Its top speed was just 97 mph, and it took a full 13 seconds to accelerate to 60 mph from a standing start. Still, it was arguably America’s first muscle car. The 1949 Oldsmobile 88 combined a new overhead valve Rocket V8 engine with a lighter, more streamlined design to offer a truly exhilarating ride. Compared to ...

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Every classic car guy has heard a tail about an incredible barn find. Well, here’s another one! This time it was a rare 1969 428 Mustang Shelby GT500 hidden beneath 40 years of dust. Once the dust was cleared, this rare muscle car was found to be in mint condition. Some people have theorized that the ...

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What’s more frustrating than hopping in your car, turning the key, and nothing?  You try again, but still nothing.  Nada, zero, zilch! You’ve fallen victim to a dead battery.  There are only a few things that can cause this to happen.  First, the condition of the battery. Maybe the battery is old.  Maybe you don’t ...

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You’ve got your classic running strong, but it needs to look good too.  To get a show quality shine, look no further than Chemical Guys on Road 25, Spaces 12 and 14 at the Pomona Swap Meet & Classic Car Show. Chemical Guys is a well-known name in the automotive world, selling professional grade detailing supplies and car wash ...

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This week we caught up with one of our swap veterans, Guy Kelly.  Guy has been selling aluminum repair rod on Road 26, Space 32 for nearly 25 years.  If you’re restoring a classic car, you’re bound to come across pitting, cracks, holes, or broken seams.  Whether it’s pitting in the pot metal, or a crack ...

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A special “Thank You” to the Los Angeles Chapter, San Diego Chapter and Beach Cities, Orange and Inland Empire Chapter of the Studebaker Drivers Club for spending the day with us on March 2, withstanding less than ideal car show weather. I hope everyone in attendance got to see and enjoy the club’s variety of ...

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American culture oozes with a fascination for the automobile that dates back over a hundred years, and depending on whose list of car clubs you’re using today, there are over 300 car clubs in Southern California…alone. Most car club memberships are typically diversified and organized along lines of common interests such as manufacturers; e.g., Ford ...

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By Yoav Gilad / Originally Published February 25, 2014 / Hagerty Editor’s Note: this analysis primarily considers the 1964½-1968 Mustang Regardless of whether you measure success in terms of sales, accolades, fans, buzz or the competition’s response, the first Mustang was an undeniable success. It was the perfect car at the perfect moment for an ...

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Most people know the DeLorean DMC-12 as Michael J. Fox’s time machine in the Back to the Future trilogy. It was cool with its gull-wing doors. It was different with its unpainted, stainless steel body panels. It left awesome flames wherever it went… and, by the sequel, it didn’t even need roads! The truth, however, ...

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By Rob Sass / Originally Published February 21, 2014 / Hagerty The classic car world is full of “coulda, shoulda, woulda” stories of people who had the opportunity to buy something when it was affordable only to see it sail out of reach. If you didn’t buy a Shelby Cobra during the Nixon administration for ...

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So you’ve bought your dream car and you’re ready to spend ALL of your free time restoring it. The first thing you’ll have to decide is what type of restoration you want. If you’re interested in a car that you can enter into shows, you’ll want to go for a concours correct, bone stock (authentic) restoration. ...

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By Rob Sass / Originally Published February 28, 2014 / Hagerty The cop show genre goes back to the pre-TV days of radio (where you had to imagine what black and white your favorite cop was driving).  Here are some of our favorite full-size, rear-wheel-drive American cop cars from 60 years of the best cop ...

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