My 1966 Corvette convertible's power windows have always worked just great during our 14+ years of ownership. I'm especially pleased by the fact that the side windows appear to be the original window glass installed by the Corvette factory. In fact, the passenger side window still has the original factory Chevrolet "Air Conditioned" decal on it ! ... View more

What a great story. I love these cars and will soon be looking for a DeLorean I can upgrade with a Ford Ecoboost engine and some of the neon and digital displays on the movie car. ... View more

One more thing about Bill Harrah. He always treated his suppliers and employees just great. My parents owned an office supply wholesale company; and were suppliers to most of Bill's casinos. I clearly remember an early winter weekend when our family stayed in a Junior suite at the Lake Tahoe casino; and got a front row table to see Sammy Davis Jr do a show in the South Shore Room. All courtesy of Bill Harrah and his management team! Also back then - the early 1960s - my brother and I were also collecting silver dollars - which they still used in the old slot machines. We would pool our money and get a $100.00 bag of silver dollars from the casino cashier's cage - and cherry pick the ones we wanted. Often going through several bags before we ran out of money to buy more. ... View more

I own a 2011 Avalanche with the heavy duty off road package that includes a skid plate, 4 wheel drive, transmission cooler, and heavy duty cooling system. It's been a very reliable truck and easily hauls either one of my classic cars on a trailer when needed. About the only downside to the Avalanche is it's size - since it's sometimes hard to get in and out of tight parking spaces. ... View more

Living here in Arizona there is really no "off season" for driving your old or collector car. Ever on those sizzling 100+ degree days, it's OK to take the car or truck for a spin in the early morning hours when the temperatures are usually in the 70s or 80s. Needless to say, I don't miss Oregon's wet, gray and nasty winters at all. ... View more

Odd nothing is mentioned about the early days of the Arizona car auctions. Almost always they include dozens of lower priced cars and trucks. If you actually walk the car auction areas early in the week, you see lots of plain jane vehicles that will likely never get much attention. Those of us that live here know that. And in some cases look to buy their vehicles early in the auction cycles, before all the hype and high dollar vehicles start getting in the news. ... View more

Exactly! I own a 1969 Shelby GT 350 Fastback with factory AC and an automatic; and the engine looks almost identical to mine unless you remove the air intake assembly. ... View more

You forgot "Stingray" which has been used on at least two Corvette models. ... View more

I'm unaware of any of these songs - and I've probably seen in person almost every major and minor music group since the early 1960s - including greats such as Ray Charles, the Rolling Stones, Beach Boys several times, Jan & Dean, Janis Joplin, Santana, Credence Clearwater, Grateful Dead, Eagles, James Brown, Chuck Berry, and the Surfaris to name just a few. ... View more

So true! What's not to like about a drop top with CD player, factory AC, Recarro seats, a nice looking body that can be serviced at most Cadillac dealers? I see junkers from the 1960s that are largely inoperable selling for more money - and they aren't even complete cars. ... View more

I bought a low mileage 1992 Allante from a friend in our car club back in 2013. It had belonged to his brother and was nice enough to have won awards at Cadillac car events on the east coast. We had it for about three years and sold it to another couple in our car club - who later used it to tour the USA. It was a pretty decent car for road trips; with lots of trunk room and because of the sharply raked windshield and curving side windows - it was one of the quietest cars I've ever driven with the top down. It was easy to have a normal conversation at freeway speeds with the top down. The car was decent looking and other than normal fluid changes and a pesky radio antenna that was always failing (and replaced) - we had few issues with the car. ... View more

So please name one or more of those so-called "studies" and who made them and who do they work for. We all constantly get answers like yours from the environmentalists and those people pushing "green" energy but few actual facts. ... View more

Here in Arizona we have cruise in nights and car shows (Even now!) where all sorts of vehicles from ratty VW bugs to low riders and high end collector cars show up at the same time for the same event. Pretty democratic if you ask me. And best of all, these events happen most of the year. ... View more

Not a huge surprise that Edelbrock will largely be leaving California by next year. Lots of major companies of all types are bailing out of California - Charles Schwab, Hewlett Packard, Oracle, Toyota and soon Tesla just to name a few. The lousy business climate, high taxes for those still working, growing homeless population, poor highways and more are just the tip of problems not being addressed in California. ... View more

Guess you people forgot about the Cadillac XLR convertible already haven't you? A much newer car with a retractable hardtop and a Corvette engine. In fact, saw a couple at a Christmas time car show here in Arizona. ... View more

