Bobby Clark
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6 Crosley models built between 1939 and 1952, from a $325 convertible to the Hotshot
Radio maker Powel Crosley spent 13 years trying to sell Americans a really small car. Crosley cars ran from a $325 prewar convertible to a…
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Richard Petty won his 200th race with President Reagan watching, and the car went to the Smithsonian that year
On July 4, 1984, Richard Petty took his 200th win at Daytona with the President of the United States in the crowd. That Richard Petty…
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How Norton’s Isolastic rubber mounts kept the Commando’s vibration away from the rider
Norton’s Isolastic system hung the Commando’s engine, gearbox and swingarm from the frame on rubber bushes. The engine still shook, but the frame, the seat…
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6 American cars Ghia built in Turin, from Chrysler’s d’Elegance to the Lincoln Futura
A run of American show cars from the 1950s and 1960s came out of one Italian shop. Carrozzeria Ghia of Turin hand-built bodies for Chrysler,…
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9 Lotus road cars from the 1957 Seven to the Turbo Esprit
Lotus road cars went from a bare 36-horsepower roadster to a 210-horsepower turbocharged wedge in 23 years. Colin Chapman’s company kept chasing low weight the…
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Subaru’s first hybrid Wilderness is the $40,495 2027 Forester, with 9.3 inches of ground clearance
The 2027 Forester Wilderness Hybrid starts at $40,495, and Subaru calls it the first Wilderness model with a hybrid powertrain. It keeps the gas Wilderness’s…
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How Moto Guzzi’s 1967 V7 got its sideways V-twin from a three-wheeled military mule
The Moto Guzzi V7 of 1967 is easy to spot because its two cylinders stick out sideways, one on each side of the tank. That…
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8 De Tomaso road cars ranked by production, from the 41-car Pantera Si to the 7,000-plus Pantera
Alejandro de Tomaso founded his car company in Modena in 1959, and De Tomaso production stayed small for nearly every model that wore the badge.…
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7 Land Rover models from the 1948 Series I to the 1990 Defender
The first Land Rover Series model went on show in Amsterdam in 1948 with an 80-inch wheelbase and a 50-horsepower engine. Over the next four…
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Oldsmobile built just 54 of the 1966 442 W-30s, moving the battery to the trunk to feed it cold air
Oldsmobile’s Lansing plant built only 54 cars with the 1966 442 W-30 package. Each one pulled cold air through two ducts under the front bumper,…
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