Rise and shine — here’s everything that ran on Backfire News yesterday, all in one place before you start scrolling for yourself.
1. The First Officially Licensed Eleanor Mustang Ever Built Is Now For Sale
Trick Rides has quietly listed Serial No. 1 for private sale — the fastback that every officially licensed Eleanor built over the last two decades owes its existence to.
2. Nearly 300 Cars Are Heading to a Colorado Field Sale, and the 50-Cent Opening Bid Is the Least Interesting Number
Three generations of the Born family collection go under the hammer in a pasture outside Eaton on September 19, everything from a 1912 Model T to the gas station signage on the walls.
3. A 1956 Chevrolet Bel Air Packing a Supercharged 525-HP LSA V8 Is Heading to Barrett-Jackson’s Las Vegas Auction With No Reserve
Lot 744 keeps the green-and-cream sheet metal and throws out just about everything underneath it, starting with a supercharged 6.2-liter LSA. No reserve.
4. Shaquille O’Neal Dumped His Tesla Cybertrucks for a Cadillac Escalade IQ, and It’s All About Range
Shaq has famously lost track of cars he owns. This wasn’t that. He did the range math, and the Cybertruck came up short.
5. A 1946 Solar Midget That Raced Chicago’s Meanest Bullrings Is Heading to Mecum’s Nashville Block With No Reserve
No supercharger, no air conditioning, no room for a passenger. Just a postwar quarter-mile bullring car barely bigger than a go-kart, crossing the block September 26 with no reserve.
6. The Fairlane That Drove Fireball Roberts to Eight Wins in 1957 Spent Decades Forgotten in a Backyard
Glen “Fireball” Roberts took this red-and-white number 22 to eight premier series wins in a single season. Then it disappeared into a backyard for decades.
That’s the lineup — see you back here tomorrow.
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