Over the past 20 years I have used Reliable, Passport and Horseless Carriage enclosed trucks to move my cars and have been quite happy with all three. In the case of Reliable, they came to pick up my wife's Corvette convertible on about two day's notice when we were moving out of Nevada to the Phoenix area. Our furniture mover has allegedly set up a car carrier to move our cars; but a couple of days before I was closing up the house for the new owners I got a panicked phone call from the mover's car carrier that they needed at least a week before they could move our cars. I told them we had to move and forget about ever doing business with us. Was able to get Reliable to pick up my wife's car a day later than I wanted, but the service was great. And the driver even showed my wife how to park her car on a slight angle in our garage for easier in and out. One last item. Assuming you have a good experience moving your car, don't be shy about tipping your driver $40 or $50 for their efforts. ... View more

I love the hood scoops on my 1969 Shelby GT350 Fastback. Completely functional too! Not just for "show" as on some cars. ... View more

Muscle car? I am placing an order for a 2021 Corvette Convertible later this week - and it already has 495 Horsepower - more than enough for me. Besides, I already have a 1969 Shelby GT350 Fastback in the garage as well as a 300 HP 1966 Corvette convertible with factory AC! I have ZERO envy of anyone with a muscle car. In fact, most are rarely driven. And the number of places you can legally drive them at speed are getting harder to find all the time. ... View more

Was at a car show last month here in the Phoenix area where TWO DeLoreans were on display. I'm seriously considering buying one and replacing the gutless original engine with a 6 cylinder FordEco-Bost engine that should make the car fly. ... View more

Not a single car will change my soon to be completed order for a Torch red C8 Corvette convertible! ... View more

Good luck finding a buyer for this car. Unlikely to ever be used as a street car - and it's no longer a "cutting edge" racer now that the C8 is being raced. ... View more

Not sure if I will like this car or not - since I have a 1969 Shelby GT350 in my garage; and have trouble identifying this car as a real Mustang. Also - I despise my Apple iPhone and all the various apps being forced on us from NFL and MLB tickets to ID at some resorts. The whole idea that one needs to use a phone to simply operate this vehicle is a non-starter for me. Beyond that - I will give this car a look at my local Ford dealer. ... View more

I am selling my fully restored 1966 Corvette convertible soon; and thinking it's time to make Route 66 trip - since we live here in Arizona. How cool is that - driving Route 66 in our 1966 Corvette conertible?    ... View more

Let me start out by saying that I have owned a 1969 Shelby GT350 Fastback for the past 3 plus years. It's a blast to drive and I do so here in Arizona fairly regularly. It took me over 6 months to find my car as I wanted a car with factory air conditioning  to make driving on hot Arizona possible. I also see no problem with tribute and restomod cars either. I see them at car shows fairly often and  enjoy finding out what sort of modifications have been done to improve the cars over the originals. What I do despise, however, are people that build clone cars and attempt to sell them as originals to the unknowing and/or uninformed.  ... View more

The 1963 Corvette Coupe is about the only C2 coupe - other than a few big block cars that gets a premium price. And most of those cars lacked 4 wheel disc brakes and air conditioning - making driving them on a hot day less than fun to drive.  ... View more

I have seen much better examples at the Hot August Nights Car Show in Reno. There's a guy who has a 1954 Corvette that has a station wagon like rear section that was professionally grafted into the Corvette. Parks it at the Peppermill Casino most years.  Check it out! ... View more

I owned a 1995 C4 and always enjoyed the car. Great car for road trips and even got decent gas mileage as well - averaging in the low-to-mid 20s! Our only complaint was the large center hump in the floor for the transmission, Made for a passenger side with little foot room.    ... View more

How about installing an electronic ignition system? Lots of retro-fit kits available. Even a mostly non-mechanic like me can install one. Both of my classic cars - a 1966 Corvette Convertible and a 1969 Shelby GT350 Fastback have electronic ignition.  ... View more

You folks missed listing the Cadillac Allante.  Loaded with amenities and most are senior owned and well kept.  Comfy Recaro seating, plenty of trunk room - even with the convertible top down, and very minimal road noise when driving with the top down.  ... View more

How could you ignore the 1963-67 C2 Corvettes? Great body lines unlike anything else on the road and actual motors that raised and lowered the lights.  ... View more

