Hemmings Find of the Day – 1981 Pontiac Grand Prix

Though Buick V-6 faithful are probably loading red-hot Garrett turbochargers filled with boiling gear oil into catapults aimed at Vermont as they read this, the first thing we thought about while gazing upon this burgundy-on-burgundy 1981 Pontiac Grand Prix was removing the aspirated 110-horsepower V-6 luncheon loafer and shoehorning in a supercharged 556-horsepower GM eRod […]

T-Bird Leads the Flock at Mecum Kansas City

The top sale from Mecum’s Kansas City Auction last weekend was this 1957 F-code Thunderbird, one of between 208 and 211 T-Birds built in 1957 with a McCulloch VR57 Phase II supercharger. The car, which sold for $186,000, was restored by Hill’s Automotive of Racine, Ohio, and has won honors from the Classic Thunderbird Club […]

One race car, two different paths

This is a legitimate NASCAR race car, with a very strong history, that will rumble in front of the crowd at the Russo and Steele auction in Scottsdale, Arizona, come January. It’s also more than that, because this 1972 Ford Torino represents a state of transition for NASCAR, the formula of its top class and […]