Shelby Drops the Roof, Piles on the Paint

Shelby American announced last week that it will build a limited number of GT350 convertibles — a first since 1970 — and that it will offer GT350s in two new colors, Race Red and Kona Blue; both with white LeMans stripes. Production of the 2011-2012 GT350s intentionally mirrors the way production of the original G.T.350 […]

Show Season Spotlight: Boca Raton Concours

In terms of the collectible automobile hobby, the east coast of Florida is about to jump to life once again, beginning this weekend with the 5th annual Boca Raton Concours d’Elegance. Held on the grounds of the Boca Raton Resort and Club in Boca Raton (nestled between West Palm Beach and Fort Lauderdale) on February […]

AMC racing legend Herman Lewis dies

Word came to us last week that Herman Lewis, by some accounts the godfather of AMC racing, died February 13 after a bout with pancreatic cancer. He was 73. Lewis, who told the Register-Herald of Beckley, West Virginia, that he cut his teeth as a racer hauling illegal moonshine in Tennessee, drag raced in Chevrolets […]