Collectible Cars

The Ford Motor Company's Oakville Assembly Complex, located outside of Hamilton, Ontario, is a 3,800-worker facility with a history dating to the post-World War II consumer boom.

Many original Ford Falcons are still roadworthy, and when compared with other vintage cars are quite affordable. However, first-generation Falcons produced from 1960 to 1965 were not known for...

The Plymouth Road Runner 426 Hemi was produced from 1968 to 1971 and is identified by its vehicle identification number and build order. Hemis have been modified over the decades, and visual...

You can identify early Volkswagen engines by the serial number on the crankcase. To tell if your vehicle has its original engine, you can match its number against the chassis number. That number...

The Chevrolet big-block 427-cubic-inch engine was available on some Corvettes, Camaros and full-size Chevrolet Cars produced from 1966 to 1969, when the engine was replaced with the 454. The 427...

Buying a car cover can protect your vehicle if it's sitting outside. The best cover will shield your car from pollution, dirt, tree sap, bird feces and sun rays. It will guard your vehicle from...

The Ford Mustang 2+2 fastback was introduced in mid-1965, about four months after the March production launch of the coupe and convertible. The coupes and convertible outsold the fastback between...

More often than not the true test of a performance car is not so much horsepower as it is body weight, construction and suspension. The Shelby Mustang Cobra GT500 and Corvette Z06 typify the...

Today's Shelby Mustang GT500KR and the Corvette Z06 attract a specific demographic. These are no longer young men's cars, but are rather for the middle-aged male recapturing his lost or, perhaps,...

Almost anyone who has ever driven a car has some appreciation for classic cars, and maybe even dreamed of owning one themselves. While experienced car enthusiasts may know most of the avenues for...

The Mustang convertible, manufactured by the Ford Motor Company from 1964 through 1974 and 1983 onward (as of 2009), is an American icon of 1960s pop culture. More than 100,000 convertibles were...

Detroit-based General Motors' Buick Grand National is a sport version of the mid-size Buick Regal. The Grand National was produced from 1982 to 1987 in limited numbers. The Regal's lifespan...

Chevrolet's Camaro Z28 (officially marked with a slash: Z/28) is a rare high-performance sport package created in 1966 for the debut 1967 model year. Its rarity is owed to the fact that unlike the...

Investing in classic cars can be a lot of fun, or it can be a huge pain in the neck. These days certain classic cars are worth a lot of money, and if you know what to look for, you can have some...

The high-performance Dodge Viper has been produced by Chrysler since 1992. It's a two-seater sports car powered by a V-10 engine that has gained a following among celebrities and racing...

The following standard methods were developed as part of a performance vehicle training program. Standard methods are used to set in stone procedures used in performance competitions. By...

The introduction of the Ford Mustang in 1964 changed the buying habits of the American consumer by offering a sporty vehicle affordable to everyone. The Mustang launched Ford's aggressive...

The 1962 Ford Falcon was manufactured by the Ford Motor Company as part of the first generation of Falcons produced from 1960 through 1963. The 1962 model proved to be a hallmark year for the...

The Triumph Herald was a standard passenger car manufactured by the financially struggling Standard-Triumph Motor Co. It was conceived to replace the sedate Standard 8 and 10 models for 1959. It...

The Nissan Silvia is a popular Japanese sports coupe. It was manufactured between 1968 and 1968, and then again between 1974 to 2002. It has gained immense popularity as a race and drifting...

The Coventry, England-based Riley automobile company produced a wide range of cars from the beginning of the twentieth century until 1969. The company was plagued with financial problems...

The Nash Rambler automobile was produced briefly by the Nash division of the Nash-Kelvinator Company and was a forerunner to the American Motors Corporation's entry-level cars. The Nash Rambler,...

The Porsche 968 was manufactured from 1992 to 1995 and perhaps best represents a low point in Porsche history in engineering, styling and anticipating the needs of the sports car market. The 968...

Transporting a car across the country can be challenging because you want the car to be safe, but you also want the cheapest and most affordable way to do it. You have to make some choices about...

The first car was built as far back as the late 1600s. While on a mission to China, Ferdinand Verbiest built a toy steam-powered vehicle for the Chinese Emperor. Over the course of the next few...

