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Collector Car Uses: What to do with it when you’ve got one
Here is an introductory article to the hobby of car collecting. A little planning can go a long way. This article might offer you some options you have not yet considered. Especially if you have not yet decided on what to collect, how to start, or where to look for answers. And of course, if you already have your collector car, then what to do with it is the next logical question.
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Packard: The Cormorant, and Goddess of Speed
Here is a brief description of two of the more prized automotive mascots in the history of motoring, the Cormorant and the Goddess of Speed on Packard automobiles.
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The Value of a Collector Car—Determining Its Worth
What a collector car is worth is the question this article deals with, by exploring why values might increase and decrease. Valuation sources are also cited.
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American Iron: The Cars That Defined American Mobility
Here is a rationale for what may be termed the American automotive heartbeat, and a brief history of the American automotive industry. Our cars continue to define our lives in very special ways. Presented here is an explanation of perhaps the two foremost reasons in the mindset of American culture, for our continuing interest in automobiles. Viewing different manufacturers and different time periods, we can still see a common thread running through our cultural perspective. Two criteria seem to appear in most every case, pointing to the difference between the ordinary and the exceptional examples of the automobile. What is our attachment to these machines? And how can it be the same despite the apparently dissimilar vehicles of yesteryear and today? Our attachment is the same despite the differences between a 1904 Stoddard-Dayton and a 2004 SUV.
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Older books: Past sources worth another look
Here is an invitation to seek out the older books on old cars and the automotive industry. Some are well worth a look, but you may have some trouble finding them. Look here for some ideas on how to find the hard-to-find books.
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When Is a Car Restoration really a New Build?
With the wide availability of parts, including body shells, it is possible to build a new car fifty years after production stopped. Is it an original or a replica?
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Automotive Mascots: Brief History of the 1930-1950 Car Hood Ornament Era
The automotive mascot, usually a hood ornament, captured the imaginations of motorists for two decades, and still exists in a few remaining examples today. How and why they came about, and some resources for finding out more about these interesting artifacts, comprise the subjects of this article.
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Buick Automobiles
Buick Motor Division of General Motors, and before that, the Buick Motor Company, have proudly offered some of the finer examples of automotive excellence in the industry. From David Buick and his engineers, Walter Marr and Eugene Richard, through Billy Durant and the good times and the bad, Buick cars have survived to be exemplary industry leaders.
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Cobra bite: Lethal injection by Shelby and A.C.
Carroll Shelby’s Cobra is one of America’s favorite legends. From the first roadster, through the Daytona Coupe, to the power of the 427ci Ford engine, the legend that is Cobra history is one built on the originality of brilliant ideas, and one man’s drive to put it all together.
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Ferrari: The Italian Stallion
The name, Ferrari, elicits an emotional response that few others can match.
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Gremlin facts and lore: Birth of the Gremlich
The AMC Gremlin was certainly one of a kind, and it left a legacy that remains one of American automotive history's most interesting. Read about how the car developed and blossomed, and about the origins of the peculiar name. Also find a new and distinctive name for the car, one which has never before seen the light of common knowledge.
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Mascots: Additional notes and references
Here is an addendum to the previous article on hood ornaments and automotive mascots, including a more thorough list of further references for continued research.
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Nash, Hudson and American Motors: Demise of the Independent Automakers
Read part one in a two-part series on the demise of the so-called independent automakers in America. The industry developed into the haves and the have-nots, and the big boys grew as the others faded into oblivion. The last of the independents is now gone, leaving us only the big three of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler. The story of the decline of the independents can be told in the story of the decline of American Motors Corporation, and of the companies that went into the makeup of American Motors.
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The Lost Marques: Names that faded with the years
This is a treatment of names from the past, the memorable, those almost nobody remembers, and a Top Ten list of the all-time strangest sounding marques.
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The Selden Patent Story
The Selden patent episode in automotive history presents a look at attempted monopoly in the age of the great trusts. The legal battle against George Selden’s “road engine” patent, waged by Henry Ford, Thomas L. Jeffery and others, is a story of powerful financial interests and their ineffective attempts to control a budding industry.
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V-12 Power!
This article chronicles the development of the V-12 engine from the earliest examples to the latest offerings from the likes of Cadillac, Chrysler and Peugeot, and includes a historical timeline.
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Let's Buy Some Souvenirs
A look at a problematic sponsorship alternative for the 2004 season and beyond.
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Classic vs Antique Car
Used interchangeably antique cars and classic cars are most often thought of as the same thing. In some circles it is and in some it isn't.
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Gone In Sixty Seconds
The latest from Jerry Bruckheimer and CO.
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How Much Will Chrysler and GM Cars be Worth?
In April 2009, Chrysler and General Motors (GM) filed bankruptcy. The changes affecting the automobile giants might find the value of discontinued cars rising.
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Passion For Classic Cars
Most small towns such as California City do not have much of an infrastructure. However, they have other things most big towns miss.
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Toys-Toys-Toys
You might be old, but you're never too old to collect the toys of your youth. You can still find them, if you know where to look!
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