Then you are faced with a few areas of tension: Factory original copies are rare. Plus the well-known statement “You don't write off anything on a Harley”. The bike in the photos started life as an 883 Sportster. The block grew to 1200 cc and was further tuned. In the conversion to a 'high legger', the builder ran about […] More
There is something fascinating about wandering about a dismantling company, you never know what you will encounter. But sometimes you see something that makes your blood flow faster. Like a 1968 Mustang California special that recently swapped the dark garage for the outdoors. Driving around in this Mustang is now almost a dream, at least there is a guarantee for a smile and fun eyes for Meindert. More
An American muscle car is focused on performance. That means for this Plymouth GTX Coupe 500 a very solid engine with a lot of power. “What are the most beautiful classics?” That is not a difficult question for Pieter Henk, because he falls for the American cars with 'muscle power'. More
The insidious rust did little damage to this sheet metal victim, so it was far from succumbed. There is no doubt that nursing is needed. The plans are therefore to fight the robber knight (rust), but there will be no total restoration, because René believes that you should continue to see the 'life' of the American. So no major visible changes, the paint remains patina. The improvements come with the engine overhaul and the restoration of the sheet metal. More
In the spring I tracked down a 1956 Chevrolet Bel Air. An original 1957 car in the Netherlands, from first owner, rust-free and stored since 1985. More
Ford Mustang owner Gerben says, “Even though I've had the Mustang for almost 9 years, I'll never get tired of it. I can still fall under the spell of the glossy paint and the beautiful model of my 'Pony car'. ” More
This 396 Chevrolet Chevelle SS1970 hasn't been on the road for seven years. But he has been reborn. Like New. Or rather: better than new. Because Robin Houtman has tackled and improved the car to perfection. More
For Monte, the family photo of the Ford V8 was the basis for many childhood memories. He could not forget the model and he later wanted to convert that 'infatuation' into the possession of exactly the same model with an identical color from the country of 'Uncle Sam' More
With his book Unsafe At Any Speed, the young lawyer Ralph Nader spotlighted the carelessness of American manufacturers in the field of the safety of their cars in the 60s. The book caused a lot of controversy and it did not do the sales example, the Chevrolet Corvair, any good. But was that six-cylinder really that unsafe? Much later, the story turned out to be something like Marcel van Dam's exploding Exota bottles: the writer, the ambitious young lawyer, had a fantastic publicity vehicle. More
The whole alfabet comes in handy when Ids mentions all the qualities of his beautiful blue original 1972 Cadillac Coupe de Ville. The A for quaint and different, the B for desirable and the C for comfort, and so on. More
… And less successful than hoped. The Crosley, the brainchild of Powell Crosley, was the first mass-produced small American car. Crosley started his career in radio and radio broadcasting bizniz. But he was a real thinker and also 'made' fridges, washing machines and even airplanes without any problems. But he actually liked cars the most. More
Is your admiration also fueled when you see this beautiful 1938 Chevrolet Master de Luxe? However, the USA car culture from the fifties and sixties has Han's greatest interest, which is why he has made his work of importing beautiful and generously sized car sleds. By: Dirk de Jong […] More
