Prince R380 at the 2017 Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance. All photos by Terry Shea. The recent Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance featured a Japanese Prototype class, a first in a major U.S. concours as best we can tell. The field included the Mazda 787B, the only Japanese car to score an overall win at the hard-fought and prestigious 24 Hours of Le Mans. But there was another groundbreaking car on the field, just a few cars away, that also caught our attention: the Prince R380. Today, Japanese manufacturers c
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Posted by Terry Shea - Prince R380 at the 2017 Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance. All photos by Terry Shea. The recent Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance featured a Japanese Prototype class, a first in a major U.S. concours as best we can tell. The field included the Mazda 787B, the only Japanese car to score an overall win at the hard-fought and prestigious 24 Hours of Le Mans. But there was another groundbreaking car on the field, just a few cars away, that also caught our attention: the Prince R380. Today, Japanese manufacturers c... Read More | | | Hemmings Find of the Day - 1977 Pontiac Grand Prix LJ Posted by Kurt Ernst - From the seller's description: This is one of the nicest 1977 Grand Prix Model LJ's you will find today. With only 42,000 Actual Miles, this is a super solid car that looks awesome and drives incredible! This is honestly the nicest mid 70's A Bodies I have ever driven. Some cars are fun to look at but this Pontiac is even more fun to drive. You will NOT find a better driving GP on the market! It is a car you can fly in and drive home wherever you live. The original 350 4bbl runs excellent. The TH350 automatic shift...Read More | Richard Petty to be presented with Robert E. Petersen Lifetime Achievement Award Posted by Kurt Ernst - Photo courtesy the Petty Family Foundation. Racing drivers are very seldom household names in the United States, but Richard Petty is surely an exception to this rule. Known simply as "The King" to his legions of fans, no NASCAR driver has ever won more races, more Daytona 500s or more events in a single season (27, in 1967). On March 27, Petty will be presented with the Robert E. Petersen Lifetime Achievement Award at a gala dinner held at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles. In the words of the Pet...Read More | | | A Solid Swede with Italian Tailoring: Forty Years of Volvo's 262C Bertone Posted by Mark J. McCourt - Images courtesy of Volvo Cars Heritage; detail photos by the author. Volvo cars had a very different image in the mid-1970s than today's models do. The 200 series cars were practical, sober, and safe, and perhaps a bit unsophisticated; Volvo's products were a step above low-cost imports like Volkswagen, but were far from being mentioned in the same breath as luxury marques like Cadillac and Mercedes-Benz. The 262C would change that. This Swedish automaker had long known it had to move upmarket if it was going ...Read More | Border crossing, 1950s, part 2 Posted by Daniel Strohl - Date: circa 1950s Location: unknown (source suggests a U.S.-Canada border crossing) Source: Alden Jewell on Flickr What do you see here?...Read More | | |
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