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Every year, legislation is introduced that can change the way we enjoy our collector vehicles. Oftentimes, that's because legislators have been distanced from the collector car hobby and don't understand what makes it unique. That is why Hagerty Plus is proud to sponsor the new Reach-A-Rep Contest...with a chance to win a pop-up tent customized [...] https://www.hagerty.com/media/archived/hagerty-reach-a-rep-letter/

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Carroll Shelby's influence in racing can't be overstated. His racing teams scored victories on the track against some of the best names in the industry. His restyled and tuned Mustangs created a sensation on the street, and the Cobra is nothing short of iconic no matter where it's driven. https://www.hagerty.com/media/auctions/5-shelbys-to-add-to-your-race-stable-during-monterey-car-week/

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1991 Alfa Romeo 164 Many Americans were likely surprised to see Alfa Romeo ads in last weekend's Super Bowl. Our non-auto-enthusiast friends who can even recall the brand in this country most likely remember their sportier offerings. While we certainly appreciate raucous Italian sports cars, we know that the Milanese company has a long history [...] https://www.hagerty.com/media/buying-and-selling/last-alfa-sedan/

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Having held an auction in Scottsdale for 41 years, one would think Barrett-Jackson would be out of surprises. Not so, though, as the company only fell $5.5M short of its record $108M set in the high-flying days of 2007. Its 2013 effort totaled $102.5M from the sale of 1,336 lots (including an airplane), with only [...] https://www.hagerty.com/media/valuation/barrettjackson-in-scottsdale/

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When asked in last month's poll which car you would choose from the North American International Auto Show, the results bounced throughout the month. However, the winner is the Shelby GT 500 - at 41 percent. The Dodge Challenger came in second at 31 percent, with the Camaro in third at 24 percent. https://www.hagerty.com/media/archived/shelby-camaro-and-challenger-oh-my/

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The recipe for a successful sports car is simple: great looks, great name, and a vocal engine. VW's Scirocco replacement had gorgeous styling and an Italian-sounding name. But the supercharged G60 engine was a disappointment. Slower than the Scirocco 16V it replaced, the new-technology four-cylinder Corrado G60 didn't find many fans. https://www.hagerty.com/media/videos/the-volkswagen-corrado-vr6-sounds-like-a-winner-revelations-with-jason-cammisa-ep-10/

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My long-time readers, if they actually exist, will recall that I was not to the sedan-racing manor (or manner, thankfully) born. Rather, I came to it only after it was painfully obvious that my career as a semi-pro BMX competitor had gone from "never gonna make the Olympics" to "never gonna make it around the track within five seconds of the winner" well before my 32nd birthday. https://www.hagerty.com/media/opinion/avoidable-contact/avoidable-contact-111-hes-a-lousy-racer-but-you-dont-know-that-do-you/

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Intake: Big things are happening at EV startup Rivian. An Automotive News report reveals that Rivian is planning to invest an initial sum of $5 billion into a new U.S. assembly plant, according to a document shared with state economic officials. https://www.hagerty.com/media/news/the-manifold/2021-07-29/

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The transformation of Monterey during the magical Monterey Classic Car Week is a complete one, as car nuts descend upon the Peninsula from all corners of the globe. Many of them bring their best driving cars with them, so the streets are heavily peppered with machinery you won't see parked anywhere else. https://www.hagerty.com/media/events/2014-monterey-auto-week/

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In the early spring of 1963, during a "what if" session at GM's Milford, Michigan, Proving Grounds, a small team of Pontiac engineers led by John Z. DeLorean realized the 389-cubic-inch V-8 from the full-size Bonneville would fit easily in the new midsize Tempest. https://www.hagerty.com/media/lists/15-gto-facts-america-original-muscle-car/

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Airstream, the all-American adventure icon, was born 90 years ago. Founded on a wanderlust that never left, the brand has been on an incredible journey which began in 1931 with its founder Wally Byham. Now, the silver bullet trailer is the subject of a compelling documentary titled Alumination which tells the Airstream story through amazing archive footage and interviews with generations of enthusiasts. https://www.hagerty.com/media/automotive-history/airstream-90-years-of-american-adventures/

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With custom bike culture exploding in recent years, the history and importance of the two-wheeled machines that first rolled off of the production line are often overlooked. Stock Stories tells the tales of these motorcycles. In 1957, the USSR launched both the first intercontinental ballistic missile and the first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1. https://www.hagerty.com/media/motorcycles/stock-stories-1957-harley-davidson-xl-sportster/

