The Last Surviving WWI Veteran
July 26, 2015
By The Historic Vehicle Association / Originally Published June 23, 2015 / Hagerty / When the living connections to history begin to vanish, all we are left with are objects. And while these objects cannot speak for themselves, they still carry within them as many stories and memories as those who were there. With the last World ...
The oddest VW Beetle accessories of all time
June 29, 2015
By Hagerty / Originally Published May 20, 2015 / Hagerty / The original air-cooled VW Beetle was in production from about 1946 until the early 2000s when production finally wound down in Mexico. Throughout that time, the differences in appearance were subtle at best. VW’s own ad campaign made light of the fact that the annual model year changes ...
What Drives You: The need for speed and back again
June 18, 2015
By Tara Hurlin / Originally Published May 13, 2015 / Hagerty / Of the 100,085 1969 Mercury Cougars produced, 66,351 were hardtops, and 510 of those came with the Ram Air 428SCJ-4V engine. Automatic transmissions were installed in 304 of the 510. From there, 162 were equipped with the Eliminator Package, of which 61 were painted bright ...
1964 Pontiac GTO: A True American Muscle Car
June 17, 2015
With nicknames like the Goat, the Tiger and the Great One, the 1964 Pontiac GTO quickly earned a reputation as a true American muscle car (especially when equipped with the 348 hp Tri-Power engine). The GTO began as nothing more than a $296 extra-equipment package available on the $2,480 Pontiac Tempest LeMans. The GTO package included a floor shifter, ...
Five car nameplates that started with a bang but went out with a whimper
June 13, 2015
By Chris Paukert / Originally Published May 11, 2015 / Hagerty The automotive landscape is littered with new model nameplates that started out capturing the world’s imagination, only to end up as shells of their former selves through a labyrinth of bad corporate decisions and even worse luck. Here are five prime examples of cars that started ...
Evolution of the Ford Pickup: America’s Other Sweetheart
June 10, 2015
By Jim Koscs / Originally Published May 5, 2015 / Hagerty The all-new 2015 Ford Mustang dominated car news over the past six months, but in terms of market impact, something else Ford introduced will eventually affect millions more lives than the Mustang: the all-new F-150 pickup truck, the 13th design generation of Ford’s F-series. The 2015 ...
Secrets of the Chevelle
May 28, 2015
By Hagerty / Originally Published April 29, 2015 / Hagerty The Chevelle is one of America’s favorite classic muscle cars. If you turn on your favorite televised classic car auctions at random, chances are that there will be a Chevelle crossing the block. With so much attention, the Chevelle is pretty much an open book, yet here ...
The 10 Coolest Wheels
May 22, 2015
By Rob Sass / Originally Published April 28, 2015 / Hagerty Wheels, tires and stance make a huge difference in the appearance of any car. Swap steel wheels for a set of mags or alloys and it’s like looking at a completely different car. In no particular order, here are some of the most iconic post-war wheel ...
Enter Here: Five Entry-Level Cars from Five Decades
May 13, 2015
By Jim Koscs / Originally Published March 25, 2015 / Hagerty If Henry Ford were alive today, he might find the $14,000 Ford Fiesta a bit too luxurious for his tastes. What’s this – brakes on each wheel? Heat? Safety systems? Such extravagances! No, the old man liked to keep things simple in a car “for the ...
Big Blocks On a Budget
April 30, 2015
By Greg Ingold / Originally Published March 13, 2015 / Hagerty The big-block engine is legendary in the muscle car world, and there aren’t many things more awe-inspiring than popping the hood of some classic American iron and marveling at the feat of simply fitting that massive V-8 between the fenders. If that sight doesn’t stimulate the ...
Five cars you should have bought five years ago
April 22, 2015
By Rob Sass / Originally Published March 10, 2015 / Hagerty Like the Dow, the classic car market woke up from its recession-induced hibernation around 2011-12. But five years ago, it was a different story. If you had picked up a few of the following cars then, you’d likely be sitting on a tidier return than your ...
Custom Cars: The History of the Wienermobile
April 14, 2015
If her dad thinks you’re up to no good picking her up in a vintage ’70s “love machine” van, what’s he going to think when you pick her up in a “Wienermobile?” So maybe the Wienermobile isn’t the first thing that pops into your mind when you think of custom cars, but this rolling billboard ...
