4+ hour, 49+ min ago   (540+ words) The legendary Pontiac Firebird, which officially launched on February 23, 1967, was designed as an upscale pony car to aggressively challenge the Ford Mustang. It shared an F-body platform with the Chevrolet Camaro while wearing distinctive styling. Spanning four production generations, the…...

20+ hour, 40+ min ago   (427+ words) image credit: TheNoClipTerminator / Reddit Forum / Reddit Wet-weather safety wasn’t a design priority for most of the automotive industry in the 1970s, as it is now. Tire technology, brake systems, and even basic suspension geometry all lagged behind what a rainstorm actually…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (196+ words) Your daily dose of steel, rubber and soul How do three Top 40 songs from 1976 relate to cars? 2020 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray “Disco Duck”: Feathers. Down. Downshift. The C8 Chevrolet Corvette’s dual-clutch automatic will jump down to the lowest possible gear when you…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (268+ words) Your daily dose of steel, rubber and soul The postwar era brought optimism along with automotive innovation On display at the Millbrae Machines Motor Show this year was a spectacular baby blue 1949 Buick Super (Series 50) convertible. The first thing I…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (585+ words) Derek Shiekhi is the Editor and Lead Writer at ClassicCars.com’s sister site AutoHunter.com. He was previously a freelance automotive writer who won numerous awards from the Texas Auto Writers Association for his coverage of events and vehicle reviews....

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (954+ words) Ralph Michaels can’t put a finger on exactly why, but he just had to have that little white MoPar. The white 1971 Plymouth Duster 340 was tired and didn’t look all that great. Michaels didn’t know who owned it, how it had…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (300+ words) Pontiac in the 1960s was a powerhouse of brilliant engineering and rebellious ideas. John DeLorean, Russ Gee, and Bill Collins had the mechanical genius, but the real magic often happened in the marketing department. Jim Wangers was the advertising mastermind who…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (247+ words) Your daily dose of steel, rubber and soul Former show truck is ready for shows again The sport truck movement really came about with the classic square-body (or “Rounded Line”) pickup from General Motors introduced for the 1973 model year. It…...

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3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (557+ words) What’s the connection? Except for the chromatic linkage between red and pink, courtesy of a white interference, go back to the original name, red mill. Or, accurately, Red Mill, which, in its original French, is “Moulin Rouge.” That was the…...