Will Shiers has shared some incredible scrapyard discoveries on the pages of Classic American over the years, and today he’s listing eight of his all-time favourite finds.
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Category: New & Features
NSRA Southern Swap Meet 2022
North Weald, Essex, March 6th 2022. Words: Ben Klemenzson, Photography: Ben Klemenzson & Christopher Tilley
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Scale Autos: Scalextric Dodge Challenger & Ford ambulance curiosity
Is a slot car a model or a toy? Years ago, Scalextric cars were certainly intended for the toy market, mindful of the wear they would encounter in the hands of young carpet racers. These days such is the quality of their manufacture and decoration, with well proportioned bodies and many details, I’m sure many people collect these 1:32 scale slot cars for display, being too wary of their racing skills to risk damaging these excellent models.
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Classic American Stars & Stripes Show
Tatton Park, Cheshire. July 2nd & 3rd. Words: Ben Klemenzson, Photography: Ben Klemenzson & Gary Chapman This year’s show season seems to be a tale
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Ranger Raptor Lands
The all-new 2023 Ford Ranger Raptor was recently unveiled, but how much of an improvement is it on the departing model? We find out… Ford’s
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Beaulieu Rod & Custom
Beaulieu, Hampshire, June 19 2022, Words & Photography: Ben Klemenzson Theoretically this should be the first year of shows without the shadow of Covid hanging
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The first American car
On September 21, 1893, the Duryea brothers took what is widely regarded as the first American manufactured, gasoline powered car on the road for the first time.
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Domestic Discoveries
The ‘Discoveries’ in Classic American’s pages are usually lurking in dusty American junkyards, thousands of miles away, but Zack Stiling managed to track down a brace of abandoned Yanks in leafy Surrey…
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Mustangs over here
Beloved Classic American contributor Steve Miles spent his youth photographing American cars he saw on the streets of England. Here we unearth some of his Mustang photos.
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Ford to unveil new Mustang tonight
Ford will reveal their latest Mustang at the 2022 Detroit Motor Show
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