Class of ’86 – Mercedes-Benz 560SL

As Lentinello noted the other day, the Veteran Motor Car Club of America now allows vehicles up through the 1986 model year to participate in its tours and judging. For our Class of 1986 series, that simply means that we have another metric to judge a car’s collectibility by – would you see yourself driving […]

VMCCA Welcomes 1986 Cars

Image courtesy oldcarbrochures.com The Veteran Motor Car Club of America now allows cars and trucks up to the 1986 model year to take part in their fun-filled tours, as well as being eligible to be judged. And road tours are what this club focuses on, holding several dozen tours throughout every corner of the country […]

Class of ’86 – AM General HMMWV

In recognition of our March Military Campaign, let’s take a break from considering the collector-worthiness of all those namby-pamby civilian passenger vehicles from 1986 and look at a vehicle that has surely earned its stripes, the AM General HMMWV, a.k.a. the Humvee. Designed in 1979 to replace a number of vehicles then in the U.S. […]