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Triumph Is Pick of Online Voters

1:18 PM Mon, Feb 18, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Peter C. T. Elsworth    Email

Gavin Rhodes was surprised that his black 1959 Triumph TR3A won the Collectible Car of the Year contest on nytimes.com. At a time when......

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Chevrolet Impala: Prestige for Everyman

11:25 AM Wed, Feb 06, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Peter C. T. Elsworth    Email

One fine winter day 50 years ago, my father pulled into our driveway with a new Chevrolet, a ’58 Bel Air Impala Sport Coupe in......

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The Morgan Plus 8 is a classic

12:27 PM Mon, Feb 04, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Peter C. T. Elsworth    Email

In the contemporary landscape of architecture, someone like Richard Sammons doesn’t get lionized by the fledgling and impressionable (and constantly blogging) designerati. That might......

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Frugal, Before Americans Cared

9:55 AM Mon, Dec 17, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Peter C. T. Elsworth    Email

AMONG automaker start-ups, the efforts of Powel Crosley Jr. followed a path taken many times by idealistic industrialists: creating a car for the masses, without......

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Rust-Free Reality: Creating an All-New Classic

11:14 AM Thu, Nov 29, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Peter C. T. Elsworth    Email

IN his 35 years of restoring cars, Mark Miller has seen it all — the good, the bad and the unsightly. Among the lessons he......

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A Cloud Over Reborn Shelby Mustangs

11:13 AM Mon, Nov 26, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Peter C. T. Elsworth    Email

Five years ago, amid a sharp rise in prices of vintage muscle cars, Carroll Shelby licensed his name to a Texas company to construct replicas......

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Backseat Driver: 531 per-1905 cars will make London to Brighton run on Sunday

7:25 AM Fri, Nov 02, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Peter C. T. Elsworth    Email

Sunday marks the running of one of the most remarkable rallies in the world - the annual London to Brighton Veteran Car Run in......

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