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Resurrecting Legend: The Long-Lost Ford GT40 P/1067 Emerges From A California Garage

Hidden for decades in a Thousand Oaks garage, one of the rarest Ford GT40s—chassis P/1067—has been rediscovered, igniting new passion for a Le Mans icon that almost slipped through history’s fingers.

Datsun 240Z Rally Legacy: The Z Car That Conquered Safari And Monte Carlo

We stopped in to visit the Datsun 240Z Rally Cars at the Nissan Heritage Center in Japan; for more from our visit to Japan. In the early 70s, Nissan wanted to make

Dale’s Wheels Through Time Museum

If you are a gearhead in the US, then driving the Blue Ridge Parkway should be on your bucket list, and if you are planning to be out that way anyways, taking

An American Road Trip

Two Weeks, Four Wheels, and the Open Road by Michael Satterfield – 03/06/2017 I spent the better part of two weeks in the new Fiat 500L on a mission to see some of

by Michael Satterfield

10 years ago

What is at the End of Zzyzx Road

by Michael Satterfield If you have ever driven from Los Angeles to Las Vegas you pass by a road with a strange name, Zzyzx. Like many, I have driven by the sign

by Michael Satterfield

10 years ago

Japan’s First Race Track

by Michael Satterfield Tamagawa Speedway, a1.2-km oval course was inaugurated in May 1936 as the first official automotive race track in Japan. The small oval track outside of Tokyo came 26 years

by Michael Satterfield

10 years ago

Lost Ed “Big Daddy” Roth custom F-100 to be restored by Galpin Auto Sports

TGR Staff Southern California’s Galpin Motors, home to some of the world’s leading automotive brands and the world-famous Galpin Auto Sports (GAS), announced today that it has found the famed and long

by Michael Satterfield

10 years ago

The WWII Store

I was recently in Torrance, California when I ran across this amazing shop called The WWII Store. While it was not on our official Discover Torrance tour I couldn’t pass up the

by Michael Satterfield

10 years ago

1966 Ford GT40 Mk I How The Le Mans Legend Began

Built at the Ford Advanced Vehicles factory in Slough, Buckinghamshire, England, P/1028 was the first Ford GT40 road car delivered to North America. When P/1028 landed at the Ford Division headquarters in

by Michael Satterfield

10 years ago

20 Pictures: Inside Toyota USA Museum

by Michael Satterfield Last week I was invited to tour the Toyota USA Museum in Torrance, California by Discover Torrance. The collection houses a wide variety of Toyota vehicles from the rare

by Michael Satterfield

10 years ago

Planes of Fame

by Michael Satterfield I found myself with some time to kill this past weekend and decided to head over to the Planes of Fame Museum in Chino, California. The museum has an

by Michael Satterfield

10 years ago

Stop Crying About Your Dead Car Brands

There has been much gnashing of teeth and tearing of garments over the loss of certain automakers from around the world over the last few years. Saab, Pontiac, Scion, and many others

by TGR Staff

10 years ago

Book: Lost Muscle Cars

In the world of archeology, nothing compares to the discovery. Whether it's related to King Tut's tomb, the Titanic, Amelia Earhart, ir even just Lost Muscle Cars, the uncovering of an artifact

by Michael Satterfield

10 years ago