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David Redhead’s 1968 ‘Bullitt’ Mustang and Chris How’s 1968 Dodge Charger 440 R/T are a tribute to one of the most famous car chase scenes in history: Steve McQueen’s legendary sequence in the film Bullitt… Regular Classic American contributor Paul Bussey finds out more about these Bullitt film replica cars and gets some great shots…
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Ka-pow! Make sure you buy the August issue of Classic American magazine – out now! – as there’s a fantastic five-page feature about the Batmobile inside! Join Jim Maxwell on a journey back in time to the 1960s, when the Caped Crusader and his sidekick Robin fought crime in Gotham City. And decades after the…
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Although classic American car shows have suffered the same fate as most large-scale gatherings this summer, the August issue of Classic American magazine takes a look back to last year’s event… and a look ahead to 2021. The August issue is out now and features a super selection of photos from the fifth annual P-15…
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Muscle car lovers and Fast & Furious fans are getting set for the ultimate thrill, as the Lego Group and Universal Brand Development revealed the first Lego set inspired by the high-octane, global blockbuster franchise: the awesome Lego Technic Dom’s Dodge Charger. The 1077-piece replica of fearless street racer Dominic Toretto’s legendary 1970 Dodge Charger…
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Auction houses in America are attempting to adjust to the new realities of social distancing and many auctions have moved online, although it’s believed that even these may revert to their more traditional formats sooner rather than later, as the US attempts to reverse lockdown ahead of many other countries. Of course, although lockdown is…
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Gale Halderman, the artist who sketched the original Ford Mustang, has died aged 87. While Lee Iacocca is regarded as the father of the Mustang, he was overseeing a talented team of engineers, designers and marketing men, Halderman prominent among them. At school Gale was fascinated with lettering and would letter the school buses. He…
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If you have no idea what the DiDia 150 is (see what we did there?!) Richard Heseltine is here to enlighten you on this thoroughly wonderful, thoroughly bonkers automotive creation!
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Here, in his own words, Johnny Seagul explains how he got into American cars, rock ’n’ roll and acquired this simply magnificent 1958 Ford Skyliner, after literally years of wishin’, hopin’ and searchin’… It all began for me, here in the UK, when I was a boy – my mum and dad loved swing music,…
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Muscle car guru Tony Oksien salutes one of Ford’s most successful models, the Thunderbird, with a special look at the second generation square birds… It’s normally around this time of year, as we head into the better weather of spring and summer, that most American classic convertibles are released from their winter hibernation and head…
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The London Classic Car Show took place at the end of February, before the lockdown. Classic American editor Ben Klemenzson went to the show – you can read his report and see more pictures in the May issue of the magazine, out now! If you’d like to get a regular fix of the classic American…
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