This week saw the kick-off of Mecum Auctions’ 2011 running of its Original Spring Classic event in Indianapolis. It seems appropriate then that one of the featured lots is a former Indy 500 competitor from the stable of one of the Brickyard’s most noted competitors. A.J. Foyt started 35 Indy 500s, and over a dozen […]
The gloried performance car modifier of the holy muscle era, Yenko, is obviously most associated with the monster Chevrolets it created through big-block transplants. That changed in 1975 when a customer decided he wanted to hammer everything in sight, including a local Pontiac dealer’s son, who drove a Trans Am with the 455 SD powertrain […]
While Mecum Auctions was in full go-mode at their big event in Kansas City on March 11-12, they have been spending time organizing and accepting consignments for their 24th Annual Indy Spring Classic on May 17-22 at the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis. Mecum officials recently announced that a collection of 16 cars and 14 […]