Ford Thunderbolt fans will recognize this 1964 Ford Thunderbolt Fairlane, number 57 in the series of 100 built. Originally raced by Wayne Jones Ford in Virginia, it was later purchased by Tom Caldera and driven by his partner Nate Cohen. After Cohen’s untimely passing in 1980, Caldera moved to California, where the car was stored until 2006 when it was purchased by accomplished Super Stock and AFX restoration specialist Randy Delisio. Delisio restored it to its Caldera/Cohen configuration with the help of Howie Nisgor, who recreated the paint scheme he had first applied to the car in 1974. The restored Thunderbolt was featured in Hemming’s Muscle Machine magazine in 2008, and in 2010 was chosen by Mattel Corporation for their Hot Wheels Dragstrip Demon series. A photographic album of the restoration is included with this historically important Dearborn special.
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Recently featured in Motor Trend Classic and Mustang Milestones magazines, the 1969 Boss 429 offered here carries the 9th lowest public VIN on record. Restored to MCA Trailered Gold Award standards (which it won in 2010), it has received 18 Best of Show trophies, numerous Best Muscle Car Awards including Best of Show at the Richland Concours d’Elegance and is a two-time Goodguys Muscle Car of the Year Finalist.
KK1280 is one of the first 100 cars built by hand at Kar Kraft, where it arrived for conversion equipped with the 428 SCJ Drag Pack, power front disc brakes, power steering, competition suspension, front spoiler and Deluxe Décor interior group. As an early production car, it was built with the ultra-rare NASCAR “S” engine, along with several other features exclusive to the first cars, every aspect of which is factory correct right down to the smallest details.
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In an era when American motorsport was brimming with larger-than-life characters, California racer Bill Thomas was a giant. Founder of Bill Thomas race Cars and creator of the Cheetah road racers famous for taking on Shelby’s Cobras, Thomas was a visionary innovator whose talents earned him a direct pipeline to Chevrolet’s racing skunkworks, a connection that in 1965 gave Thomas instant access to the factory’s new 396/427 CI “porcupine” engines. To promote the new powerplant, Thomas bought a used 1963 Chevy Nova into which he installed a lightweight tubular front subframe, a straight tube axle, leaf springs and a fiberglass flip front end. The project served as the prototype for a kit that became popular with the Nova racer who wanted to turn his little Chevy into a drag strip terror, and the finished car became known as the “Novel Nova” after the title of a Hot Rod magazine feature story by tech editor Jim McFarland.
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Zeb Morris came by his love of cars late in life, but once ignited, his passion burned bright. After a career selling medical supplies and building a cattle ranching operation with his wife Mary, Zeb decided at the age of 67 to retire and relax. Friends introduced him to the world of performance Pontiacs at such events as the Tri Power Nationals, the GTO National Convention in Dayton, Ohio and other venues, where he met the Pontiac crowd and was bitten by their passion.
In just eighteen months, Zeb had erected a dedicated building, populated it with vintage signs and collected over 30 of the finest Tri Power convertibles and Ram Air Judge GTOs in the country. The Zeb Morris Collection soon became widely acknowledged as one of the best Pontiac collections in the world. Zeb collected other make as well; he loved them all, and he enjoyed meeting and greeting all the car folks who dropped by to visit him and see his collection.
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The DeskTop Dyno5™ is a powerful engine simulation that offers extended component testing and amazing predictive accuracy all at remarkably low cost. Build and test any 1- to 12-cylinder, 4-cycle engine you can imagine! A custom interface shows parts on the left and test results on the right. Use simple Direct-Click™ menus to select from a wide variety of parts, or enter your own custom specs. Instantly displays horsepower, torque, VE, and other engine performance data on customizable graphs and tables to within 5% of real dyno data.
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CPP’s new Complete Rear Dual Adjustable Coil-Over Kit is designed to convert your 1963-72 Chevy truck to a corner carving, performance driving vehicle! Our kit includes our new Totally Tubular Trailing arms, coil over springs and dual adjustable coil over shocks and all the mounting hardware to make this rear suspension
Get that cool street rod stance and track proven performance for your 1963-87 Chevrolet C10 Truck! Our Complete Front Coil-Over Conversion Kits include dual-adjustable coil-over shocks, spanner wrench and bearing kit, our Totally Tubular™ upper and lower control arms, and all the mounting brackets and hardware for a simple bolt-on installation.
Sue Vanderbilt in a 1958 Cadillac Eldorado Seville “Baroness;" the show car that she styled for the Feminine Show. When you look back at General Motors’ rich design history, one of the most talented individuals, who made her career as part of GM’s vaunted Creative Design Team, was the late Suzanne E. Vanderbilt.
Vanderbilt was one of the original Damsels of Design – a group of eight, great talented female designers that the famed Harley Earl hired during the early days of the 1950s.
Throughout history, the Oldsmobile story has inspired many automotive historians with its rich and celebrated heritage which started right in Michigan’s capital city of Lansing.
I remember a particularly exciting year in 1978 when Oldsmobile introduced their new line of vehicles and automotive catalogues to the buying public. My first impression was that Oldsmobile was using 1978 to create a family-oriented lineup of new cars. The company used its advertising and marketing to highlight many traditional family values
The year 1966 was a great year for automotive sales in the U.S. Many car manufacturers were doing very well for the economy and in 1966 the average cost for a new Dodge vehicle sold for $ 2,280 and the price of gasoline for 32 cents a gallon.
The Chrysler Corporation was also doing very well within the automotive markets with its popular Dodge Dart models. The 1966 Dodge Dart models made their debut in Dodge dealerships on September 30, 1965.
Based on a 1956 Chevrolet 210 Sedan, this recently completed mild custom was built to showcase the timeless factory “Tri-Five” heritage. With a new GM Performance ZZ4 power plant backed by a factory-fresh GM 700R4 transmission, it is equipped with rack-and-pinion steering, four-wheel Wilwood disc
To ensure that Shelby American would have its 1966 GT350 models in dealerships when Ford released the new ‘66 Mustangs, Shelby ordered an additional 252 cars from Ford’s San Jose plant at the very end of 1965 production. These ‘change-over’ cars (often referred to as ‘carry-overs’) were essentially Shelby-spec ’65 GT350s, and received the same performance modifications,
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