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What is a W12? Simply put: It is a twelve cylinder piston internal combustion engine that uses four rows of three cylinders. The original W12 configuration used three banks of four cylinders coupled to a common crankshaft, with 60° angles between the banks. The more recent configuration, used in the Volkswagen Group W12, uses four rows of three cylinders […]

Fred Morrison’s 1957 Olds Super 88 was his “something missing” from an already impressive collection, a car he had been obsessed with since his teenage years. He always remembered the perfect factory lines of a 1957 Oldsmobile coupe he was obsessed with as a teen. While at an outdoor event he met with Will Hudson […]

This is the love story between a woman and her car. It has thrived for decades and shows no signs of slowing down. Who is this lady who may hold the record for the longest single person ownership of a ’57 Chevy, at least outside of Cuba?– In 1957 Miss Grace Braeger of West Bend, […]

Masterminded by Jeff Bloch, this VW is all sorts of ridiculous. This is the Trippy Tippy Hippy Van and it’s the latest crazy race car creation by Maryland police officer and mechanic Jeff Bloch AKA Speedycop, and as you can see, it’s a Volkswagen van tipped on its side. To make it, the van was mounted on top […]

This 2000 Corvette fits the bill, with a claimed 710,000 miles on the odometer. Mark from Florida is the original owner of a 2000 Chevrolet Corvette that has done over 709,000 miles, all of them on the original engine. No, that is not a typographical error; the exact mileage last reported was 709,972. The original 5.7L LS1 V8 […]

There are no pit stops for hundreds of hungry passionate NASCAR fans in Sevierville, Tennessee anymore. It’s hard to wrap one’s head around, but in Sevierville, Tennessee, there is an abandoned NASCAR Cafe that has been shuttered with everything seemingly left inside as if the restaurant was closed one day with the intention of opening the next, […]

An early 1960s model Jaguar E-Type left hidden in a North Devon barn for 30 years, and hasn’t been started up in more than 15 years. Famously launched at the 1961 Geneva Motor Show, the Jaguar E-Type created a furore. Its combination of supercar performance, superb styling and a low price tag left rivals reeling and […]

So you thought that you knew about the small end of the luxury Cadillac brand, did you? Hah! The history of miniature cars is almost as long as that of motoring. One of the finest and earliest, a 1/3-scale Cadillac Roadster was built in England before the First World War. Fully functional replicas were made […]

A unique car that no other collector can claim ownership to, this unique Ferrari 365 GTB/4, was found hiding under a shed in Japan after almost 4 decades. In 1968 Ferrari unveiled their new car, the 365 GTB/4. It was a stark shift from the more rounded and flowing designs of its predecessors and thanks […]