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“The Ultimate Last Chance:” Last 2017 Dodge Viper built and final unit of limited-production 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon to be offered at Barrett-Jackson auction as a pair 1,485 combined horsepower (840-hp Challenger SRT Demon/645-hp Viper) to cross the block at the Barrett-Jackson Northeast auction scheduled for June 20-23 in Uncasville, Connecticut Both vehicles feature Viper…

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Car of the Year Heats Announced! This year’s Car of the Year heats have been announced and they take in events up and down the country from Easter through to October, with a total of seven heats, and the grand finals taking place at the Classic Motor Show at the NEC in Birmingham over the…

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AutoClassics, the new digital classic car marketplace, is giving historic car owners the chance to sell their vehicle for free at the upcoming Sunday Scramble at Bicester Heritage. The ‘Drive It Day’ Sunday Scramble – which takes place on Sunday 22 April – is one of the most eagerly anticipated events on the Spring automotive calendar,…

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‘RUN WHAT YA BRUNG’ – Public Track Day Santa Pod Raceway The two highest bidders in an online charity auction became the first drivers to traverse Santa Pod Raceway’s brand new, all-concrete racetrack on Saturday. The auction, hosted on Ebay, raised funds to benefit two regional air ambulance organisations, The Air Ambulance Service (East Midlands)…

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Icons and luxury were the big themes this time around reports our man in America, Huw Evans… Since it moved to a November/December timeslot in 2011, the Los Angeles Auto Show now serves as the kickstart to the North American auto show season. LA can always bring a few big debuts and the latest show,…

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It’s been a little quiet on the Dragstalgia front so far this year but now we’re pleased to announce some very exciting news. Janne Johansson from Sweden will be bringing some of his stunning Nostalgia collection to display at this year’s Dragstalgia on the 13th-15th July 2018. Janne has a whole workshop full of cars,…

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Beaulieu’s landmark 50th International Autojumble has won a second top tourism award by winning the Best Event/Exhibition category in the UK Heritage Awards. A panel of tourism industry experts picked the internationally-acclaimed International Autojumble as a shining example of a heritage-themed event, offering the best visitor experience and celebrating history. Held by leading heritage, tourism and destination…

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While the Classic American stand was busy with the Footman James Car of the Year at the NEC in November, we had a chance to browse the show and take a look at some of the cars that were very definitely not factory standard, writes Keith Harman. It seemed that this year 
there were more…

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We are already looking forward to this summer’s Dragstalgia event, and with the triumphant Nick Davies/Rob Loaring Fuel Altered, Havoc, back in the country after last year’s US tour, following their big win at Bakersfield, we are already wondering if we will see any US teams coming over, thirsty for revenge. We wouldn’t be surprised…

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Classic American takes its hat off to Steve Biddlecombe and his team who organised the annual Boxing Day meet in Romsey, Hampshire. Not only do they organise this excellent event which gives Classic American (and other classic) fans respite from that difficult time of year we know as ‘Christmas’, but also they raise money for…

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