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A Collector’s Diary of Classic Restorations

Classic Car History: Bricklin

Classic Car History: Bricklin

Posted by Jil McIntosh on Oct 1st 2020

Most vehicles sold in the United States are also available in Canada. A notable exception was the Bricklin sports car, offered only in the U.S. – and that’s especially odd because it was only built in

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Classic Car History: The Delorean

Classic Car History: The Delorean

Posted by Jil McIntosh on Sep 29th 2020

If it hadn’t been selected as Marty McFly’s time-travel ride in Back to the Future, the DeLorean might well have ended up as just an automotive history footnote. Instead, it’s firmly a part of pop cul

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What to Look for When Buying a Classic Car

What to Look for When Buying a Classic Car

Posted by Collectors Auto Supply on Sep 22nd 2020

Buying a classic car is an exciting prospect. Your reasons for wanting a vintage automobile may vary. Maybe it’s the fun of restoring something to mint condition, nostalgia over a vehicle you drove or

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Classic Car History: Pontiac GTO

Classic Car History: Pontiac GTO

Posted by Jil McIntosh on Sep 17th 2020

Sometimes rules are meant to be broken, and it was a broken rule that gave us one of Pontiac’s most famous creations, the GTO. It stood for Gran Turismo Omologato, but its many fans know it as

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Classic Car History: Airflow

Classic Car History: Airflow

Posted by Jil McIntosh on Sep 15th 2020

Mention “automotive flop,” and most people go straight to the Edsel. But in the 1930s, Chrysler created the Airflow, a car it thought would turn the auto industry around, and which ended up dying a fa

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Classic Car History: The Edsel

Classic Car History: The Edsel

Posted by Jil McIntosh on Sep 11th 2020

Sometimes an automaker has the best of intentions, and everything still goes sour. And that’s the Edsel, which wasn’t so much a bad car, as a victim of timing. It was supposed to jump-sta

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