The top sale from Mecum’s recent Kansas City auction? A 1965 Corvette Convertible 396/425hp, four-speed with Bloomington Gold Benchmark status that changed hands for $188,000. The well-preserved Rally Red big-block was one of a total of six Corvettes among the top 10 highest sales reported during the two-day auction, March 11-12. Gross sales from the […]
Ford’s Pinto really wasn’t a miserable car to drive, thanks to its responsive rack-and-pinion steering and a gutsy overhead cam engine, but it became the poster car for Detroit’s arrogance after Mother Jones published the story “Pinto Madness,” which accused Ford of knowingly selling a car that could explode in a rear-impact accident. Under pressure, […]
The spring edition of the Charlotte AutoFair is right around the corner – April 7-10, to be exact – hosted by the Hornets Nest Region of the AACA and held on the sprawling grounds of Charlotte Motor Speedway located in Concord, North Carolina. If you plan on stopping in to partake in the Southeast’s largest […]