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The Man Behind America’s Best Silver Ghost
For Veasey Cullen, working on the Rolls Royces, whether it’s the 1924 Silver Ghost in a Buffalo, NY winter, or the rare L&E Tourer for a high-class concours, is half the fun. “[Rolls Royce] just went ahead and did everything as perfectly as they could,” he says. “And so I’ve enjoyed that. I’ve enjoyed the machining and making things and trying to do it their way.”
read morePresident Obama honors Kevin Harvick and Steve Byrnes
While Steve Byrnes was battling cancer, there was a remarkable outpouring of support from the racing communityWhile Steve Byrnes was battling cancer, there was a remarkable outpouring of support from the racing community. During an event to honor 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Kevin Harvick, President Obama took a moment to offer his condolences.
read moreAmelia Island Concours in Review
I’m doomed to remain an automotive dilettante rather than an expert. If this were college, I’d be the perpetual undergraduate, always trying out a new course, unable to just settle on and complete a major. If you can relate, let me tell you: the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance is the event for you.
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Celebrating 50 Years of the Ford Mustang
The Fairlane Committee began working on a car for America’s youth. It would be sporty, aesthetically pleasing, affordable, and unique. It would challenge the two-seater racing European models that World War II vets had fallen in love with overseas. It would go on to celebrate its fiftieth birthday in April of 2014, as the longest consistently produced American car in history. It was the Ford Mustang.
read moreNo NHTSA Recall for Stalling Chrysler Minivans
This week the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration concluded an investigation into stalling problems in older Chrysler and Dodge minivans, and despite confirming the existence of the condition, NHTSA did not order a recall. The reason? That the defect would not likely lead to crashes.
read moreThe T-Bird That Almost Made it to the Moon
On May 25, 1961, President John F. Kennedy announced before a special joint session of Congress the dramatic and ambitious goal of sending an American to the Moon. The President turned to several leading American corporations for help, including the Ford Motor Company. So along with top scientists at NASA, Ford began top secret work on a modified vehicle that could be brought to, and driven on, the moon.
read moreThe End of Clarkson’s Top Gear
Top Gear will still be good. It’ll still be fantastic, with its quirk and humor, and the novel length magazines, and all that makes it what it is. But it won’t be the Top Gear that we know, simply because it can’t be.
read moreTop Gear Host Jeremy Clarkson fired by the BBC
The BBC has confirmed that Top Gear Host Jeremy Clarkson has been sacked. The individual most closely associated with the world’s most popular car guy television program has been shown the door.
read moreJet Dragsters at NHRA National Events in 2015
It has been announced that Hanna Motorsports’ jet-powered funny cars, the “GOJO Firebird” and the XLERATOR “Top Secret” Firebird, will be appearing at four NHRA National Events in 2015.
read moreAtlantic City Car Show 2015 Review
Four years have passed since I’ve last been to the Atlantic City Car Show, but despite how desperate I was for a winter car show, I was disappointed.
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Editorial
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Shell Oil aired a commercial in 1997 of a speeding Ferrari F310 seemingly being refueled from an aircraft as a component of its then-current campaign entitled “The Future Is In The Making.” The campaign was developed to emphasize Shell’s obsession with developing innovative solutions to satisfy customer’s current and future fuel needs.
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Review: The Little Car Show, Monterey Car Week 2025
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How did an airplane end up on a car dealer’s lot? Pilots are generally fervent about only selling an aircraft to someone within the flying community. In the case of one Piper Cub being traded toward a new car, it is safe to say that passion was overruled by a greater need.
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Review: Astons on the Avenue, Monterey Car Week 2025
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Since ancient times, change of command ceremonies have marked the formal transfer of authority from one leader to another. In the military, time-honored symbolism is integral to the ceremonial aspects of a change of command, including an inspection and review of personnel, gun salutes, and accompaniment by a military band.
Motorama
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Shell Oil aired a commercial in 1997 of a speeding Ferrari F310 seemingly being refueled from an aircraft as a component of its then-current campaign entitled “The Future Is In The Making.” The campaign was developed to emphasize Shell’s obsession with developing innovative solutions to satisfy customer’s current and future fuel needs.
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How did an airplane end up on a car dealer’s lot? Pilots are generally fervent about only selling an aircraft to someone within the flying community. In the case of one Piper Cub being traded toward a new car, it is safe to say that passion was overruled by a greater need.
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Since ancient times, change of command ceremonies have marked the formal transfer of authority from one leader to another. In the military, time-honored symbolism is integral to the ceremonial aspects of a change of command, including an inspection and review of personnel, gun salutes, and accompaniment by a military band.
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Cars and airplanes have been photographed together in advertisements almost since the birth of their respective technologies.
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This accompanying article to the 2025 Guide to Monterey contains images of each of the winners of the ultimate prize at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance in descending order since the event’s inception in 1950.
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