums about how you got your classic mustang. The stories are hilarious, and some incredibly lucky, all are worth reading. Also included below is an original Ford advertisement for the Mustang, I just love how the announcer says “Mustang!”. Enjoy!
“What’s your Mustang story?” Thread
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Porsche 912- Spotted
One thing I love about European classics is the rarely seen “club badges” or “grille badges”. They always display a sense of pride and value in well built cars. It was the hand shaped fenders, hand stitched leather, and hand plated trim surrounding such cars that induced pride and joy in the sight of the finished product. The badges were added street respect, seeing one or two on the front of a car means the owner knew their car, and were deeply entrenched in the culture surrounding that genre of automobiles. Check out this 912 sporting some PCA pride on it’s back.
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