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The Volkswagen Kombi van reached iconic status, with even a school lunch box fashioned in its image. During those early years, the Volkswagen Microbus morphed into various forms. From a cargo carrier with no windows behind the driver's seat to a windowed passenger van with three rows of seats, the possibilities seemed endless.
Classic vintage Chevrolet pickup trucks are receiving growing interest among car enthusiasts. The most collectible muscle cars are numbers-matching survivors; the most sought-after vintage trucks are full custom builds.
Since the first GT350 came off the assembly line, the Shelby line of cars built on the performance image. Many buyers of these cars got a lot for their money, with plenty of them going from the dealership to the racetrack and winning. Others enjoyed the celebrity of owning a pure bred race car.
Cannonsburg was a hub of hot car activity, littered with Corvair Corsas, early Camaros, late 1960s Chevelles, Novas and even Vegas, machines that were about to be transformed from mere factory muscle into exclusive supercars, able to blow the doors off just about anything that came across their path.
The story of the ZL1 Camaro, fitted with that rarest of the rare, all-aluminum 427 big-block V-8, is one that has often been told: How only 69 were made, how they exploited the GM option-ordering system, and how they've become the Camaro guy's ultimate Camaro.
The Boss 429 was dropped into a Ford Torino and a Mercury Cyclone and readied for NASCAR racing. The new engine propelled the two cars to a record 10 victories out of 11 appearances. The Boss 429 also dominated short tracks, winning seven out of nine races.
Given its close involvement with Ford's performance and racing programs since the late '70s, Roush Engineering seemed a logical choice in helping create that counter in the shape of a "super Mustang" under a specified "Performance Leader" program.
Reeves Callaway began his quest to build the ultimate performance car in a small garage at his home in Old Lyme, Connecticut. After building a turbo BMW 3 Series, he continued to develop other products. His big break came with building a twin-turbo GTV6 Alfa Romeo.
The ZR-1's production run from 1990-95 was one of the most exciting times for Corvette enthusiasts in recent memory. In the mid-1980s, rumors of a "King of the Hill" Corvette began to leak out of Detroit and into America's speed shops and dealerships.
