Geoff Carverhill continues his visits to the Earls Court Motor Shows during the Sixties, with photographs from the Steve Miles Collection and the files of Autocar.
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Category: Feature Articles
More-door rarity: 1960 Chevrolet Biscayne
Over the years, most enthusiasts craved the two-door coupes as being the more desirable model and consequently many four-door cars were either scrapped or used for banger racing, which has meant the four-door models have ironically become quite rare nowadays…
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Mustang, Barracuda and Earls Court’s 60th Anniversary
Geoff Carverhill takes us on a guided tour of the American car stands at the 1964 and 1965 Earls Court Motor Shows, with photographs from the Steve Miles Collection and the files of Autocar.
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Fast Freddie’s Famous Ford
If you’re a fan of NASCAR racing, there can be no greater tribute than a remarkable recreation of one of the ‘winningest’ cars of Ford’s Total Performance era: ‘Fast Freddie’ Lorenzen’s 1965 Ford Custom. Meet one man who did just that…
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Bronco’s African American roots
Bronco is the product of legendary talent, from the teams who won the Baja 1000 to the collectors who restore them today. But there’s one legend in the story of the Bronco who not only helped create the first Ford 4×4 sports-utility vehicle design; he made history, becoming one of the first African American designers in the industry.
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Cherry Bomb
It took two years to turn a ’57 Chevy 210 rolling shell into a dazzling, 700bhp, flip-front gasser. We got the inside story of this head-turning build that’s become a show favourite right across the US…
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Shooting star: 1964 Mercury Comet
Marc Lamude’s daily driver Comet might appear stock at first glance, but there’s a lot of work that’s gone into creating one heck of a monster Mercury, as Keith Harman finds out…
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Secret Weapon: resto-mod 1962 Corvette
This resto-mod 1962 Corvette roadster is one man’s ideal of a classic supercar − but you have to look carefully to spot the clues…
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Top Gun
Refurbished by Alan Faulkner-Stevens of Dragon Wheels, Buckinghamshire, this magnificent Mustang Mach 1 Sportsroof represents the marque’s halcyon days of the Seventies…
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Robbie Coltrane and his American cars
Beloved actor Robbie Coltrane, who sadly passed last Friday, was perhaps best known for his role as Hagrid in the Harry Potter franchise – but he was also a familiar name in the American car scene.
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