I have to admit that I’m not 100% up-to-date on the market for mid 1960s Jag S-Types…but I can tell you without looking that getting a running/driving example for $4k in today’s market of over-priced and over-hyped junk (looking at you Porsche 911) is a breath of fresh air. Actually the air behind this thing […]
As I write up the posts for today, I’ve got Mecum Auctions 2018 at Indianapolis on the tele, and it makes for an interesting juxtaposition to the thing looking at me on the screen. The ’65 GTO crossing the block (that sold for $21k) is a nice car…in fact, all of the cars hitting the […]
The second generation of the VW GTI soldiered on until 1992 in the USA. The later MK2 cars benefited from a roarty 16V 4 cylinder engine which made a respectable 134 hp. Today’s GTI rewrote the playbook for what can be done with one of these cars. It’s close to 300 hp 3.6 V-6 engine […]
Two Cortinas in a row — what sort of madness is going on here? Okay, this site isn’t turning into the Daily Cortina, and the truth is that we only stumbled upon this next one after the first Cortina had been written up and was waiting its turn in the queue. Find this 1967 Ford […]
No car better epitomizes Marlon Brando’s famous line from Oscar winning 1954 Elia Kazan epic On The Waterfront; ” I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am” than the Giorgetto Giugiaro penned Volkswagen Scirocco. The sporty looking coupe was launched to […]
The Jaguar Mk 2 sedan is one of the most beautiful 4-door saloon cars ever built. Once the getaway car for gangsters trying to flee the rozzers and now a refuge from the humdrum dullness of just about everything else on the road, a classic Mk 2 will fetch a handsome sum in nice shape. […]