Project Car: Cord 812 SC Phaeton – An American Design Icon
The Cord 812 SC Phaeton, and its non-supercharged sibling the 810, have been held up as possibly the best examples of American automobile design…
Cars
A Flat 6 Love Affair – The Incredible Work of Bart Kuykens
A Flat 6 Love Affair was written by regular Silodrome contributing writer Marc Goldbaum. When it comes to Porsche there are more than a…
A Brief History of the Austin Champ – Everything You Need To Know
Introduction: To Build a Better Jeep My first, and only, working experience with an Austin Champ was on a farm down in Australia where…
The Wishbone by Ed “Big Daddy” Roth – A VW-Engined One-Off Custom Car
The Wishbone is a custom car built by Ed “Big Daddy” Roth in 1967, it proved to be a disaster for him and his…
Bill Thomas Cheetah #4 – The Race Car Designed In Chalk On A Garage Floor
The Bill Thomas Cheetah has become an unlikely success story, the car was first designed as a concept car of sorts for Chevrolet who…
1971 Vauxhall Firenza “Old Nail” ex-Gerry Marshall Race & Championship Winner
This is one of the most famous examples of the Vauxhall Firenza in existence, if not the most famous outright. Nicknamed “Old Nail” this is…
Barn Find: 1973 Jensen Interceptor – 7.2 Litre V8 British Muscle Car Project
The Jensen Interceptor was built by the relatively small company out of their West Bromwich factory to compete with the likes of the Aston…
The Original Ferrari F40 Patent Drawings
These are the original six drawings for the patent application for the Ferrari F40, the application was filed in December 1987 listing Leonardo Fioravanti…
A Rare American Sports Car – The Woodill Wildfire
The Woodill Wildfire is considered by many to be the first production fibreglass sports car in the world, it was very nearly mass-produced by…
The Only One Ever Made: The Plymouth Road Runner Rapid Transit
This is the 1971 Plymouth Road Runner Rapid Transit, it’s the only one ever made and today it stands as a high watermark for…
Full Film: The DeLorean Pennebaker-Hegedus Documentary
This is the DeLorean documentary by Pennebaker Hegedus Films, it’s a full-length film about the DeLorean Motor Corporation, the DMC-12, John DeLorean, and the…
A Brief History of the Toyota Hilux – Everything You Need To Know
The Toyota Hilux pickup truck has become one of the most iconic vehicles to ever emerge from Japanese vehicle maker Toyota. The Hilux, known…