BIG OLY: SALEEN BRONCO BUSTER

Posted on July 15, 2020 by MartynL

Steve Saleen channels Parnelli Jones’ legendary Baja off-road racer and comes up with BIG OLY: SALEEN BRONCO BUSTER! Saleen Automotive, the Southern California vehicle manufacturer founded by racing driver and vehicle builder, Steve Saleen, has just revealed the ’21 Saleen Bronco. As the creator of the Saleen S7 – one of the most successful racing cars ever built – Saleen is mainly associated with success on asphalt surfaces, but with the new Bronco, the company is taking to the dirt with a ven...

MERCEDES-AMG: BLACK MAGIC

Posted on July 15, 2020July 15, 2020 by MartynL

For those who desire the ultimate in AMG performance, few models can match the exclusivity, rarity and track-optimized performance of MERCEDES-AMG: BLACK MAGIC. One can think of the Black Series as AMG's most extroverted, most track-focused and most exclusive, limited-production models. Since the first SLK 55 Black Series, these models have further enhanced AMG's already exceptional performance models by modifying their powertrains, chassis and aerodynamics to optimize performance and maximize ...

CHEVY & FORD: 1950s CUSTOMS

Posted on July 14, 2020July 14, 2020 by MartynL

Pat Ganahl showcases CHEVY & FORD: 1950s CUSTOMS – ’58 Impala and ’49 Ford – that celebrate an era when car enthusiasts truly personalized their street and show rides. First up is the ’58 Chevy Impala, a head-turner even in stock form, built by Lee Pratt. Growing up in Des Moines, Iowa, back in those days when young boys talked cars, read Hot Rod magazines, and fantasized about “how they did it out in California,” Lee figured he was a typical kid who just happened to like the smooth customs...

C8 SWEEPSTAKES: WIN A CORVETTE

Posted on July 11, 2020July 11, 2020 by MartynL

C8 SWEEPSTAKES: WIN A CORVETTE anchors the Chip Miller Amyloidosis Foundation’s annual fundraising efforts in 2020. 2020 is a year when helping everyone is simply the right thing to do. Yeah, maybe you’re not totally on board with things that are being suggested, but in the end, if your efforts don’t do any harm and just might even do some good, why not go all in? All in is what the Chip Miller Amyloidosis Foundation has done with its anchor fundraising venture, a C8 SWEEPSTAKES: WIN A CORVETTE...

McLAREN 720S SPIDER: SUNSHINE SUPERCAR

Posted on July 5, 2020July 7, 2020 by MartynL

Drop the top on the new 710 horsepower McLAREN 720S SPIDER: SUNSHINE SUPERCAR and revel in some explosive pyrotechnic fun, says Road Test Editor Howard Walker. No Fourth of July fireworks for you this year? No worries, I have fireworks for you. Lots of fireworks. Pyrotechnics in the shape of this rolling 710-horsepower bottle rocket with more bang than a truckload of M-80s! Light the touch paper on this incandescent ‘20 McLaren 720S Spider I've been scaring myself silly with this week, and the ...

1962: MUSTANG I CONCEPT

Posted on July 4, 2020July 4, 2020 by MartynL

A radical new sports car, the 1962: MUSTANG I CONCEPT, confirmed that the only constant at Ford in the early-1960s was change! In early-June 1962, famed sports car constructors Troutman and Barnes in Culver City, CA received body molds from Ford for an experimental sports car – the Mustang l. Troutman and Barnes had been known for building stunning Indy and sports car racers, including Lance Reventlow’s Scarab. Known internally as Project W-301, Mustang I was a concept for a serious sports c...

ASTON MARTIN VANTAGE: AD-VANTAGE ASTON

Posted on July 2, 2020July 2, 2020 by MartynL

The latest Vantage coupe may be Aston's entry model, but it might be the most fun version you can buy, ASTON MARTIN VANTAGE: AD-VANTAGE ASTON, says Road Test Editor Howard Walker. OK, enough with the James Bond quips. I promise I’ll try. Yet to drive a new Aston Martin, any Aston Martin, and not make reference to the indelible 007 connection is something of a challenge. Especially as the latest ‘20 Aston Martin Vantage rocket ship I've been piloting, never failed to leave me shaken and stirred,...

AC COBRA: ELECTRIC OR GAS!

Posted on July 1, 2020July 1, 2020 by MartynL

The iconic Cobra is back with power choices that AC or Carroll Shelby never imagined in the 1960s: AC COBRA: ELECTRIC OR GAS! It is not often that a motoring icon is reborn and updated all at the same time. Yet the two new models in the ‘20 AC Cobra range launched today come with sparkling engine options – an all new and purpose-designed full electric powertrain and a brand new, high performance four-cylinder gas engine sourced from the latest Ford Mustang. The engines are packaged in an instan...

SAILOR BOB: ANATOMY OF A MODEL T

Posted on June 29, 2020June 29, 2020 by MartynL

Injecting new life into an iconic hot rod built in the 1950s and featured in Car Craft and Hot Rod, documented here by Pat Ganahl: SAILOR BOB: ANATOMY OF A MODEL T. Pat Ganal documents all the twists and turns involved in finding an abandoned classic hot rod that was featured in popular car magazines back in the day, and then bringing it back to life. It’s an ongoing saga of an iconic T-roadster that we brought you some details of @ http://carguychronicles.com/pat-ganahl-old-school-hot-rods/ ...

JAGUAR CLASSIC: 3.8 XK BLOCK PARTY

Posted on June 25, 2020 by MartynL

Manufactured to authentic specifications, JAGUAR CLASSIC: 3.8 XK BLOCK PARTY celebrates the iconic 3.8 Six with the first brand new XK engine block available in more than half a century! Jaguar Classic has reintroduced the 3.8-liter XK engine block, as fitted to many coveted Jaguar sedans and sports cars of the 1950s and 1960s, including the legendary E-type. Unavailable new for more than 50 years, these are the only brand-new XK engine blocks available. Recreated to exact, original specificati...