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How the cheapest Porsche in history became a coveted icon of cool for new generations Viennese émigré Maximilian Hoffman deserved his nickname: "The Baron of Park Avenue." As exotic foreign cars were imported after the war, Max would flaunt them in his Park Avenue showroom. https://www.hagerty.com/media/archived/bargain-blockbuster/

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Bay Shore, N.Y. - You won't see any ads for it. Not in the local papers, not on TV, and certainly not online. The Himes Museum of Motor Racing Nostalgia is one of those places you sort of stumble upon, although it does have a website. https://www.hagerty.com/media/automotive-history/at-the-marty-himes-museum-a-six-decade-pile-of-motorsports-heritage-is-served-up-raw/

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With apologies to Ernest Hemingway, Jeff Hixon has his own version of "The Old Man and the Sea" - or, more appropriately, the old man and the boat. After almost a decade of searching for every scrap of information he could find about his wooden 1932 HollyCraft, an unexpected visitor to Hixon's home changed everything. https://www.hagerty.com/media/marine/32-race-boat/

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We don't need an excuse to go to a car show. We'd cover an all-Gremlin car show in the parking lot of a Chik-Fil-A on a Sunday. When an event has rare and beautiful cars and is hosted at a fabulous location, you can bet we'll be there. https://www.hagerty.com/media/events/lotuslands-petal-to-the-metal-show-offers-up-santa-barbaras-finest-italian-classics/

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Restoring my 1965 Chevrolet Corvair has made me an expert on starting projects. I know how to plan them, budget for them, and prepare for them. I can tell you about the risks of losing momentum. I can also explain how even the smallest project can cost far more than planned. https://www.hagerty.com/media/maintenance-and-tech/stop-making-excuses-finish-your-projects/

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After making its debut at the Chicago Auto Show in early July, the 2022 Maverick is preparing to thrust Ford into an arena it hasn't inhabited in years-the compact pickup market. Our first in-person look, at the New England Motor Press Association annual banquet, confirms that the Maverick is indeed small. https://www.hagerty.com/media/news/the-2022-ford-maverick-resurrects-an-old-name-for-a-new-purpose/

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When John Barrett was growing up in the 1970s, LaPlace, Louisiana, was home to the LaPlace Dragway. The mere presence of this track-located on Highway 61 between New Orleans and Baton Rouge-made LaPlace a "car town," drawing together the car community from all over South Louisiana, who came to LaPlace for its racing spectacles. https://www.hagerty.com/media/videos/just-beat-it-driving-hondas-mid-engine-kei-car/

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Of all the things that make the Chevrolet Corvair awesome, an excess of power is not among them. Folks have been attempting to remedy that for decades, with varying degrees of success. However, in the middle of my endless scroll of cars for sale online popped up a particularly promising candidate: This Lakewood wagon, which sports a V-8 swap and appears to be a bang-up job. https://www.hagerty.com/media/car-profiles/this-corvair-lakewood-wagon-sports-a-283-cube-suprise/

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What makes a Toyota Land Cruiser so appealing? For some, it's the original Jeep-like vehicle with roots back to 1951. For others, it's the ability to go just about anywhere with room for the whole family. https://www.hagerty.com/media/buying-and-selling/your-handy-1967-80-toyota-fj55-buyers-guide/

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The calendar let us know that it is big block week and today marks arguably the most infamous of the big-blocks- the 426 Hemi. Its namesake hemispherical combustion chambers were already storied when the street king 426 came to market in 1964, as Chrysler built multiple iterations of smaller Hemis beginning in the '50s. https://www.hagerty.com/media/archived/show-us-your-hemi/

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The stereotypical Porsche owner is a highly rational being. Perhaps an engineer or a pilot. Fifty years ago, the correlation between 911 ownership and slide rule ownership was probably high. But sometimes all it takes is the promise of exclusivity, or maybe a storied badge, or the right tail on the engine lid, and all or at least part of that Porsche owner rationality goes right out the window. https://www.hagerty.com/media/market-trends/why-are-porsche-911-r-prices-on-the-rise-again/

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The auto world is abuzz over a recent Instagram post from General Motors Design that features images and a brief description of a four-seat Corvette that Chevrolet designed in 1962. Here's the rest of the rest of the story. According to GM Archives, Chevrolet general manager Ed Cole wondered if a "four-place Corvette" could rival Ford's successful four-seat Thunderbird. https://www.hagerty.com/media/automotive-history/the-real-story-behind-the-four-seat-1963-corvette/

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Intake: Subaru has confirmed that its 2022 WRX sport sedan will break cover at the New York International Auto Show on Thursday, August 19. While details are scant, the picture above shows a relatively compact four-door slinging dust, evoking the rally heroes in the WRX's ancestry. https://www.hagerty.com/media/news/the-manifold/2021-07-28/

