Shelby American · Shelby will show the new 2013 GT350 and new 750 HP 2013 GT500 for the first time to the public at Laguna Seca raceway The Carroll Shelby Foundation · Possibly the most valuable American car in the world, the first Cobra (CSX2000), will be displayed at by CSF at the Pebble Beach…
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Special Advertising Feature The Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles needed to know, and Covercraft and Kimberly-Clark had the answers By Matt Stone Photography by Evan Klein Petersen Automotive Museum Collection Manager Tom Kenney has an enviable job. He spends his days surrounded by hundreds of fabulous classic cars. He gets to fettle and fiddle…
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Growing up, I lived in what is now referred to as the Inland Empire area of Southern California, about an hour east of downtown Los Angeles. It was a great place to be a car guy; I was surrounded by legedary racetracks. Ontario Motor Speedway, Irwindale (the original, dedicated to drag racing) Pomona, and the…
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Truth or Myth? A rare 1925 Bugatti was tethered to chains and sunk into Italy’s Lake Maggiore as penalty for the non-payment of duty taxes. It was rescued from the bottom of the lake in 2009, to be sold for charity, and now sits unrestored in a museum in Southern California. By Matt Stone Current…
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Model: KatieJo. Photos with model by Mel Stone; non-model photos by Kirk Gerbracht The BMWs I first grew to love were cars like the 3.0CS, and numerous 5 Series machines (especially the second series first gen M5) were powered by great, smooth and lusty sounding inline sixes. Besides iconic sport sedan/coupes like the 2002, I…
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The LA area finally has a great concours it can call its own. photography by Tall Jeff and courtesy San Marino Motor Classic Southern California is one of the epicenters of classic car culture in America, yet has been casting about for a top notch concours for some years. I think it’s finally happened; a…
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I seldom post press releases just as they come, but this time, the info’s all there, and I thought you might enjoy reading it just from the horse’s mouth: SHELBY AMERICAN OFFERS NEW 2013 SHELBY GT350 IN ALL FACTORY COLORS • Shelby American facelifts its celebrated GT350 for 2013 MY • New exciting colors and…
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Every car guy needs a little place to call home, right? photo by Kiwi You no doubt have spent some time dreaming of the size, look, layout, and location of your Ultimate Garage. I know I have; two semi-distinct ideas have formed in my pea brain. One property already exists; all that remains is for…
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A fabulous, money-raising car show dedicated to the great McQueen and the movie Bullitt Photography by me, and Kirk Gerbracht In the eyes of many film fans (and countless Steve McQueen and Ford Mustang fanatics), the chase scene from the 1968 movie “Bullitt” was, is, and remains the best of its type ever filmed.
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Porsche’s seminal 911 is a car that has been in development, and in a state of constant evolution, since first introduced to the world in the early 1960s. Perhaps its most sweeping evolutional (revolutional?) change was when it was completely redesigned and sprouted radiators to become the first water-cooled 911 for the 1999 model year.
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