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Car of the Week: 1958 Skylark II XP-75 Concept

As the 1950s were coming to a close, General Motors embarked upon designing an unusual Buick two-passenger car based upon the styling of what became the 1959 Buick. Labeled initially as XP-75, the two cars which were ultimately built for GM by Pininfarina were formally named, Skylark III.   Harley Earl, who founded the styling department of General Motors after being hired by then company president Alfred P. Sloan in 1927, appointed Ned Nickles to lead the styling team assigned to the XP-75 program. General Motors was totally responsible for the design the cars and Pininfarina was hired to construct the two bodies.   Read more...

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Hershey, PAThe AACA Museum, Inc. announced a new micro exhibit of two DeLorean automobiles at the AACA Museum, Inc. One is the very first DeLorean DMC-12 Prototype 1 car from 1976 and the other is a 1981 DeLorean DMC-12 Coupe production model.Having the two available side by side gives you the opportunity to see the differences and enjoy a double dose of these iconic automobiles! Read More...

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From the Old Cars Weekly archives: October 2, 2008   Diamonds honor 75th anniversaries, gold is offered at 50th anniversaries and silver is given at 25th anniversaries. But Dr. Frederick Prehns 1958 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz could turn these traditions around. His 50-year-old Rajah Silver Eldorado is a car of many anniversaries, and offers a valid reason to make silver (Rajah Silver, to be specific) represent 50th anniversary milestones, at least when it comes to Cadillacs. Read More...

Worldwide Auctioneers offers up historic Mercedes-Benz

Auburn, IN.Worldwide Auctioneers will present on of the most historically significant automobiles ever offered for public sale at its annual Scottsdale Auction in Arizona onJanuary 17, when a1939 Mercedes-Benz 770K Grosser Offener Tourenwagengoes under the hammer. Formerly part of the famed Imperial Palace Auto Collections and one of five surviving Offener Tourenwagens, this meticulously documented automobile was ordered by, built for and used by Adolf Hitler, tyrannical Chancellor of Nazi Germany and Fhrer of the Third Reich from 1933 to 1945. Ultimately seized by the U.S. Army in 1945, it is a definitive surviving symbol of Allied triumph over evil. Read More...

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