BUYER’S GUIDE: 1967-1969 CHEVY CAMARO.

Posted on February 27, 2021February 27, 2021 by MartynL

Everything you’ve always wanted to know about Chevrolet’s original Ponycar - from factory-stock to Baldwin-Motion wild. Hagerty’s Sajeev Mehta blogs about some of the hobby’s most collectible sporty cars with backseats in BUYER’S GUIDE: 1967-1969 CHEVY CAMARO. If you are looking for landmark years for Chevrolet performance, 1967 thru 1969 rates right up there on top. It was the era that the Camaro revolutionized the Ponycar market. The Chevelle had the Supercar field covered; the Corvette Sting...

ISO GRIFO: CORVETTE POWER; ITALIAN SUIT!

Posted on February 24, 2021February 24, 2021 by MartynL

Renzo and Piero Rivolta’s stunning Corvette-powered Iso Grifo was a game-changer, bringing engine reliability to the Italian GT wars. ISO GRIFO: CORVETTE POWER; ITALIAN SUIT! It’s a Corvette with an Italian accent, blogs Bruce Troxell. In the late-1960s, I had a torrid love affair with a red, hot and sensuous Italian. Her name was Iso Grifo and she was born into the Rivolta family in 1967 in Milano. Handcrafted and steel-bodied, the Grifo delivered Corvette performance along with Europe...

’69 CAMARO: 10 COOLEST EVER!

Posted on February 9, 2021February 9, 2021 by MartynL

Arguably the most popular Camaro – with the longest list of engine options from mini-powerhouse small-block 302 to the maximum muscle big-block 396-427 – is the first-Gen ’69. Adding to its cred are the big-block tire-fryers from Baldwin-Motion, below, right, Yenko and others, showcased here by Scott Oldham in ’69 CAMARO: 10 COOLEST EVER! Launched in 1967, Chevy’s Camaro had a very strong first year. The Bowtie brand finally had a rival for the Ford Mustang, and Chevy sold nearly 221,00...

SIMPLEX/HISPANO-SUIZA: BRICKS, MORTAR & SOUL!

Posted on February 6, 2021February 6, 2021 by MartynL

Automotive historian, artist and consummate carguy who believes that Every Car Has A Story, Joe Pepitone, is championing the celebration of an historical building in Brunswick, NJ: SIMPLEX/HISPANO-SUIZA: BRICKS, MORTAR & SOUL! What kind of impact can one building have on community? A building is more than just brick and mortar, walls and a roof. A building houses jobs for members of the community while providing products or services. Those same products and services also impact, ...

PERFECT MATCH: DAVID PORTER & PEUGEOT HPi FAP!

Posted on February 4, 2021 by MartynL

Consummate historic competitor and Sarasota Café Racer campaigns 2009 Le Mans winning, twin-turbo V12 LMP. It’s a PERFECT MATCH: DAVID PORTER & PEUGEOT HPi FAP! Vintage is a relative term, and among HSR’s Group 6 for Historic, Post Historic and Modern Era Prototypes are a slew of racecars that have only recently “retired” from professional competition to join the ranks of vintage racing. Among them is the Peugeot 908 HDi FAP, chassis number 10, now owned and driven by David Porter, ...

1970: MUSCLECARS AT AMELIA ISLAND CONCOURS

Posted on January 23, 2021January 23, 2021 by MartynL

In 1970, Motown’s Maximum Muscle - 1970: MUSCLECARS AT AMELIA ISLAND CONCOURS - showcased the biggest and baddest engines, head-turning wings, sound & fury, an endless list of performance options, and limited-production models. A special class of 1970 Musclecars, including a Buick Stage 1 Skylark GSX, will celebrate the pinnacle of Detroit’s fast and loud Musclecar era at the 26th annual Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance on May 23, 2021. The first wave of Baby Boomers was graduating...

CHEVY/CORVETTE: LS ENGINE GUIDE!

Posted on January 20, 2021 by MartynL

Daniel Strohl and our friends at Hemmings sort out one of the world’s most successful engine series in this easy-to-digest CHEVY/CORVETTE: LS ENGINE GUIDE! Just as the original Ed Cole-design Chevrolet small-block V-8 launched an era of American performance upon its introduction in the mid-1950, so did the LS-series third-generation small-block Chevrolet V-8 when it launched a quarter-century ago. And just as the original SBC spawned dozens of variants over its decades-long lifespan, so did...

1963–1967 VETTE: STING RAY BUYER’S GUIDE!

Posted on January 16, 2021January 16, 2021 by MartynL

Sajeev Mehta and our friends at Hagerty condense everything you have always wanted to know about C2 Corvettes into this 1963-1967 VETTE: STING RAY BUYER’S GUIDE! A great number of Corvette enthusiasts – myself included - consider the 1963-1967 Sting Rays to represent Chevrolet’s two-seat sports car’s pinnacle of styling and performance. From the head-turning Fuelie and Z06 split-window coupe, above, in 1963 to the big-block 427/435 tri-power and L88s in 1967, mid-year Sting Rays had it all. Whe...

CELEBRATE 2021: ISO RIVOLTA GTZ

Posted on December 23, 2020 by MartynL

Andrea Zagato has patterned his life after Eleanor Roosevelt’s famous quote, “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” CELEBRATE 2021: ISO RIVOLTA GTZ. The ISO Rivolta GTZ represents Zagato’s tribute to the ISO brand, which in the 1960s and 1970s carved out a prominent place in automotive history with its GT cars: Rivolta GT, Grifo, photo below, Lele and Fidia. Energy, Heritage, Prestige and Passion are the core values that Zagato communicates through the neoclas...

McLAREN MSO: SKUNKWORKS SABRE HYPERCAR

Posted on December 22, 2020December 22, 2020 by MartynL

The first bespoke, U.S.-only McLAREN MSO: SKUNKWORKS SABRE HYPERCAR – driven by customer dreams - breaks cover today! Today the McLaren Sabre, an exclusive new McLaren Special Operations (MSO) bespoke commission Hypercar, makes its public debut. McLaren Beverly Hills will hand over the keys to the first of 15 customers to take delivery of a Sabre, with each customer having participated in the development process. The McLaren Sabre is designed and homologated exclusively for the U.S. ...