Our modern throwaway culture only extends back so far, as we see from this four-door 1952 Lincoln Capri for sale on Hemmings.com, a car that somebody thought precious enough to preserve over the years, despite the fact that it’s not particularly rare, iconic or flashy. From the seller’s description: All original in beautiful condition. Original […]
Claims of survivor automobiles can often be debunked by the tell-tale trail of an orbital sander, or yellowed plastic interior bits that belie the like-new condition of the exterior paint. Worse yet is a glaring tin-pot head of a modern grade zero hardware store bolt holding on a fender. Not so with this 460-cubic-inch V-8-powered […]
Stutz set the pattern. In 1970, riding a current of neo-classical sentiments in the automotive world that brought about Brooks Stevens’s Excalibur and an attempt at resurrecting Duesenberg, the first new Stutz in 35 years was made available to the public. Sure, it had the guts of a Pontiac Grand Prix, but it had enough […]