1965 Z16 Chevelle SS396 MUSCLE MACHINE

Posted on September 27, 2026September 27, 2026 by MartynL

Whatever the 1965 Z16 Chevelle SS396 MUSCLE MACHINE lacked in head-turning styling, it more than made up with tire-shredding performance! Musclecars were big news in 1965, but for me personally, it was one of the biggest years in my career as an enthusiast automotive magazine editor! Not long after having access to 1965 high-performance test cars, I suggested to Mel Jacolow, editor of CARS magazine, that he change the name of the award “American Classic of the Year” he presented annually to car...

JOHN MAYER SILVER SKY DEFENDER GUITARS.

Posted on September 22, 2026September 22, 2026 by MartynL

John Mayer, JLR Defender & PRS Guitars collab results in JOHN MAYER SILVER SKY DEFENDER GUITARS. PRS Guitars today announced the Silver Sky Defender Color Collection, a series of eight limited-edition guitars designed in collaboration between PRS Signature Artist John Mayer and the British 4x4 brand. The lineup includes four classic Land Rover Defender colorways on the US-made Silver Sky and four contemporary Defender colorways on the SE Silver Sky. The US-made guitars will be limited to 50...

TEAM ZORA USA WEST ROCKS!

Posted on September 20, 2026September 20, 2026 by MartynL

Jake Angel & Larry Webb’s TEAM ZORA USA WEST ROCKS! at the SOVREN Fall Finale at Pacific Raceways. Jake Angel, driving the number 111 Team Zora USA West ’60 Corvette Fuelie, set a new Mile-Per-Hour record for C1 vintage Corvettes on Saturday, September 19th, at Pacific Raceways, in Kent, WA. Veteran road racer and Rochester Fuel Injection guru Larry Webb, and Jake’s son, Jaydin, supported the team’s effort. The new record eclipsed the old record by several miles per hour. Jake led th...

DRIVE TOWARD A CURE ON ROUTE 66

Posted on September 17, 2026September 17, 2026 by MartynL

14 classic cars DRIVE TOWARD A CURE ON ROUTE 66, driving 2,400 miles to support people living with Parkinson’s disease! Beginning September 28, a group of friends and classic-car enthusiasts will set out from Kingman, AZ, traveling historic Route 66 eastward to Chicago, IL. They will be taking the Mother Road back toward its beginnings as the legendary highway celebrates its 100th anniversary. The 10-day journey concludes October 7 in Chicago, where Route 66 originally began its westward trek a...

1964 OLDS 442

Posted on September 13, 2026September 13, 2026 by MartynL

1964 was all about the birth of the Supercar, Hemis, and factory-built racecars. It was also the launch of the 1964 OLDS 442: ‘Police Needed it - Olds Built It - Pursuit Proved It…and enthusiasts celebrated! Pontiac called its GTO “A Device For Shrinking Time & Distance.” Magazine editors called it a “Supercar”. And, from coast to coast, enthusiasts flocked to Pontiac dealers to see the new GTO, an option that breathed life into a Tempest. Pontiac - not Ford, Chevy or Plymouth - essentially...

LAW-ENFORCEMENT LAMBO TEMERARIO POLIZIA

Posted on September 4, 2026 by MartynL

When cruising on the Autostrada and you see a LAW-ENFORCEMENT LAMBO TEMERARIO POLIZIA in your rear-view mirror, just move over! The LAW-ENFORCEMENT LAMBO TEMERARIO POLIZIA represents a continuing collaboration spanning more than twenty years, uniting automotive technology and civic commitment. Automobili Lamborghini presents the new Temerario, destined for the Italian State Police, at its Sant’ Agata Bolognese headquarters in the presence of the Minister of the Interior Matteo Piantedosi, welco...

JLR IN MONTEREY: HERITAGE, HORSEPOWER & BESPOKE BRILLIANCE!

Posted on August 31, 2026 by MartynL

Exceptional vintage Jaguar sports cars, a Range Rover SV Pearl Luster Edition and the 1,000-horsepower TYPE 01 Jaguar EV are highlights of JLR IN MONTEREY: HERITAGE, HORSEPOWER & BESPOKE BRILLIANCE! It’s not very often that you can see Steve McQueen’s 1956 Jaguar XKSS, the 1955 Jaguar D-Type XKD 507 raced by Briggs Cunningham, Princess Diana’s bespoke 1987 XJ-S V-12 Jaguar Cabriolet and a 1967 E-Type Jaguar that had been aboard the RMS Queen Elizabeth on its first voyage to North Americ...

THREE DAYS IN MONTEREY

Posted on August 29, 2026August 29, 2026 by MartynL

CGC’s Jim Palam spent THREE DAYS IN MONTEREY, shot almost 3,000 photos & boiled it down to 18 highlights in this special report. You might think that our report's lead photo, above, is of a group of historic racecars charging into the squeeze at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca's infamous Corkscrew during the 2026 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, but this is actually one of the many instances of congestion in Monterey street traffic! And, futile attempts to reach a Car Week destination...

ASTORIA CHAS’ KO-MOTION L88 CORVETTE

Posted on August 27, 2026August 27, 2026 by MartynL

Fifty-eight years ago today, “Astoria Chas” Snyder lost his life in Vietnam. ASTORIA CHAS’ KO-MOTION L88 CORVETTE is a four-wheeled memorial that speaks volumes about Chas and young Americans and their dreams! In 1967 in Astoria, NY, Charlie Snyder was 20 and living the American dream. He drove a very fast 1967 427/435 Corvette convertible and was a regular at “Connecting Highway” and other local area street racing haunts. Looking like a cross between James Dean and The Fonz, he was, accordin...

CORVETTE MACO vs MAKO: SHARK ATTACK!

Posted on August 23, 2026August 23, 2026 by MartynL

Arguably the most attention-getting, crowd-pleasing Concept Car of the 1960s, GM’s Mako Shark II caught the eye of Motion’s Joel Rosen, resulting in CORVETTE MACO vs MAKO: SHARK ATTACK! Neither Joel Rosen, above, nor I had ever met Bill Mitchell, top, General Motors’ VP of Design, or any of the stylists who contributed to the design of the first Mako Shark II Concept that broke cover at the 1965 New York International Auto Show. But we were familiar with their previous head-turning Conc...