It was the early 1960′s and one of America’s quirky car companies was on the ropes. The company was Studebaker and sales of their somewhat dowdy and conservative cars was decline. So what did the designers at Studebaker decide to do? They swung for the fences and designed and eventually built the Studebaker Avanti. Was [...]
Over the decades Aston Martin has built some of the most beautiful and sexy cars ever made. And many would argue that the 1955 Aston Martin DB2 4 Drop Head Coupe is no exception to the rule. This model was featured in Alfred Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds. It is also one of only a few [...]
The 1973 Porsche 911 RS & 1963 Chevy Corvette Split Window don’t have much in common expect for the fact that they are both sports cars and that they are both rare examples of the breed. The 1973 Porsche 911 RS is the first of the RS models that created the iconic Porsche whale tail. [...]
This 1956 Maserati Allemano Coupe is just one of 56 Maserati Coupes built in 1956. It is a true work of art and Italian craftsmanship. Back in the day when coach builders still helped design and build cars this Maserati was built by Italian coach builder Allemano. It represents some of the very best of [...]
Back in 1963 the boys at Chevrolet decided to go racing. And of course there was only one car that could possibly wave the race flag for GM and that was the Chevy Corvette. A legend was born overnight. Part race car and part muscle car, only 5 1963 Corvette Grand Sports were build. [...]
The Shelby Daytona is one of the world’s most stunning and sexy race cars. In this exclusive TFLcar video we visit Superformace in Southern California to check our their version of this iconic car that was blessed and modified by Carroll Shelby himself. The Shelby Daytona Cobra Coupe is a pure race car that’s has [...]
The Shelby Cobra is perhaps the World’s most iconic and thus copied car. Less than 1000 original Ford AC Cobras were built by Carroll Shelby. Tens of Thousands of copies of the original 289 and 427 AC Cobras exist with most of them being “kit cars” copies. In this exclusive TFLcar video we visit Superformace [...]
Does this cute VW look Jolly to you? If so…that’s because it is jolly and it is the only VW Jolly in the world. This 1960 one-off Volkswagen Beetle Jolly Concept Car was designed by Carrozzeria Ghia and built by Karmann back in 1960 as a beach run-about. It features a 30 hp 1.1-liter flat-four and [...]
An Original Volkswagen Beetle Convertible is a rare car indeed. Well at least rare when it comes to the classic VW Beetle. While they build over 300,000 of first generation Beetle convertibles, they built over 21 million of the same basic car but with a hard top. Recently Volkswagen rolled out the 3rd generation of [...]
The Chevrolet Corvette is a classic American Icon. It is perhaps the best known American sports car in the world with a pedigree that stretches back to 1953. In this episode of Classics Revealed we take a closer look at the 1966 Vette to see why this car is such a timeless design.
The rat rod is about as American as apple pie and of course Chevrolet…especially this 1932 Chevy. OK so maybe the engine is from a Cadillac and the body is from a Chevy and the rest is from….you know it really doesn’t matter. What really matters is that it is cool and super easy and [...]
The 1988 Lamborghini Countach is perhaps one of the most iconic Italian sports cars ever built. Ferraris may come and go but you’ll never forget seeing your first Lamborghini Countach in the wild. Perhaps part of the cars classic appeal is that it defines over the top crazy Italian super car. Marcello Gandini of Bertone, [...]
The 1942 Ford GPW and the Willys MB is the most iconic American four-wheel-drive vehicle of the second World War. But you may simply know it as a Jeep. BTW: The very first Jeep, as one story goes, was named after a popular Popeye cartoon character of the time. Of course today the Jeep is [...]
The 1984 Aston Martin Lagonda is the car that helped save the company. As the story goes potential customers had to put down a $10,000 deposit to order the car this funding the company at a time when it was close to bankruptcy. The Lagonda is also a very rare car. Just under 650 were [...]
