Hemmings Find of the Day – 1969 McLaren M6 GT

Think about what you were doing when you were in your early 30s. Driving a car like this 1969 McLaren M6 GT (the ad says 1964, but that appears to be incorrect) on the streets as a daily driver? Only if you were Bruce McLaren. From the seller’s description:
Prototype s/n BMR M6GT-1 Red with Black […]

Going four-wheeling with the Messerschmitt K-106

A little while back, reader Jean-Claude Marcoux came across a photo of an unusual little four-wheeled, rear-engined car being called a Messerschmitt in an article in the November 1958 issue of Popular Science. The article hardly elaborated, noting that it sat four, was designed in Germany, and would be sold exclusively in the United States […]

Success! Cadillac’s OHC V-12 engine photos found

Times have, apparently, changed. When Richard Langworth went looking for photos of the 1960s Cadillac V-12 to prove its existence for the story he wrote on that episode of Cadillac history in Special Interest Autos, he came up empty-handed. But after a few well-placed e-mails, GM’s Heritage Center (which now has one of the engines […]