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| Saoutchik-bodied sharknose Graham went from auto show turntable to World War II service
Posted by Daniel Strohl - Photos by Darin Schnabel, courtesy RM Sotheby's. Some exotic coachbuilt cars have all the provenance of Aunt Myrtle's antique hutch - that is, treasured and cared for, but not all that thrilling a tale. The Saoutchik-bodied 1938 Graham headed to auction next month, on the other hand, might as well have served as Indiana Jones's personal car, given the number of adventures it's tallied. To begin with, no run-of-the-mill count or other historical-footnote nobility ordered the car. Rather, famed Parisian coachbuilder J... Read More | | | Hemmings Find of the Day - 1972 Citroen SM Posted by Kurt Ernst - 1972 Citroen SM for sale. From the seller's description: Excellent condition, RARE factory-option sunroof, 5-speed, European headlights, new Silver paint, fine black leather interior, A/C, new carpets, new original Michelin XWX tires, hydraulics perfect, mechanics excellent. Lovingly maintained by French career Citroen Mechanic. 106,538 miles. 20 years ago, when I started looking for the perfect Citoren SM, I had a lot of criteria. It had to be a 1971 or 1972 (the good years), it had to be clean, have a great co...Read More | Team Penske's 1972 International transporter, the "Blue Hilton," lives again Posted by Kurt Ernst - The restored 1972 International Fleetstar Blue Hilton transporter. Photos courtesy Team Penske. In 1972, Team Penske debuted an enclosed race car transporter that served as storage, garage and even living space at a time when most teams still relied upon open trucks or trailers to ship cars and spares from race to race. Sold in 1983, the Blue Hilton (named for its forward bunk space) was recently rediscovered by the Penske organization and restored to as-new condition in time for Roger Penske's 80th birthday. ...Read More | | | The old "buy-it-and-drive-it-cross-country" dream Posted by Thomas A. DeMauro - 1967 Pontiac Tempest two-door post. Photos by author. I recently returned from the annual Scottsdale auto auctions, after spending nearly a week covering six of them with friends and co-workers Jeff Koch and Mark McCourt and witnessing some of the rarest and most sought-after vehicles on the planet crossing the block. Once I returned home, I was finally able to start going through my photos of the auction cars, and in so doing, I was reminded of this Pontiac. While in Arizona, my life-long desire to buy a vint...Read More | Covercraft Industries founder Robert Lichtmann dies at age 91 Posted by Mike McNessor - Covercraft Industries founder Robert Lichtmann died February 20, just two days prior to his 92nd birthday. Lichtmann, who had been retired from the business since 2003, graduated from the Illinois Institute of Technology with a degree in chemical engineering. Early on he worked as a plant manager for a company in Los Angeles that made convertible tops for automobiles and later car covers. When the company changed hands, he struck out on his own. Lichtmann started Covercraft in 1965 in a 1,200 square-foot shop in ...Read More | Detroit, 1958 Posted by Daniel Strohl - Date: circa 1958 Location: M-10 near Warren Avenue overpass, Detroit, Michigan Source: gsgeorge on skyscraperpage.com What do you see here?...Read More | | |
| THIS DAY IN AUTOMOTIVE HISTORY | 2/27/1934: | Ralph Nader born, Winsted, Connecticut |
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