John Surtees aboard a Vincent at Dunsfold, England, in 2012. Photo by Supermac1961. To win a Formula One World Championship is an impressive feat, one that generally takes decades of practice behind the wheel of successively faster race cars. Similarly, winning an FIM motorcycle world championship takes an equal amount of talent, albeit in a radically different discipline; winning seven FIM championships, in multiple classes, across a span of just five seasons, takes a competitor of nearly superhuman talents. I
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Formula One and FIM motorcycle world champion John Surtees dies at the age of 83

Formula One and FIM motorcycle world champion John Surtees dies at the age of 83
Posted by Kurt Ernst - John Surtees aboard a Vincent at Dunsfold, England, in 2012. Photo by Supermac1961. To win a Formula One World Championship is an impressive feat, one that generally takes decades of practice behind the wheel of successively faster race cars. Similarly, winning an FIM motorcycle world championship takes an equal amount of talent, albeit in a radically different discipline; winning seven FIM championships, in multiple classes, across a span of just five seasons, takes a competitor of nearly superhuman talents. I... Read More
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Hemmings Find of the Day - 1972 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am

Hemmings Find of the Day - 1972 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am
Posted by Kurt Ernst - 1972 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am for sale. From the seller's description: This Trans Am is extremely rare, a real #s matching 455 H.O. LS5 car. It has PHS documentation and the 72 TA was the lowest production year for all the second generation cars built . Prior to its restoration, the car was in excellent condition, untampered with and in very original condition. It was rock solid and wears all of its original sheet metal. The car was purchased in California and now lives in Scottsdale AZ. This car looks absolutely...Read More

Lamborghini LM002 Rambo Lambo to cross the block at Fort Lauderdale

Lamborghini LM002 Rambo Lambo to cross the block at Fort Lauderdale
Posted by Mike McNessor - Photos by Erik Fuller courtesy of Auctions America. Looking for the perfect vehicle to turn heads at your community's Earth Day Festival next month? We found it: a bright red, 6,800-pound, V-12-powered, four-wheel-drive that will get you to the tree plantings, and litter cleanup sites on less than a gallon of gas provided of course that your destination isn't more than eight miles away. (Yes, it gets eight MPG.) Off-road enthusiasts of the 1980s and 1990s know it as the Lamborghini LM002 or the Ramb...Read More
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Gallery: Scenes from Amelia Island

Gallery: Scenes from Amelia Island
Posted by Kurt Ernst - Awaiting awards. Photos by author. Consider the numbers: not including Cars & Coffee, roughly 300 cars took to the greens at Amelia Island on Saturday, March 11. Counting the shots taken during setup on March 10 (but excluding auction coverage), your humble author shot around 1,900 images of vehicles at the concours. My colleague Terry Shea shot even more, and between the two of us likely walked the distance from Bennington, Vermont, to Fernandina Beach, Florida. At least it felt that way the morning after. ...Read More

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1960

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1960
Posted by Daniel Strohl - Date: circa 1960 Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Source: Benjamin Ames, via The Old Motor What do you see here?...Read More
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