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A Gold-Plated One-Off Cadillac Beat a Duesenberg at Auburn — and That Designer Credit Is Doing Less Work Than You’d Think One-off 1953 Cadillac Elegante with hand-formed aluminum coachwork and 24-karat gold-plated trim

A Gold-Plated One-Off Cadillac Beat a Duesenberg at Auburn — and That Designer Credit Is Doing Less Work Than You’d Think

EL Puckett September 19, 2026 0
The one-off 1953 Cadillac Elegante brought $1.4 million at Kruse's Auburn sale. The Albrecht von Goertz attribution...
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Today in Automotive History: Two Amphicars Crossed the English Channel to Reach the Frankfurt Motor Show A mint-green Amphicar 770 convertible driving through open water, kicking up a wake behind it

Today in Automotive History: Two Amphicars Crossed the English Channel to Reach the Frankfurt Motor Show

John Lloyd September 17, 2026 0
On September 17, 1965, two Amphicars finished a white-knuckle English Channel crossing and drove straight into the...
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Alabama’s 1,300-Car Hoard Just Sold at No Reserve — a Jaguar That Brought $165,000 in 2022 Made Only $101,650 1953 Jaguar XK120 roadster sold at no reserve out of Greg Rusk’s Generous Collection

Alabama’s 1,300-Car Hoard Just Sold at No Reserve — a Jaguar That Brought $165,000 in 2022 Made Only $101,650

EL Puckett September 16, 2026 0
Greg Rusk's Generous Collection has moved 450-plus cars at no reserve. The results, the Alabama title rules...
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Today in Car History: The Quad-Turbo Bugatti That Launched on a Birthday and Died in Four Years Blue Bugatti EB110 Super Sport displayed front three-quarter, showing its wedge nose, horseshoe grille and scissor-door greenhouse

Today in Car History: The Quad-Turbo Bugatti That Launched on a Birthday and Died in Four Years

John Lloyd September 15, 2026 0
On September 15, 1991 — Ettore Bugatti’s 110th birthday — Romano Artioli relaunched Bugatti with a 3.5-liter,...
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Today in Automotive History: The Car That Killed Isadora Duncan Wasn’t the Bugatti Everyone Remembers Black-and-white view of a 1920s open sports car showing its wire-spoked wheel and minimal cycle fender

Today in Automotive History: The Car That Killed Isadora Duncan Wasn’t the Bugatti Everyone Remembers

EL Puckett September 14, 2026 0
On September 14, 1927, Isadora Duncan died when her shawl caught an open wire wheel. The car...
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A 1946 Solar Midget That Raced Chicago’s Meanest Bullrings Is Heading to Mecum’s Nashville Block With No Reserve Screenshot 2026-09-11 at 10.10.22 AM

A 1946 Solar Midget That Raced Chicago’s Meanest Bullrings Is Heading to Mecum’s Nashville Block With No Reserve

Eve Nowell September 13, 2026 0
Lot S224 at Mecum’s Nashville sale this month doesn’t have a supercharger, doesn’t have air conditioning, and...
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California’s ‘Leno’s Law’ Would Let More 1980s Classics Skip Smog Checks — If Sacramento Ever Lets It Out of Committee black and grey vehicle during daytime

California’s ‘Leno’s Law’ Would Let More 1980s Classics Skip Smog Checks — If Sacramento Ever Lets It Out of Committee

John Lloyd September 7, 2026 0
Every legislative session, Sacramento produces one bill gearheads actually want to read past the headline. This time...
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A 1966 Corvette’s Brakes Quit Mid-Showoff, Leaving Its Owner a Choice Between a Fence, a Lake, or His Own House Screenshot 2026-09-02 at 4.22.37 PM

A 1966 Corvette’s Brakes Quit Mid-Showoff, Leaving Its Owner a Choice Between a Fence, a Lake, or His Own House

John Lloyd September 5, 2026 0
The car was a 1966 Chevrolet Corvette convertible, pulled out of a basement garage after sitting untouched...
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This Daytona Coupe Nearly Doubled the American Car Record — and It Never Won a Major FIA Race Screenshot 2026-07-29 at 1.45.00 PM

This Daytona Coupe Nearly Doubled the American Car Record — and It Never Won a Major FIA Race

John Lloyd August 20, 2026 0
Chassis CSX2300 hammered at $39 million at Pebble Beach, beating the previous American car record by 95...
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Clark Gable’s Duesenberg Just Won Pebble Beach — And It Wasn’t Even the Weekend’s Biggest Story Screenshot 2026-08-17 at 11.54.19 AM

Clark Gable’s Duesenberg Just Won Pebble Beach — And It Wasn’t Even the Weekend’s Biggest Story

Shawn Henry August 17, 2026 0
Two stories broke out of Pebble Beach this weekend, and if you only watched the 18th fairway,...
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