Claims of survivor automobiles can often be debunked by the tell-tale trail of an orbital sander, or yellowed plastic interior bits that belie the like-new condition of the exterior paint. Worse yet is a glaring tin-pot head of a modern grade zero hardware store bolt holding on a fender. Not so with this 460-cubic-inch V-8-powered […]

Image courtesy David Turner Replica cars have become, over the last few decades, something of a mixture between automotive curiosity, automotive battleground, and automotive joke. Cheap unauthorized fiberglass imitations have led many people to dismiss the concept of replicars entirely, but it hasn’t always been that way, and not every replicar manufacturer worked out of […]

Jaguar? But it looks more Mediterranean, both inside and out. Like maybe a Maserati or a Pegaso. There’s even a hint of Ferrari in those fenders. But indeed, this 1955 Jaguar XK140MC wears a body designed and built by Ghia. As if that weren’t enough, the MC suffix means that its dual overhead-camshaft engine runs […]