Nostalgia Highway

(December 16, 2013) SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Barrett-Jackson, the World’s Greatest Collector Car Auctions, has announced that FOX Sports has expanded its viewership reach for the Scottsdale auction to include five channels within its family of networks. In total, there are 36 hours and six-consecutive days of live, high-definition auction coverage starting with FOX Sports 2 on Tuesday, Jan. 14 at 7 p.m. ET (5 p.m. MT).

By Al Vinikour 
Abandoned Cars and Trucks

(December 15, 2013) I was fortunate enough to have grown up in those halcyon days of the Muscle Car Era. Every manufacturer had a dog in the hunt.

General Motors had its legendary Pontiac GTO and Chevrolet’s fabled 348 and 409; Chrysler had its Plymouth and Dodge Hemis and Wedges; and Ford had its high-performance Mustangs, Galaxies and Thunderbolts. In those days the cars would be raced on Sunday and used the rest of the week as family transportation. You didn’t trailer them to the drag strip…you drove them there and back.

(December 15, 2013) DEARBORN, Mich. — Ford is taking pieces from its storied past and moving them into the future. The Henry Ford and Ford Motor Company have teamed up to help share key materials on beginning in 2014.

Henry Ford and his wife Clara were essentially amateur archivists — meticulously collecting the artifacts from their lives. This tradition continues today at Ford Motor Company archives, which house the company’s unique history and are not open to the public.

(December 10, 2013) Hemmings Daily Blog reports that the 1937 Cord 812 supercharged Phaeton purchased new by famous cowboy movie star Tom Mix will be on display at the Arizona Concours d'Elegance on Sunday, Jan. 12, at the Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix.

Mix actually died behind the wheel of the Cord on Oct. 12, 1940, when he hit a washed-out bridge at excessive speed. An unsecured metal suitcase struck Mix in the head, fracturing his skull and breaking his neck.

By Al Vinikour
Abandoned Cars and Trucks

(December 4, 2013) All of us of a certain age have something we relate to as the symbol of a by-gone era; the “good old days” if you will. Some look to hula hoops, Pet Rocks, their first transistor radio, etc. However, not one to be conventional, I have a different object to fondly recall my youth; the inner tube.

(December 4, 2013) MIAMI, Florida — The Miami Auto Museum at the Dezer Collection has created a special exhibition to share their latest acquisition. Nearly 50 classic cars were obtained from a private collector and are now on public display.

(November 27, 2013) American life revolved around the automobile in the 1950s, much like today. But in those days, the cars were virtually all American made. The SUV had not yet been invented. The minivan was still just an idea in the heads of such automotive folks as Lee Iacocca. If people needed room for passengers, cargo and the family dog, they bought a station wagon. Or perhaps a full-sized van or a Chevrolet Suburban. Fins were in and styling changed from year-to-year.

(November 25, 2013) WESTPORT, Conn. — With preparations already underway, Dragone Auctions announces their pre-holiday auction sale featuring classics from the Thomas Kerr "Packard" collection located at their showroom and gallery in Westport, Conn. Kerr is known for his 40 year quest to buy the best classic era Packards that exist today.

(November 23, 2013) LONDON — One of the oldest Mercedes-Benz in the world, a 1905 Simplex 28/32 HPs Phaeton, is to be auctioned by Coys at their True Greats sale on Dec. 3. It's the first time this car has been sold by auction in its almost 110 year history

This Mercedes is one of the oldest surviving examples of the marquee in the world today that is still complete and roadworthy, and was for many years in the famous Mercedes-Benz collection of Arturo Keller in Napa, Calif.

(November 22, 2013) DEARBORN, Mich. — The celebration of 50 years of Ford Mustang will be so large Ford Motor Company and the Mustang Club of America plan to simultaneously hold it at two locations from April 16 through April 20, 2014. Open to everyone, not just Mustang owners and MCA members, the event will be held at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C., and at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas.