If you’re an AMC owner and get tired of questions like “Why did they install a Chevy engine in an AMC?”, this story is for you. Ditto Studebaker folks who must deal with people asking about the Ford 289 in… Read More ›
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8 trucks that deserve another shot – Brandan Gillogly @Hagerty
A year ago, we looked at some vehicles that had ambitious goals and yet fell short in one way or another. We argued that those four vehicles deserved another chance. Now, let’s focus on pickups that also meet those criteria. Here… Read More ›
5 steps to bring your car out of storage for spring driving season – Kyle Smith @Hagerty
No amount of lamp light will cure the car lover’s seasonal affective disorder, suffered when the weather is too cold or the roads too salty for driving a classic. Luckily, spring is upon us, which means many of us are… Read More ›
5 famous V-8s whose displacements stretched the truth – Diego Rosenberg @Hagerty
We know that the 1960s were full of horsepower hijinks, but did you know that manufacturers sometimes fibbed about the size of their engines? Indeed, that burbling V-8 in your beloved classic may actually not measure up to its promised… Read More ›
These 8 car movies from 1971 brought hot rubber to silver screen – Priscilla Page @Hagerty
With the era’s racing films and road movies, James Bond and Bullitt, the 1960s gave us the genesis of the modern action film, but the decade that followed defined and refined it. Stunts and stunt driving were more impressive than ever,… Read More ›
9 nameplates used across multiple marques – Brandan Gillogly @Hagerty
Even back in the good ol’ days when a car’s alphanumeric badging actually told your what was going on under the hood, we preferred when cars had actual names like Eldorado and Falcon. Style and soul are important, and a… Read More ›
3 handy electronic tools to keep in your modern classic – Brandan Gillogly @Hagerty
Not everyone wants or needs to carry a tool kit in each vehicle they drive. Your late-model daily-driver that’s proved totally reliable shouldn’t need more than a spare tire and a jack, if that. Each tool kit should be balanced… Read More ›
Peek inside FDR’s flathead V-12-powered, armored 1942 Lincoln – Brandan Gillogly @Hagerty
In its latest video celebrating million-dollar cars, the Petersen Automotive Museum takes an in-depth look at President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s armored 1942 Lincoln, just in time for Presidents’ Day Petersen’s chief historian Leslie Kendall gives this tour from the museum’s Vault, where… Read More ›
“Batman”: The ’67 Holman-Moody Mustang that was smuggled in boxes, raced, and restored to glory – Colin Comer @Hagerty
Imagine, if you will, taking your significant other’s daily driver from them, smuggling it off to another country to be turned into a race car, smuggling it back disassembled in crates, assembling it, proceeding to race it competitively under a… Read More ›
Ford Model A 4-cylinder engine rebuild time-lapse | Redline Rebuilds – @Hagerty
Half the cylinders, half the work? If only! The flathead four-cylinder engine in our “Swap to Street” 1930 Ford Model A was leaking oil like crazy and wasn’t running particularly well, either. That made it a perfect subject for our… Read More ›