By Jeff Peek / Originally Published July 9, 2014 / Hagerty VEHICLES COVERED: 1968 AMC Javelin and 1970 AMC AMX WHAT WENT WRONG: For most classic car owners, a locked garage in a safe neighborhood is all that’s needed to keep their precious automobiles safe. But as crooks prove time and again, if there’s a will there’s a way. ...

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A huge thank you to all the members of the Southlanders Edsel Drivers Club who made the trip to the June 1, 2014 Pomona Swap Meet & Classic Car Show to show the crowd their unique vehicles. I’m sure everyone who ran across them enjoyed learning a little about the Edsel and sharing in the ...

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Okay, your classic car is finally ready to drive to Pomona and local cruise nights, but now you have to decide what to wear!  Sure, you could go with the oil stained t-shirt that you wear when you’re wrenching, or you could look good, by throwing on one of John Edwards’ Hawaiian Classic Car Shirts. ...

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Getting ready to rewire your classic car? Here are five tips from Capp’s Hot Rods and American Autowire to get you on your way: 1. Identify your project. This is not an easy task because it really does depend on the car you are starting with. If your project is a typical street rod, then you ...

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We get visitors from around the world at the Pomona Swap Meet & Classic Car Show… so we get a lot of questions about shipping cars home.  Sometimes home is just a few states away, but sometimes it’s across an ocean.  No matter how far you’ve come, if you buy a classic car on the ...

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By Rob Sass / Originally Published July 3, 2014 / Hagerty The big stories out of the classic car world today are the multi-million dollar rarities that will be offered for sale at the big auctions in Monterey, Calif., next month. With those cars making headlines, it’s easy to forget that there isn’t a millionaires-only policy ...

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Let’s be honest… window tint almost always makes a car look better. And that’s why tinted glass is such a popular upgrade for custom cars and restomods. Of course, window tint won’t just improve the look of your ride, it also protects the interior from the sun’s rays, and it helps keep the inside temperature comfortable. But, ...

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By Larry Printz / Originally Published June 3, 2014 / Hagerty Can a great car repair your relationship or, better yet, save it? It’s possible, if you buy a car that fits your personality. We’re here to help, with five collector cars that set the mood and can help restore the romance in your relationship. 1932 ...

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English-speaking car lovers may disagree on how to pronounce it, but they seldom argue about what a huge impact Porsche has had on the automotive industry.  Few realize, though, that the first car ever designed by Ferdinand Porsche was electric.  By 1948, when Porsche introduced the Type 356 as their first production vehicle and the first sports car to bear the Porsche name, Ferdinand already had several decades ...

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By Jim Koscs / Originally Published May 27, 2014 / Hagerty Forty years ago, Pontiac bookended the muscle car market with one car that many consider to be a low point of the genre, and another that proudly parks in the upper echelon alongside Hemis, LS6 Chevelles and Boss Mustangs. The Pontiac Division retired the ...

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There are just not enough words to describe Carroll Shelby’s accomplishments in over 50 years of America’s automotive history. He was a race car driver and entrepreneur, who had brilliant, innovative design ideas. Even though he passed away in 2012, Shelby’s legacy lives on… and soon, through the 40,000 square-foot Shelby Automotive Museum in Gardena, California, his ...

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By Rob Sass / Originally Published May 21, 2014 / Hagerty RM Auctions of Blenheim, Ontario, will be auctioning a rare open Ford GT40 prototype at its sale in Monterey, Calif., this August. Although the auction company hasn’t disclosed a pre-sale estimate, it will almost certainly be in eight figures and set a world record for ...

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