Archive for 'Vintage Cars' Category
CRC Corvette Conversion for Sale
3 July 2008If you recall the CRC (Classic Reflection Coachworks) Corvette conversions we mentioned quite a while ago, you know these rebodied Corvettes look absolutely great. C5 Corvettes are rebodied to look like a 62 Corvette but you keep all of the modern mechanics. It’s a vintage modern Corvette, sort of a resto mod. There’s one for [...]
Blastolene B-702 Roadster Going to Barrett-Jackson
16 November 2007How about a 19 foot long, 702 cubic inch V12 custom roadster for your garage? If you’re thinking, “Hey, that’s my car!” head for the Barrett Jackson auction in January, your car is waiting.
Press release follows:
Hailed as a “rolling sculpture” and powered by a mammoth 702cid V12 engine, the famous Blastolene B-702 custom roadster (Lot [...]
Cheetah Continuation from BTM
2 August 2007The Chevy powered Cheetah is a less well known but really great looking car from the early 1960s. Built to compete with the AC Cobra, they produced less than a couple dozen before a factory fire destoyed the tooling. BTM LLC of Arizona has been authorized by Bill Thomas, original creator of the Cheetah, to [...]
Steve McQueen’s Ferrari Lusso Up for Auction
20 June 2007Steve McQueen’s garage was filled with the finest motorcycles and cars, just what you would expect a passionate motorhead to buy if he had plenty of money and class. Slowly, over the years, all of his vehicles have been auctioned off.
His 1963 Ferrari 250GT Lusso found its way into private hands, whereupon the owner returned [...]
When Is Old Car Restoration Really Reproduction?
24 May 2007After our story about the 1967 Mustang Fastback body shells that are available now, there was a little controversy in the comments about how those shells could be used to fake an original Mustang. I added my own comment to the discussion:
These body shells simply respond to the demand for clean cars that are almost [...]
Corvair Futura Concept Car
18 March 2007Even when you think you have seen most of the concept cars from years past, once in a while one shows up, like this Corvair Futura concept car, that has you scratching your head. I had to stop and look because I just don’t recall ever seeing it before.
It is listed on eBay as a [...]