Old Cars are great. An old car is often expensive and somewhat costly to maintain. Here's a few ways to make some extra gas money and have fun doing it!

Cadillac was named for a real person, Antoine Laumet De Lamothe-Cadillac who founded the city of Detroit in 1701. While his lineage to ancient French nobility has not been proven, the name...

The Volkswagen was designed and built in Germany under the supervision of Ferdinand Porsche, the father of the Porsche two-seat roadster. The idea was contracted by German Chancellor Adolf Hitler...

Sir Alec Issigonis was a 51-year-old automotive stylist and creator of the 1948 Morris Minor when he designed for the British Motor Corporation the venerable Mini Cooper in 1957 for the 1959 model...

Aquarium lights generally entail using metal halide bulbs. These bulbs simulate sunlight for the fish in your tank. Realistically you can use any kind of light you want. Fluorescent and metal...

The 1989 Camaro IROC, short for International Race of Champions, continued Chevrolet's long line of high-performance cars, originating with the first generation 1967 to 1969 Camaro. The '89 IROC...

Chevrolet has always been in the shadow of Chrysler and Ford in engine technology. Ford developed the flathead V-8 in 1932, and Chrysler created the legendary postwar Hemi. Yet Chevrolet produced...

The postwar years in the American automotive industry was an era of unprecedented growth as General Motors, Chrysler and Ford made significant headway in automotive design and technology. More...

True to the automaking traditions of the past, the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution, called the "Evo," was developed to succeed on the race track first before being given to the motoring public....

The Mitsubishi-owned 3000GT is a sport tourer known in Japan as the GTO but exported as the 300GT. Its precision-built chassis and engine and relatively refined cockpit made it an ideal entry into...

The 1956 Chevrolet Bel Air convertible sits in the middle of the iconic 1955 to '57 Chevrolets that defined '50s American pop culture. The 1956 model is somewhat lost between the '55 model, which...

The 1964 Ford Mustang, more accurately referred to as the 1964½ Mustang, was planned beginning in 1962 to meet the needs of baby boomers just coming of driving age. The first Mustangs rolled...

The Volkswagen Transporter, commonly referred to as the Micro Bus or simply Bus, is a pioneering multi-purpose vehicle mimicked first by the Chevrolet Corvair panel van of the early 1960s and...

In 1970, Chevrolet belatedly introduced the Monte Carlo to compete with the Ford Thunderbird, which had progressively grown larger as a two-door coupe since it was first introduced in 1955. The...

The Volkswagen Jeep-style Type 181, commonly known as the Thing, Safari or Trekker, is based on the World War II-era German military vehicle the Type 82 Kübelwagen, known in English as the...

The Jaguar XJS was produced during a 21-year period beginning in 1975 as Jaguar's luxury grand tourer, replacing the legendary XKE sports cars. The XJS never attained the popularity of the E-Type...

The Volkswagen Beetle was engineered and designed by Ferdinand Porsche, father of the Porsche sports car, at the behest of German Chancellor Adolf Hitler. The Nazi leader wanted an affordable,...

The Mini Cooper, created in 1959, was the brainchild of John Cooper with engineering and design by Sir Alec Issigonis. It was conceived to deliver a fuel-efficient car to a gasoline-starved...

The Ford Mustang was the brainchild of Lee Iacocca, vice president and general manager of Ford, who was looking for a sporty car to appeal to the postwar baby boom generation who were just...

A collector's car's worth depends on the year, make and model of the car. Some collectible cars are worth more than others and some are worth no money, but have sentimental value for the owner....

Building a model isn't just for kids. Especially when you start it from scratch. Follow these instructions, you will have a model car that you can be proud of.

Not everyone has the luxury of owning a garage for his or her special cars. For those of us who have to find an alternative, there are a few options; a tent or canopy, renting garage space or...

An HO slot-car track is designed to run small cars at high speeds. The cars are attached to a small metal rod that runs through the middle of the track, and which helps control the cars and keep...

You've been planning your family vacation all year, and you can't wait to hit the road in your bay window bus. The last thing you need is a mechanical problem while away from home. Minimize these...

There are many benefits to detailing the engine on a car. Besides looking new and well cared for, a clean engine will add value to a car. Car detailing services can charge hefty fees. However,...