Classic Cars
Project Car: A Harley-Davidson Powered TQ Midget Race Car
This is an original 1949 TQ midget race car that’s powered by a 45 cu. in. Harley-Davidson Flathead engine, it’s never been restored and so it’s kept all of its hard-earned battle scars from years competing on American oval tracks. Midget Car Racing + TQ Midget Car Racing Midget car racing was started to give…
The Only One Ever Made: The 1967 BMW-Glas 3000 V8 Fastback Prototype
This is the 1967 BMW-Glas 3000 V8 Fastback prototype, it’s the only one that was ever made. There was hope that BMW would embrace the car as its own luxury coupe however it was sadly to remain a single prototype, with BMW instead developing their own car – the 3.0 CS. Glas, BMW-Glas, and the…
Documentary: The Mini, Wizardry On Wheels – Narrated by Hugh Laurie
This documentary is narrated by Hugh Laurie, and it features appearances by some of the most important figures in the long history of the Mini, including Sir Alec Issigonis, Leonard Lord, John Cooper, and many others. When it was first released, it’s doubtful that anyone guessed the humble Mini would become one of the most…
An Affordable Vintage Lamborghini – A 1962 Lamborghini Tractor 2 R
The words “affordable” and “vintage Lamborghini” rarely appear in the same sentence, unless you’re a member of the kind of clubs that have antique Chesterfield sofas and long white pebble driveways. It’s relatively well-known that Ferruccio Lamborghini manufactured tractors before he started building high-end performance cars – partially to vex his rival Enzo Ferrari. The…
Documentary: The Daring Bulldog Truck Convoy To The Arctic
In order to protect the United States from aerial attack during the early stages of the Cold War, construction on the Distant Early Warning Line (or DEW Line) began in 1956. This was a serious engineering project that required tonnes of steel, concrete, and equipment to be delivered high into the Arctic Circle where there…
The First (And Only) Car Carroll Shelby Built From Scratch – The Shelby Series 1 Prototype
This is the Shelby Series 1 prototype, a test car for what would become the only production road car ever designed and built from scratch by Carroll Shelby and his team. Shelby became famous as a racing driver with a stint in Formula 1 followed by a popular victory at the 24 Hours of Le…
The Zimmer Quicksilver – Mid-Engined – Extremely Rare – 100% American
The Zimmer Quicksilver is a rare car, so rare in fact that it’s possible you’ve never heard of it before. I know I’d never encountered the creatively-styled, mid-engined car before this one popped up for sale with RM Sotheby’s. To cut a very long story short, the Zimmer Quicksilver is a heavily modified Pontiac Fiero with…
Is This The Quintessential American Villain’s Car? The 1965 Buick Riviera – Black-On-Black With The “Wildcat” Nailhead V8
The first generation of the Buick Riviera was developed specifically to compete with the Ford Thunderbird, a luxurious grand touring coupe with elegant styling, seating for four adults, and a prodigious American V8 under the hood. Buick had previously used the Riviera name on vehicles back in the 1940s but a standalone Riviera model was first released…
A DeLorean DMC-12 With A 50% Power Boost Due To A Period-Correct BAE Turbocharging System
The DeLorean DMC-12 is nothing if not controversial when it was released, but the passing of time and the fact that the car was the star of the hit 1980s Back To The Future films has now cemented its favourability with the general public. The DMC-12’s single largest flaw has always been its lack of…
The Top 19 Cars Of 2019 On Silodrome
Each year we compile a list of the most popular cars on Silodrome from the previous 12 months, we rank them in the order of their popularity, and as always, there are a few surprises in the list. For the first time in the almost 10 year history of Silodrome the top two cars are…
Mercedes-Benz 300TD W123 Station Wagon – The Best German Daily Driver Of All-Time?
The Mercedes-Benz W123 300TD is remembered today as one of the toughest and most reliable vehicles of its age, they were commonly used as taxis due to the fact they could run up over 1,000,000 kilometres (621,000 miles) on the odometer without requiring anything more than scheduled maintenance. The Mercedes W123 And The Record Breaking OM617…
The Frontline Developments Abingdon Edition MGB: A British Icon Reborn
This episode from XCar focusses on the Frontline Developments Abingdon Edition MGB, a comprehensively rebuilt MGB offering modern levels of performance and reliability, in a beautiful and quintessentially British roadster package. The MGB is a sports car that deserves to be held in higher regard than it typically is, it was first offered for sale…