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Plumbing lines around an engine can be tricky business. The jungle under the hood is layered in parts, making access to certain spaces nearly impossible without spinning out a million bolts and pulling a dozen things to get to that one hose. https://www.hagerty.com/media/maintenance-and-tech/wrenchin-wednesday-lassoing-engine-plumbing-for-tricky-territory/

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Hagerty readers and Hagerty Drivers Club members share their cherished collector and enthusiast vehicles with us via our contact email, tips@hagerty.com. We're showcasing some of our favorite stories among these submissions. To have your car featured, send complete photography and your story of ownership to the above email address. https://www.hagerty.com/media/hagerty-community/rides-from-the-readers-2001-isuzu-vehicrosses/

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A few days ago, I joined 1300 other lucky souls to see the new Corvette for the first time. Most of my concerns about its design are gone and, except for a few quibbles, the 2020 mid-engine Stingray blew me away. https://www.hagerty.com/media/archived/2020-corvette-stingray-is-good/

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Matt Murray runs Iron Trap Garage, a YouTube channel dedicated to preserving classic cars, hot rods, and speed parts. His newest video details how he recently found a fabulous stash of '34 Fords and spare parts. Well, technically the cars found Murray, as an email from the owner tipped him off about the score and offered them up for sale. https://www.hagerty.com/media/video/northern-michigan-barn-find-reveals-a-trove-of-1934-fords/

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Automotive News is reporting that Chevrolet plans to keep several internal-combustion vehicles in the pipeline as it makes a switch to electric, noting that pickups, especially heavy-duty models, will still have plenty of consumers demanding the power density of fossil fuels. The Camaro and the Malibu, however, will reportedly "ride out the current generation before making way for EVs." https://www.hagerty.com/media/news/camaro-replaced-performance-ev-sedan-2024/

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Five years ago, we were thinking small when we wrote about the 1966 Mini Cooper S models that London-based Harold Radford Coachbuilders created for each member of the Beatles. And we focused on one Mini, in particular-George Harrison's. It's time to think big. https://www.hagerty.com/media/news/george-harrisons-1967-mercedes-benz-600-gently-weep/

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Norway has fallen in love with the Mustang Mach-E. Fully 10 percent of all new-car registrations are for Ford's battery-electric crossover. It's the best-selling car in this oil-rich Scandinavian country, and there's a very weird reason for its success. The answer involves a synth-pop band, a crusading environmentalist, and a home-brew EV made out of a boxy little Italian economy car. https://www.hagerty.com/media/automotive-history/the-euro-pop-stars-electric-panda-and-unpaid-toll-fees-that-made-norway-an-ev-haven/

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Monterey Car Week is shaping up to be the biggest gathering of high-dollar auction cars since before the pandemic. It's exciting stuff, but this glamorous week of buying and selling will also be a test of the top of the market, for the kind of seven- and sometimes eight-figure cars that don't usually pop up on Bring a Trailer. https://www.hagerty.com/media/auctions/12-race-cars-that-could-bring-a-million-bucks-or-more-at-monterey-2021/

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This article originally appeared on Hagerty UK; hence the across-the-pond portfolio of media outlets quoted in this retrospective article. We've sorted the spelling and provided comparative USD figures for a stateside audience. Nowadays, when a car company launches a new product, its well-oiled marketing and PR teams will embrace consumers with a veritable armory of clever promotions, slick ad campaigns, and social media initiatives. https://www.hagerty.com/media/car-profiles/20-years-ago-noble-m12-supercar/

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Night at the Museum is a new series from Hagerty-visiting car museums around the country, telling stories from the silence. In a year where public spaces offer unique resonance, we decided to visit our favorite automotive temples at night, when they're empty and quiet. https://www.hagerty.com/media/automotive-history/night-at-the-museum-the-brumos-collection/

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The future of Lotus is electric, but you can still buy a gorgeous and gas-powered Lotus Evora GT. But should you, when you can get a Cayman GT4 for about the same price? Zack Klapman and Pikes Peak champion Dai Yoshihara find out. ShareTweetShare https://www.hagerty.com/media/videos/the-lotus-evora-gt-is-the-last-pure-lotus-rated/

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Intake: There's nothing like taking a drive on a warm, moonlit evening. Imagine actually driving on the moon. Apollo 15 astronauts Dave Scott and Jim Irwin didn't have to imagine it. Fifty years ago, on July 31, 1971, they took the lunar rover for its first spin on the moon. https://www.hagerty.com/media/news/the-manifold/2021-07-27/

