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For Sale: A 1917 Rauch & Lang JX7 Electric Car From Cleveland, Ohio

Ben Branch August 23, 2024
Rauch & Lang JX7 Electric 2
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  • Classic Cars

This is a 1917 Rauch & Lang JX7 Electric, it’s an electric car from the early days of the automobile, during a time when there were electric, gasoline, and steam powered cars all in…

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Field Find! A 1977 Pontiac Trans Am 6.6 Liter V8

Ben Branch August 22, 2024
1977 Pontiac Trans Am
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  • Classic Cars

This 1977 Pontiac Trans Am is part of the Lost & Found Collection, each car is now being sold individually in the hopes that they’ll be bought and given the restoration they deserve. The…

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For Sale: The Unusual “Lawrence Longnose” Land Rover

Ben Branch August 21, 2024
Lawrence Longnose Land Rover
  • Cars
  • Classic 4x4

This is the “Lawrence Longnose,” it’s a Land Rover Series 2A long wheelbase that’s been significantly modified by David Sexton. It’s now powered by a Rover V8, and interestingly, it uses Lancaster Bomber magneto…

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For Sale: The Grateful Dead’s Original Studebaker M5 Band Equipment Truck

Ben Branch August 20, 2024
The Grateful Dead Studebaker M5 Band Equipment Truck
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This 1949 Studebaker M5 Pickup was used by The Grateful Dead as their primary equipment truck, they nicknamed it “The Dred” and it was given a new paint job in-keeping with the group’s aesthetic….

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Probably The Toughest Mini-4×4 Ever Made: The AMC M422A1 “Mighty Mite”

Ben Branch August 18, 2024
AMC Mighty Mite
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  • Classic 4x4

This is 1963 AMC M422 Mighty Mite, it was developed as a lightweight military 4×4 that could be deployed by air –specifically by the Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw and other US military helicopters of the…

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The Go-On II Alfa Romeo Special “Ice Racer”

Jon Branch August 17, 2024
Go On II Alfa Romeo Special racing car ice racer
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  • Racing

In the years after the Second World War one of the influential people who worked to prosper motorsport in Sweden was Gunnar Olsson. He was a driving force behind the creation of the Karlskoga…

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For Sale: A Rare V16-Powered Cizeta V16T Supercar

Jon Branch August 16, 2024
Cizeta V16T sports car supercar
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  • Italian

The Cizeta V16T was originally going to be called the Cizeta-Moroder V16T because it was the product of a partnership between composer Giorgio Moroder and Claudio Zampolli’s Cizeta business. As it turned out Zampolli’s…

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A Rare 1980 Alpine A310: Was This “The French DeLorean?”

Ben Branch August 15, 2024
Alpine A310
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  • Classic Cars

This is a 1980 Alpine A310, it’s an unusual French rear-engined sports car that was a period rival to the likes of the Porsche 911, Lotus Esprit, the DeLorean DMC-12, and maybe even the…

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A Rare American Classic: The Kaiser-Darrin Roadster

Jon Branch August 14, 2024
Kaiser Darrin sports car
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  • Classic Cars

The Kaiser-Darrin was one of the early sports cars to enter production in the United States. It was created by Howard “Dutch” Darrin who had been a coachbuilder and designer in Paris during the…

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The First Wedge Car (That No One Has Heard Of) – The 1966 Cannara

Ben Branch August 12, 2024
1966 Cannara Wedge Car
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  • Classic Cars

This is a car that almost no one seems to know about, yet it should be just as famous as the iconic concept car wedges of the late 1960s and 1970s – possibly more…

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For Sale: The 1993 Vector Avtech WX-3 Supercar Prototype

Ben Branch August 11, 2024
Vector Avtech WX-3 Prototype Car
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  • Classic Cars

The Vector Avtech WX-3 was arguably the most impressive American supercar of its time, featuring a mid-mounted engine capable of up to 1200 bhp, futuristic styling, and of course, a price tag only affordable…

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For Sale: An American-Made Bocar XP-6 V8

Ben Branch August 10, 2024
Bocar XP-6 17
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  • Classic Cars

This is an original 1959 Bocar XP-6, a little-known American sports racing car developed by Bob Carnes in Lakewood, Colorado to challenge the dominant roadsters coming out of Europe at the time. Thanks to…

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