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Ford’s Piquette: History Saved
We hear a lot of anger from readers about the neglect and loss of America’s automobile history. We share it, too: Things are being lost that can never be recovered. The Big Three have only ever been...
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Hemmings Find of the Day – 1964 Studebaker Gran Turismo Hawk
In the world of collector cars, it always seems as though there’s a conflict between having a car that presents well at shows and having a car that you can drive, but as we see from this 1964...
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Neil Armstrong Corvette heads toward preservation
Photos by Roger Kallins. Of the dozens of Corvettes famously linked to the astronauts of the moon-shot Sixties, only a handful of documented Apollo-era astronaut-owned ‘Vettes survive, none of them as...
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Open Diff: Original versus unrestored
With an ever-growing interest in cars with patina, maybe now is a good time to step back and discuss the terminology for such cars. We’re not necessarily looking to slap labels on every trusty rusty...
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Once buried alive, 1954 Corvette now heads to auction
Photos by David Newhardt, courtesy Mecum Auctions, unless otherwise noted. The construction workers then building a new grocery store in Brunswick, Maine, must have laughed at the absurdity of Richard...
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The top 10 Hemmings Daily posts of 2012
The ex-Neil Armstrong Corvette. Photo by Roger Kallins. We’ve had a spectacular year here at Hemmings Daily, and that’s all thanks to you, our readers, the most knowledgeable and enthusiastic...
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FIVA enacts Charter of Turin, establishes historic automobiles as cultural...
Photo courtesy Ford Media. Ye olde Tin Lizzie now has equal standing with the USS Constitution. Or, at least, it does in the eyes of the Federation Internationale des Vehicules Anciens, which recently...
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Dan Gurney’s All-American Racers tapped to preserve Le Mans-winning Ford Mk IV
Photos courtesy Ford Media, The Henry Ford. They won’t have Phil Remington to help them, but the crew at Dan Gurney’s All-American Racers has nevertheless signed on to preserve a rather significant...
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First-ever Packard leaves Lehigh University for first preservation work in 85...
1899 Ohio Model A, “Old Number One.” Photo from B.R. Howard. Though it has rested in a glass case in Lehigh University’s engineering building for the last 85 years, Old Number One—the vehicle...
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Hemmings Find of the Day – 1971 Cadillac Sedan de Ville
There’s original unrestored cars, and then there’s this 1971 Cadillac Sedan de Ville for sale on Hemmings.com, a car that appears so perfectly preserved, you’d think some scientist just recently...
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What should the Simeone Museum do with its Shelby Daytona Cobra Coupe?
CSX2287, on display at the Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum. Photo courtesy Simeone Museum. Of the six Shelby Daytona Cobra Coupes built, chassis number CSX2287, the first constructed, may well be...
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A new appreciation for old patina
Photo by the author. It took a lot of years, but I’ve finally come to appreciate some of the patina on my cars and their parts. My main resistance was born of the fact that in the past, when looking...
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Simeone Museum begins Preservation Workshop series with its 1964 Shelby...
CSX2287 at Sebring in 1964. Photo courtesy Ford Motorsports. Of the six Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupes constructed, none is more famous than CSX2287, the first example assembled and the only one built...
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New conference aims to provide academic look at automotive preservation
Photos by the author. Perhaps one day soon, students in certain post-secondary institutions will be able to pursue advanced degrees in automotive preservation, just as they can now study the historic...
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Bugatti Type 35B remains unrestored 87 years after winning the first Monaco...
Photos courtesy Bonhams. One typically didn’t refuse either of the Schlumpf brothers when it came to Bugattis. The collectors amassed their collection of Molsheim’s best because they had essentially...
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