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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

Cuban Boat Cars

By Michael Satterfield The yearning for freedom and a better life is innate in some people, and many Cubans have risked their lives for a chance to get their feet on American

by Michael Satterfield

14 years ago

Auto Polo

by Michael Satterfield The boys over at Top Gear have played Soccer and Hockey with cars, but it looks like someone beat them at their own game. Sometime between 1910 and 1915,

by Michael Satterfield

14 years ago

Al Capone’s Bulletproof 1928 Cadillac

Source: RM Auctions

by Michael Satterfield

14 years ago

The War Years: Wood Burning Bus

Bus in London with a wood gas generator during WWII.

by Michael Satterfield

14 years ago

The British Do it Best

Impressive Jaguar line up presented outside V&A Museum in Kensington for a talk by stylist Ian Callum Source: Classic Sports Car

by Michael Satterfield

14 years ago

Lost California: Lake Elsinore

By Michael Satterfield Saying the name Lake Elsinore or The Inland Empire to most Southern Californians generates a smirk and some deprecating statement about drugs or gang violence… both issues that have

by Michael Satterfield

14 years ago

The Petersen Automotive Museum

by Michael Satterfield If you happen to be in Los Angeles, you should take the time to visit The Petersen Automotive Museum, one of the best collections of classic cars, motorcycles, and

by Michael Satterfield

14 years ago

So your car leaves you Stranded in the Desert?

by Micahel Satterfield – 05/24/2012 For those of us who have driven across large sections of the desert, there is always that fear that if the dies on us, we will be

by Michael Satterfield

14 years ago

McLaren Celebrates 40th Anniversary of Indy Win

TGR Staff On May 27, 1972, McLaren claimed its first victory at the ‘famed’ Indianapolis 500 with Mark Donohue behind the wheel of the number 66 Sunoco-Penske. To commemorate the 40th

by Michael Satterfield

14 years ago

The Bennie Railplane

by Michael Satterfield This poster above for The Bennie Railplane looks like something out of science-fiction, but the ultra-sleek, propeller-powered rail car was built. Built in 1929 based in Milngavie, Scotland, just

by Michael Satterfield

14 years ago