Classic American

Long time readers of Classic American will remember the feature we did back in the August 2005 issue (CA172) on a certain 1964 Cadillac Convertible belonging to a gentleman called Hugh, who’d inherited it from his late father. In that article, there was also a picture of the 1956 Cadillac Hugh’s father owned prior to…

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Classic American advertiser Kingstown Shipping has again agreed to undertake sponsorship of this year’s Car of the Year competition. The sponsorship will secure the UK’s only American concours series of its kind in the UK and heats will be held at five of the UK’s biggest and best American automotive events over the coming 12…

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We’re lucky in this country to have a major automotive book publisher, Veloce. Not only that it produces a surprising number of titles on American themes, presumably for export back to the US. Its latest American-themed tome is this one: The Legend of American Motors (The history of America’s most innovative automaker). This hardbacked, 352-page…

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Well, here’s an odd-looking thing, a 1941 Ford ‘Moonshine’ truck that was recently listed on H&H Auctions website. Estimated to hammer at between £15-£20,000 it’s described as a ‘unique truck with with early 1940s aesthetics and late 1990s running gear’ the latter seemingly being a 1988 Chevy 4×4 military ambulance. The cab, bonnet and front…

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