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In 1961, I was a 10-year-old kid doing routine chores at my father's Connecticut body and restoration shop when William Diefenderfer walked in. He was a senior engineering executive at the nearby Hamilton Standard aerospace conglomerate, and he was driving the most beautiful car I'd ever seen. https://www.hagerty.com/media/magazine-features/wayne-carini-jaguar-e-type/

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It's not every day that you get to hang out with your heroes and rub shoulders with racing legends, but it's not every day that Ed "Isky" Iskenderian turns 100 years old, either. In truth, Isky has had more than one 100th birthday bash since his actual birthday on July 10, but we won't argue the semantics. https://www.hagerty.com/media/news/hundreds-of-fans-and-dozens-of-hot-rods-gather-to-celebrate-ed-iskenderians-100th-birthday/

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Earlier this month, General Motors announced a "strategic investment and commercial collaboration" with Controlled Thermal Resources (CTR) to procure lithium from Southern California's Salton Sea, said to hold a third of the world's supply in lithium, through a relatively new process that seeks to minimize the environmental impacts of traditional lithium mining. https://www.hagerty.com/media/news/gm-ctr-lithium-partnership-salton-sea/

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The beauty in being an idiot is that you don't know what you are doing is idiotic. Lately, I have been envious of those less intelligent-or is it more smarter?-than myself. The first two parts of the Six Ways to Sunday racing project this year were the easiest: build the XR250R up and race motocross and cross country at Heartland Park. https://www.hagerty.com/media/maintenance-and-tech/i-mounted-a-baking-pan-to-my-honda-xr250r/

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Mercedes' first U.S.-market EV isn't a shouty affair, at first glance. From afar, it looks like an E-Class that melted a bit in the Texas sun. Get closer, and you discover just how big the thing is. It's wider than a G-Wagen and just 2.8 inches shorter than the 2022 S-Class from nose to droopy tail, with a nearly identical wheelbase. https://www.hagerty.com/media/new-car-reviews/first-look-review-2022-eqs-580-4matic-by-mercedes-eq/

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Parents have worried about their teenagers driving since long before the Beach Boys sang about a girl losing the privilege to drive her father's sports car. Now, Chevrolet eases the worry of a young driver cruising without using a seat belt. https://www.hagerty.com/media/news/chevys-new-buckle-to-drive-feature/

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Indiana lives literally and figuratively in the shadow of It's much larger neighbor to the north. While Michigan is the alpha and the omega of the U.S. auto industry, few people know how deeply ingrained the automotive culture and industry are in Indiana. Over the course of a fall weekend, we visited several Hoosier State [...] https://www.hagerty.com/media/archived/back-home-in-indiana/

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One was built to be different, the other to win. Both succeeded-and they continue to shine today. A 1937 Cadillac Series 90 Convertible by Hartmann and a 1953 Ferrari 250MM by Vignale were awarded Best of Show at the 42nd Concours d'Elegance of America on Sunday, July 25, at The Inn at St. https://www.hagerty.com/media/events/2021-concours-of-america-best-of-show/

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It should come as no shock that Davin has little resistance to a bit of wire-crossing. The Honda Trail 70 restoration proves that. The engine is on its way back together, which means that the charging system needs a bit of love before things can get finalized. https://www.hagerty.com/media/videos/honda-trail-70-stator-rebuilt-redline-update-89/

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Intake: A year after AC Cars shocked the motoring world by announcing it would be going electric, the British company is putting the final touches to the most controversial Cobra of all time. Supply chain issues during the COVID-19 pandemic caused delays, but AC capitalized on the time by improving the car. https://www.hagerty.com/media/news/the-manifold/2021-07-26/

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It's a given that any 30-minute repair is always one broken bolt away from being a two-day ordeal. It's also a given that, the first time you tackle a repair, you spend 2/3 of the time learning and 1/3 of the time doing. https://www.hagerty.com/media/opinion/the-hack-mechanic/the-advantage-of-bilateral-repairs/

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But wait! Before we get to that question: Hey Sanjeev (sic), thought I'd update you because I installed the SE electronic ignition in my 67 Camaro as per your recommendations. It took 15 minutes and the car started up immediately. It definitely runs smoother, and I dare to say, a little peppier too. https://www.hagerty.com/media/maintenance-and-tech/piston-slap-watt-we-forget-when-re-charging-6v-batteries/

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Leake Auction Company started the year out right with its annual Oklahoma City sale bringing in their highest ever numbers for this event at $6.7M. This 6% bump from last year's totals can be attributed to a noticeable increase in consignments, although the sell-through rate dropped by 7% from last year to 65%. https://www.hagerty.com/media/valuation/leake-okc-sale/