 | | Sunday, December 11, 2016 |
| Four-Links - Night Cars, Glenn Curtiss's land-speed record, Plymouth's XX-500, Trekka 50th 
Posted by Daniel Strohl - In the mid-Seventies, photographer Langdon Clay roamed the streets of New York City snapping photos of the cars parked along the city's streets. More recently, he's published a book featuring the best of those photos. * As Mike Hanlon at New Atlas wrote recently, the earliest land-speed records were held by trains and it wasn't until 1907 that an internal combustion vehicle took the record - specifically the aircraft V-8 that Glenn Curtiss installed in his motorcycle to speed to 136 MPH. * Chrysler's f... Read More |  | Hemmings Find of the Day - 1984 Peugeot 205 T16 Posted by Daniel Strohl - Unrestored low-mileage 1984 Peugeot 205 T16 for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller's description: This 205 Turbo 16 is the 189th example of the just 200 homologation cars built. It was delivered to a Mr. Quernette in Lasne, Belgium on September 15, 1985. With prices in the range of new Porsches and Ferraris, only the most dedicated fans would pay up for the Turbo 16 at the time. Mr. Quenette is believed to have used the car on weekend trips and in his almost 30-years of ownership the car covered only 45,000 kilo...Read More | Hemmings Sunday Cinema - Italian bike racing in cinema, carburetor upgrade, Moving Violation Posted by Daniel Strohl - As with Harlo at The Chicane, we don't follow most of the dialog in this trailer for the 1957 Italian flick "I fidanzati della morte," but that don't matter because the motorcycles and the racing are compelling enough. * Reader Mark Axen sent us this clip from the Red Green Show in which Red finds a carburetor alternative for his Camaro. * Finally, it's a Roger Corman film, so the dialog in 1976's "Moving Violation" is corny at best, but the action more than makes up for it....Read More |  | Hemmings Find of the Day - 1958 Ford Ranchero Posted by Kurt Ernst - 1958 Ford Ranchero for sale. From the seller's description: Dressed in Jet Black with factory Red/White interior, this wonderfully presented Ranchero will certainly take you back in time when futuristic rocket styling, air scoops, generous bright-work, honeycomb grill's and Ford's early big block's ruled the roost. (66B Custom 300 -1 of only 8,479 produced)... Resting on a high end 10+ year young body-off restoration. Post-restoration, this Ranchero was sold at a California Charity auction and was later sold to ...Read More | LAST WEEK'S MOST READ One Bonneville vandal gets fines, banned; others plead not guilty Posted by Daniel Strohl - Photo via High On Life SundayFundayz on Facebook. One of four Canadian men charged in connection with a publicity stunt involving an RV driving on the flooded Bonneville Salt Flats earlier this year received fines and a ban from the location last month while his colleagues all pled not guilty and face later court dates. Parker Heuser, a member of the Vancouver-based social media travel group High on Life SundayFundayz that faced criticism for disrespecting monuments and natural parks across the United States d...Read More | LAST WEEK'S BEST DISCUSSION This or That: 1960 Edsel versus 1961 De Soto Posted by Matt Litwin - 1960 Edsel Ranger (top); 1961 De Soto two-door hardtop (bottom). Images by the author. Editor's note: This or Thatenables us, in an idyllic world, to add a collectible vehicle into our dream garage on a weekly basis, but with a catch: We can only pick one vehicle fromthis pairing and it has to be for enjoyment purposes rather than as an investment. This episode of This or That stacks a 1960Edsel Rangeragainst a 1961 De Soto; both being two-door hardtops from their final, abbreviated year of production....Read More |  | THIS DAY IN AUTOMOTIVE HISTORY | 12/11/1905: | Delage debuts in Paris |
| UPCOMING EVENTS The Drive Home II-The Heritage Run
December 27, 2016 - Tacoma, WA
Streetside Classics Atlanta Cars & Coffee Cruise In
December 31, 2016 - Lithia Springs, GA
Sumter Swap Meets
January 1, 2017 - Bushnell, FL
11th Annual Open Classic Car & Truck Show
January 8, 2017 - Sunrise, FL
Just Sell It Automotive Swap Meet
January 8, 2017 - Glendale, AZ
Indoor swap meet
January 8, 2017 - Enfield, CT
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