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The ‘Cursed’ Car Franz Ferdinand Died In Didn’t Kill a Dozen Owners. It’s Been Sitting in a Vienna Museum for Decades The Gräf & Stift Double Phaeton Archduke Franz Ferdinand was riding in when he was assassinated, on display at the Museum of Military History in Vienna

The ‘Cursed’ Car Franz Ferdinand Died In Didn’t Kill a Dozen Owners. It’s Been Sitting in a Vienna Museum for Decades

Shawn Henry October 19, 2026 0
Franz Ferdinand's Gräf & Stift is real and sits in a Vienna museum. The curse that supposedly...
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Matchbox’s Movie VW Bus Is Wearing Its Budapest Owner’s Real Plate, DJN-623, Not the One You Saw on Screen Red and white 1975 Volkswagen T2B bus parked at a curb (representative image)

Matchbox’s Movie VW Bus Is Wearing Its Budapest Owner’s Real Plate, DJN-623, Not the One You Saw on Screen

EL Puckett October 18, 2026 0
A Budapest owner found his 1976 Volkswagen T2's registration, DJN-623, printed on Mattel's Matchbox The Movie die-cast...
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Princess Grace’s Rover P6 Went Off a Monaco Mountain Road 44 Years Ago, and the Questions Still Won’t Quit Rover P6 3500 V8 sedan, the model Princess Grace was driving in 1982

Princess Grace’s Rover P6 Went Off a Monaco Mountain Road 44 Years Ago, and the Questions Still Won’t Quit

John Lloyd October 17, 2026 0
Princess Grace died after her Rover P6 3500 left a mountain road in 1982. Here's what the...
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Tommy Boshers’ 700-HP Hellcat Winnebago Shrugged Off Its Line Lock, Then Its Driveshaft Failed Five Days Later Green Hellcat-swapped Winnebago motorhome called the Hemibago with builder Tommy Boshers

Tommy Boshers’ 700-HP Hellcat Winnebago Shrugged Off Its Line Lock, Then Its Driveshaft Failed Five Days Later

EL Puckett October 16, 2026 0
Tommy Boshers installed a line lock on his Hellcat-swapped Winnebago, then got his burnout the old-fashioned way...
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WD Detailing’s “First Wash in 30 Years” Porsche Rolled Out of a Shed With a Gold ‘912’ Script and a Mystery Pinstriper Black 1969 Porsche with gold 912 hood graphic and gold stripes after detailing

WD Detailing’s “First Wash in 30 Years” Porsche Rolled Out of a Shed With a Gold ‘912’ Script and a Mystery Pinstriper

Eve Nowell October 14, 2026 0
WD Detailing pulled a black 1969 Porsche with custom gold "912" graphics out of a shed and...
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Thelma Todd Was Found Dead in Her Lincoln in 1935. It Was Ruled an Accident. Hollywood’s Been Squinting at That Ever Since 1934 Lincoln Model KB, the same era of Lincoln as Thelma Todd's Phaeton

Thelma Todd Was Found Dead in Her Lincoln in 1935. It Was Ruled an Accident. Hollywood’s Been Squinting at That Ever Since

John Lloyd October 13, 2026 0
Actress Thelma Todd was found dead in her 1934 Lincoln Phaeton in 1935. The death was ruled...
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