Classic American

Ford promised a year ago that it would build vehicles in China with localised production to help promote its brand within the country. Ford has now announced that the first Lincoln Corsair has rolled off the assembly line at the Ford factory in the C

Auction houses in America are attempting to adjust to the new realities of social distancing and many auctions have moved online, although it’s believed that even these may revert to their more traditional formats sooner rather than later, as the US

Ben Klemenzson bklemenzson@mortons.co.uk Fran Lovely Nigel Boothman, Paul Bussey, Geoff Carverhill, Richard Coney, Huw Evans, Jonny Fleetwood, Keith Harman, Graham Heeps, Richard Heseltine, James Mitchell, Tony Oksien, Will Shiers, Zack Stiling, Ma

Silverstone Auctions have a very exciting catalogue of cars consigned for their Live Online Sale on May 23. One of the fascinating lots is a 1968 Ford GT40 that was created as a homage during 2017 and 2018. But this is no ordinary homage – it was cre

Gale Halderman, the artist who sketched the original Ford Mustang, has died aged 87. While Lee Iacocca is regarded as the father of the Mustang, he was overseeing a talented team of engineers, designers and marketing men, Halderman prominent among th

Just as Classic American was going to press, news reached us that the Classic American Stars & Stripes show organised by Classic American’s parent company Mortons and held each July at Tatton Park, near Knutsford in Cheshire, has been cancelled after

This 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T, created as a tribute to the famous Vanishing Point Challenger, remained unsold after the H&H Classic Motor Car Auction, held online on April 29. The car is located in Cheshire and is finished in Alpine White as a tribu

The Seventies witnessed the unveiling of umpteen concept cars, which trumpeted advances in safety features for drivers and pedestrians. It was a fad, and one which most stylists who were active back then would sooner forget. If these machines had one

Dear Classic American This is the message we did not want to have to send, and you did not want to receive; however, the Pre-’50 American Auto Club has reluctantly decided to  cancel the Rally of the Giants at Blenheim Palace on July 12, 2020 and the

Based in Spring Green, Wisconsin, Ringbrothers has established itself in the automotive aftermarket as a premium parts builder and world-class car designer. Among its many accolades are several Chevrolet Best in Show awards, Goodguys Street Machine o

VEHICLE: Ringbrothers 1969 Mach 1 VEHICLE NAME: “UNKL” DESIGNER: Ringbrothers Widened rear 2in – front 2in Race-inspired ENGINE: John Kaase 520 Boss 700bhp FORCED INDUCTION: None ENGINE EXTRAS: Holley carburetted TRANSMISSION: Reworked

ENGINE: 468cu in big-block Chevy V8, 700bhp EXHAUST: Doug’s headers (Fenderwell style) with electric cut-outs. 3in stainless-steel pipe, ceramic coated. MagnaFlow silencers STEERING COLUMN: Ididit BRAKES: Wildwood discs WHEELS: Wheel Vintiques chrome

Wheeler Dealers seems to be a bit of a Marmite type of TV programme for a lot of classic car fans, both American and non-American. Chief gripe seems to be the fact that the cost of Mike Brewer’s ‘spannering’ companion never seems to be included in th

Cherry Bomb’s lighting setup is full of eye-catching details, such as red halos around the headlights. At the rear, Jeff Spear made aluminium-alloy Chevy bowtie cut-outs for where the reversing lights would normally sit at each end of the bumper. The

It’s a shame that so many models these days, especially in the smaller scales, are sealed tight into transparent bubble packs, thereby preventing detailed examination without destroying the packaging that in many cases is their primary reason for bei

Author: Tommy Lee Byrd Published by: Car Tech ISBN: 978-1-934709-58-0 Price: From around £12, plus postage Published back in 2011, Street Sleepers was a rather bad boy volume featuring a variety of seemingly innocuous vehicles. Some are Plain Jan

Author: Larry Shepard Published by: Car Tech ISBN: 978-1-61325-447-9 To many performance enthusiasts, particularly if they are Mopar fans, the Hemi V8 is still the ultimate engine. Since 2003 the third generation of this iconic power plant has bee

Author: Deve Krehbiel Published by: Car Tech ISBN: 978-1-61325-502-5 With the enormous popularity of Chevrolet’s Thriftmaster light duty pick-up trucks, produced from 1947 through to 1955, this new restoration ‘how-to’ should be essential reading.