Original Owner: ’70 Dodge Super Bee Was the Coolest Family Car in the Neighborhood - Hagerty MediaBob Allen Jr.'s parents traded a station wagon for a brand-new muscle car when many young parents were doing just the opposite. Jan 29 25January 29, 2025Article at Hagerty Media
Original Owner: A Daughter Fulfills Her Promise to Find Her Mother’s ’Cuda - Hagerty MediaAfter 12 years of waiting, Misty Dwiggins-Giuliani finally got the call. “I think the 'Cuda just showed up on Craigslist,” said her nephew. Jul 05 24July 05, 2024Article at Hagerty Media
Original Owner: This Georgia Man Bought an Olds 4-4-2 with Money He’d Been Earning Since Age 9A paperboy in the early 1960s would have been dropping some weighty headlines on his customers’ doorsteps. As a 9-year-old in Macon, Georgia, in 1961, though, Johnny Davis was more focused on a goal: earning enough money from his daily route to buy a… Feb 06 24February 06, 2024Article at Hagerty Media
Original Owner: A young soldier buys his dream car in a war zoneWelcome to Original Owner, a new series showcasing—you guessed it—people who bought a classic car new and still own it. The cars don’t need to be factory-original, just still in the hands of the first owner and still getting driven. —Ed. In the… May 29 23May 29, 2023Article at Hagerty Media
Eight Escorts?! Ohio collector stokes the flame of this “throwaway” FordDanny Farcas has eight first-generation Ford Escorts. Eight. There’s more too it but, seriously, that’s what you need to know about this 29-year-old Ohio father of two. Farcas has become a rescuer, preserver, and historian for a four-decade-old Ford… Oct 15 22October 15, 2022Article at Hagerty Media
Auctions: $125 Million Weekend at The AmeliaBy all accounts, the auctions at The Amelia were a grand success, with the sales from RM Sotheby’s, Bonhams and Gooding & Company totaling nearly $126M. The top car of the event, a 1937 Talbot Lago sold by Gooding & Company, accounted for more than… Mar 09 22March 09, 2022Article at Premier Financial Services
At Monterey Car Week, the Sheet Metal ShinesThe Monterey Car Week auctions in California, among the most important of the year to collectors, are set to return Aug. 12 to 14 after they were canceled last year because of the pandemic. Auctions by Bonhams, Gooding & Company, Mecum, and RM… Jul 01 21July 01, 2021Article at New York Times
Europeans are buying American classic cars by the boatloadPicture yourself this July 4th weekend roaming a huge fairground along with more than 100,000 other gearheads. You’re gazing at the spectacle of 20,000 or so classic American cars, running the gamut from Airflows to Z/28s. As far as your eyes can… Jun 10 19June 10, 2019Article at Hagerty Media
The color of Mustang moneyThe New Year started fast for green Mustang fastbacks. With some help from Hagerty, the 1968 Highland Green Mustang GT driven by Steve McQueen in the seminal 1968 movie Bullitt made a public debut after spending decades in hiding. Two days before… Jan 25 18January 25, 2018Article at Hagerty Media
One man’s quest to save the endangered CapriJust as sales of the Mustang and its competitors began to sputter in the early 1970s, a new breed of smaller sporty coupe emerged, led, coincidentally, by the Mustang’s svelte European Ford cousin, the Capri. British and German Ford factories built… Jan 16 18January 16, 2018Article at Hagerty Media
Cougar-smitten? Here’s how to avoid getting bittenIf there were an endangered list for collector cars, the 1967–70 Mercury Cougar would be on it. This slinky cat, once relatively populous throughout North America, is today a rare site even at car shows. There is, however, strong interest in… Dec 11 17December 11, 2017Article at Hagerty Media
Sometimes, the one that got away comes backBrion Shimamoto hadn’t seen Edward Herrmann’s portrayal of President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1976 TV movie Eleanor and Franklin, nor was he familiar with the actor’s other TV fare, like Gilmore Girls or The Good Wife. So when Herrmann approached… Nov 15 17November 15, 2017Article at Hagerty Media
Is the Toyota FJ Cruiser already collectible?The Toyota FJ40 Land Cruiser has left the affordability zone for many of its fans. According to the Hagerty Valuation tool, excellent, #2-condition examples have hovered in the $50,000–$75,000 range in the last three years, and top-level… Oct 31 17October 31, 2017Article at Hagerty Media
Knock if off, guys: It’s not her husband’s car!Admit it. At some point, you’ve witnessed a woman standing by a car at a show or concours and heard someone ask incredulously, “Is that your car?” The implication is that it surely must belong to a man in her life, as if a woman owning such an… Oct 02 17October 02, 2017Article at Hagerty Media
Exner-designed 1960s Duesenberg is, well, a real DueseyNostalgia is a powerful lure. It drives Hollywood to remake classic movies (sometimes more than once), and it fuels sales of $500 tickets to see concerts by 70-year-old rock musicians playing 50-year-old songs to middle-age fans (and their children… Sep 27 17September 27, 2017Article at Hagerty Media
Cruising contentedly in a ’63 Bonneville convertibleIt was all about presence and curb appeal, finding a car that exuded coolness and power whether moving or parked. Mike Descul, a graphic designer from Northvale, N.J., found all of that in a white 1963 Pontiac Bonneville convertible. The Bonneville… Sep 11 17September 11, 2017Article at Hagerty Media
The last big block Corvettes are a bargain Although Corvette performance and styling softened in the mid-1970s (and prices steadily rose), the period proved to be one of the most successful for Chevy’s sports car. It was also a time of goodbyes.The “final” convertible left the… Jun 13 17June 13, 2017Article at Hagerty Media
When the numbers match, but don’t add up – buyer beware In an overheated auction room, the allure of a “fully restored, matching-numbers” car – and the fear that it might slip away at a bargain price – regularly pushes impulsive bidders to raise their paddles. But if the car’s authenticity… Oct 18 16October 18, 2016Article at Hagerty Media
Is the Fox-body Mustang the new Deuce Coupe? It’s certainly a bold proposition. And it’s only been 35 years since Ford proclaimed “The Boss Is Back” in ads announcing the Mustang GT’s 1982 revival. Yet, those Fox-body models, built through 1993, remain affordable performance… Jun 06 16June 06, 2016Article at Hagerty Media
Preservation: A “New” 1986 Pontiac Fiero A Pontiac Fiero that almost became a Ferrari lookalike kit car now serves as a reference for the model, with just 75 miles from new.It generated more excitement and demand than its manufacturer initially anticipated. But performance… Apr 28 16April 28, 2016Article at Hagerty Media
