Classic Cars
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6 American brands that offered a new overhead-valve V8 for 1955, from Chevrolet’s 265 to Packard’s 352
Six American brands put a new overhead-valve V8 in their 1955 cars, and the 1955 V8 engines they chose ran from Chevrolet’s 265 to Packard’s…
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The 1953 Oldsmobile Fiesta cost nearly twice a 98 convertible, and only 458 were built
The 1953 Oldsmobile Fiesta cost $5,715 at a time when a standard Ninety-Eight convertible cost $2,963. Oldsmobile built only 458, all as 1953 models. It…
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The Tucker 48’s center ‘Cyclops’ headlight turned with the steering once the wheel passed 10 degrees
The Tucker Cyclops headlight sat in the middle of the nose of the 1948 Tucker 48, between two ordinary lamps. It turned with the front…
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5 DeSoto Hemi V8s, from the 1952 Firedome’s 276 to the 1957 Adventurer’s 345
DeSoto built its own Hemi V8 for six model years, from 1952 through 1957. These five DeSoto Hemi engines trace that run, from the 276-cubic-inch…
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How Hudson’s 1948 step-down design hung the floor from the bottom of the frame to lower the car
Most cars of the late 1940s put the floor on top of the frame, so passengers climbed up and in. Hudson flipped that. The Hudson…
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8 Datsuns sold in America before the 240Z, from the 1958 Datsun 1000 to the 510
The Datsun 1000 sedan and a small pickup opened Nissan’s American story at a Los Angeles import show in January 1958. Then came a decade…
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Henry Ford sold his 1896 Quadricycle for $200 to fund his next car, then bought it back for $65
Henry Ford’s first car, the 1896 Ford Quadricycle, did not stay in his hands for long. Before the year was out, he sold it for…
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Nelson Jackson drove a used Winton coast to coast in 1903 on a $50 bet, then gave it to the Smithsonian
In May 1903, a Vermont doctor named Horatio Nelson Jackson accepted a $50 bet that he could drive a car from San Francisco to New…
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7 Studebaker V8s from the 1951 232 to the supercharged R3 that went into nine Avantis
Studebaker put its own overhead-valve V8 into production in 1951, and the Studebaker V8 family ran until the company stopped building engines in 1964. In…
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Only nine Stout Scarabs are believed built, rear-engine 1930s cars with movable chairs and a card table
The Stout Scarab was a streamlined 1930s sedan with its Ford V8 in the back and a cabin built like a small lounge. Aircraft designer…
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