I saw this car auctioned on TV this past week; and as the owner of a 1969 Shelby GT350, I fully agree with Colin Comer's remarks about this historic car. The VERY FIRST GT350 ever raced - and driven by some of the best known American race car drivers at that! Even the signatures inside the trunk will never be duplicated ever again! ... View more

Mt wife and I are big fans of the new C8 Corvette. When we saw our first C8 Convertible at the January Barrett-Jackson auctions; we decided then and there it was time to sell our C2 Convertible and get something much newer. In torch red - of course!     Having owned three previous Corvettes, I realize lots of the "old school" types will not buy the new C8 and be resistant to change. But it was that way when the "new" C5 and C7 Corvettes were introduced as well. Corvette history is simply repeating itself.  ... View more

And smart future Corvette owners will likely wait until November to order a 2021 C8 Corvette and wait for delivery next year. I know that's what we will be doing - since we want a Convertible model - not a coupe; which is what is mostly being produced and sold right now.  ... View more

The 1996 Corvette Grand Sport Coupe had the rare red leather interior - which is hard to find among 1996 Grand Sports.  Had a good friend in Portland that owned a Grand Sport Convertible with the red interior; and he was constantly asked if he wanted to sell the car.  ... View more

You missed out on showing the finned C2 Corvette Valve Covers used on the 327 Chevy engines.  ... View more

You are correct about the rim blow steering wheel. My 1969 Shelby Mustang GT350 has the rim blow steering wheel.  ... View more

I'm sure a few well off "car collectors'" will buy these Shelby cars as garage ornaments; but I doubt they will find much favor among people like myself that own original Shelby  cars in the Shelby Registry.  ... View more

People will die? It's an OUTDOOR EVENT and the chances of getting anything are low.  ... View more

What is the problem with government in Michigan?  First you have a clueless Governor that wants the state shut down; and now local governments that don't want a big annual event to happen. News Flash Folks! This is an OUTDOOR EVENT - the chances for virus exposure on a warm day are low.        By the way - down here in Arizona we're having Saturday night cruises on our hot evenings and an early car show two weeks from now.  ... View more

All of these cars will be a nightmare to find parts for as well as find someone competent to work on them.  ... View more

A very original car with low miles and owned by a newly deceased celebrity as well. And as the owner of a 1969 Shelby GT350 - I also spotted an original factory AC compressor in the engine compartment -making this car even more rare; since I doubt many cars like this were equipped with AC.       If this car doesn't set a record for it's type I will be very surprised. Oh and even as an old fart now in my mid-70s, I do enjoy the "Fast and Furious" Films. They aren't just for the younger generation.  ... View more

Try and drive your car without AC from Phoenix to Reno on a 100+ degree day sometime and then find out how much easier it is from the inside of an air conditioned truck towing your car safely behind you.  ... View more

Many newer gas stations and service centers have narrow pump lanes not really well designed for a truck or SUV towing a trailer. Of course, you can always stop for gas at commercial truck stops where the lanes are designed for heavy vehicles and folks pulling a trailer.  ... View more

I've trailered our two classic cars - a 1966 Corvette convertible and a 1969 Shelby GT350 Fastback - several thousand miles over the years with both my own trailer and with rental trailers as well.  I can't image towing any vehicle of any size with less than a two axle trailer with brakes on both axles. And a lower deck trailer is always easier to load than an "all purpose" trailer designed to carry loads other than a vehicle.      I've always found over the wheel- basket type straps easy to manage with ratchet type tie downs on each end of the straps. And I always use commercial grade type straps with 3,000 Lb. or better ratings.  I've purchased most of my straps from AW Direct; which is a commercial towing supply company and they sell almost anything you might need for towing.       It's also a good idea to mark on the trailer where you place your ramps and how far forward you park your vehicle. Makes putting the car on the trailer again much easier.  I usually use a silver sharpie or yellow painters tape that can easily be seen.      And don't forget to check the trailer tires for proper air pressure and be sure the axles have been greased BEFORE you start out. Good luck towing! ... View more

Lots of interesting cars and trucks out here on the west side of Phoenix. A couple of C5 and C6 Corvettes, the airline pilot next door drives a new Ford Raptor and is restoring a 1970 Mercury Cougar, and the guy across the street that restores old VWs is working on  an early 70s Van. Another neighbor has new Dodge Power Wagon, and two blocks away there's a blue 1971 Mustang convertible.  ... View more

Great story and it's already got me thinking about equipping my Chevy Avalanche with the offroad Z51 package for this event.  ... View more