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AMERICAN CAR SHOWS 2021: WILL THEY BE GOING AHEAD?

YOUR BEST WAY OF SELLING…

Kitt is an auction hit

Mad Max replica makes a mint!

On this day

IMITATION IS…

MEET THE CONTRIBUTOR • Keith Harman, freelance writer and photographer

Bonjour Paris!

Back where it all began… • Chrysler Corp is undoubtedly the American manufacturer that most enthusiasts identify with performance vehicles… or ‘muscle cars’ as they’re referred to in the common vernacular. And the Chrysler division’s 300 series was surely the daddy of them all…

Rambler Palm Beach • We might think of Palm Beach as the home of ex-President Trump, but 70 years ago it gave its name to a rather unusual Nash-Rambler model that disappeared into obscurity after touring the car shows for a season…

GM gambles on an all-electric future • Flashy and dramatic, GM’s new EV strategy could ultimately prove very risky, says Evans…

STAR Letter

Chef''s Selection • As the proprietor of one of London’s most famous pizzerias, Marco Molino is a busy man. But it hasn’t stopped him building an amazing collection of tasty American classics, as Nigel Boothman finds out…

The man with the Monstre

THE 47 YEAR Love Affair • Some classic American car fans change their cars… well, like their underwear! Not Roger Thornton... he’s owned this Green Go Dodge Super Bee for almost half a century – now that’s dedication!

CARROT TOWN Catch up • Continuing from last month, Classic American revisits Carrot Town Garage to catch up with the business, which has come up with a new ethos of buying, selling and owning American cars

CARRROT TOWN GARAGE

GOT THERE in the End... • For some folks, owning that American car of their dreams remains just that… a dream. For some lucky folks, after a lifetime of dreaming, that fantasy becomes a reality, as is the case with Karl Cordwell and his 1962 Pontiac Bonneville…

Bonne by name, Bonne by nature

THE TRUCK that thought it was A CAR • It’s hard to imagine a time when the car and the truck were seen as very different beasts, meant for very different purposes. Chevrolet was one of the earlier manufacturers to attempt to resolve this design divide with its ground-breaking car-based pick-up, the El Camino…

Doin’ the Continental • The ’58-’60 Continentals might go down in automotive history as the biggest, heaviest mass-produced American cars of the 20th century (and that’s saying something!) but they weren’t commercially successful and almost caused the demise of the whole Lincoln brand. The 1961 Continental changed all that… and how!

Continental timeline

What the critics said

Scale autos

The Procter Gamble • Geoff Carverhill discovers how two Englishmen and a Scotsman gave the Ford Mustang its European racing credentials…

Reviews

Will Shiers' DISCOVERIES • Our intrepid salvage yard explorer brings you junkyard jewels from across North America.

Gooding, Scottsdale Auction Going , going... gone! • It’s January... that can only mean one thing: classic car auctions in Arizona!

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