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This Is The 1978 Jaguar XJS Group 44 Trans-Am Championship Winner

Ben Branch February 19, 2020
Jaguar XJS Group 44 Trans-Am Car
  • British
  • Cars
  • Classic Cars
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This is the Group 44 Jaguar XJS that won the Trans-Am Category 1 Drivers’ and Manufacturers’ Championship in the hands of Bob Tullius and…

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The Beautiful Toyota 2000GT – The First Million Dollar Japanese Sports Car

Ben Branch February 17, 2020
Toyota 2000GT Doors
  • Cars
  • Classic Cars
  • Japanese

  The Toyota 2000GT is one of the most important Japanese cars of all time, it’s now the most valuable vintage Japanese production car…

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The Car Of The Future (From 1977) – The Six-Wheeled Panther 6

Ben Branch February 16, 2020
Panther 6 Car Factory
  • British
  • Cars
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In 1977 when the Panther 6 was unveiled to the general public for the first time at London’s 1977 Motorfair show at Earls Court it…

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Rebuilt For A Race Car Project: There’s A Packard Straight 8 Engine For Sale On eBay

Ben Branch February 15, 2020
Packard Straight 8 Engine
  • American
  • Classic Cars
  • Extraordinary Engines For Sale

This engine is a 1948 Packard Straight 8, it’s an L-head inline 8-cylinder engine, it has a capacity of 327 cu. in (5.35 litres), and…

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Project Car: Would You Take On This 1975 BMW E12 525 For ~€800?

Ben Branch February 12, 2020
BMW 525 E12 Front
  • BMW
  • Cars
  • Classic Cars
  • Project Vehicles

This 1975 BMW E12 525 has been sitting unused and under cover for a few years, it’s part of a large collection of cars…

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A Look At The Incredible GP Ice Race – Would You Ski Behind A Race Car?

Ben Branch February 7, 2020
GP-Ice-Race-2020-8
  • Cars
  • Classic Cars
  • Racing

What Is The GP Ice Race? The GP Ice Race takes place in Zell am See, a small Alpine town south of Salzburg in Austria. The ice races date back to 1937 and they ran until 1974, the races were restarted in 2019…

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A Brief History of the Bricklin SV-1 – Everything You Need To Know

Jon Branch February 6, 2020
Bricklin SV1
  • Brief Histories
  • Cars
  • Classic Cars

The Bricklin SV-1 – A Canadian Match for the Corvette In April 1975 Car and Driver magazine had the opportunity to do a head…

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The Quintessential Group B Homologation Special – The Lancia Delta S4 Stradale

Ben Branch February 4, 2020
Lancia Delta S4 Stradale 2
  • Cars
  • Classic Cars
  • Racing

The Lancia Delta S4 was one of the fastest and most advanced Group B rally cars ever developed, it would also directly lead to…

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Watch The Historic Racing Film “Carroll Shelby Goes Racing With Ford”

Ben Branch February 2, 2020
Carroll Shelby
  • American
  • Cars
  • Classic Cars
  • Films

This film was made in the mid-1960s just as the reputation of Carroll Shelby as a race car manufacturer was beginning to take off….

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The Tamiya Subaru BRAT Is The Only R/C Car That Matters Right Now

Ben Branch January 31, 2020
Tamiya-Subaru-Brat-RC-Car
  • Cars
  • Classic 4x4
  • Classic Cars
  • Gear

This is the Tamiya Subaru BRAT R/C car, it’s a significantly updated and improved re-release of the original Tamiya BRAT from 1983 that comes…

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1 Of Just 30 Ever Made: A 1982 BMW Alpina B7 S Turbo Coupé

Ben Branch January 30, 2020
BMW Alpina B7 S Turbo Coupé 2
  • BMW
  • Cars
  • Classic Cars

Just 30 examples of the BMW Alpina B7 S Turbo coupé were ever built, the car was based on the BMW 6 Series platform…

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Project Car: A Rare, Crashed BMW 503 That’s Been Stored For 44 Years

Ben Branch January 27, 2020
BMW 503
  • BMW
  • Cars
  • Classic Cars

The BMW 503 is a rare car – it’s rarer still to find one that hasn’t been restored to show condition due to the…

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