Automotive American – Classic Vintage & Modern
Category: autoclassics
If performance-tuned Mustangs don’t do it for you, you clearly haven’t met the Saleen S281 – a supercharged monster that separates the men from the boys
This 2006 Ford Saleen Mustang represents the best of the S197 run, and comes with the incredibly rare automatic transmission, an option rarely ticked on the Saleen specification sheet, making its lean price-tag even more alluring.
In this episode of Barn Find Hunter, Tom Cotter begins his journey using an old adage from fellow motoring journalist Peter Egan of Road & Track Magazine: If you want to look for old cars, go to a small airport, because the wings of an airplane leave lots of room to put cars underneath them.
True enough, Cotter finds some truly remarkable cars doing just that.
The Ford Mustang has a history spanning five decades, with each generation defining its era. But what about the Mustang concept cars that never made it to production?
Read the rest of Tyler’s article here and see what the Mustangs that didn’t hit the street might have looked like.
For the Autosport International Show 2019, Motorious is showcasing arguably the finest 1963 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray in existence – but is it really worth $200k?
Read Callum Brown’s article here
1960s’ rock duo Sonny and Cher drove a pair of far-out, George Barris-customised Mustang drop-tops. Five decades on, the wild horses are unleashed once more
Read Matt Stone’s article at Autoclassics
Restore a Muscle Car is a firm in Lincoln, Nebraska that takes huge numbers of classic American muscle cars and restores them to a sellable condition. Such is the size of its inventory that it now has too many cars and not enough time to restore them all, and is selling many of its unrestored models. Company employee Dave Hall has been kind enough to take the internet on a video tour of one of the sheds of classics, many of which are literal barn finds, that need a new owner.
Read Elliot’s full article here
The world’s most iconic hot rod – the ’32 Ford Roadster originally owned by Tom McMullen – is heading for auction with Mecum on January 12, 2019
Read the rest of Calum’s article on the history of this wonderful car here
The very last cars Burt Reynolds’ personally owned – including a ‘Smokey and the Bandit’ Trans Am – are headed to auction on September 29 during Barrett-Jackson’s Las Vegas sale
Read Calum Brown’s article on the up coming auction of the last of Burt’s car collection
