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A Connecticut Barn Find Jaguar XK120 Comes Back to Life After a Five-Year Rebuild
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A Connecticut Barn Find Jaguar XK120 Comes Back to Life After a Five-Year Rebuild

Found as a bare frame off a back road near his home, Westport artist Paco's XK120 took five years to return to the road — and it's kept his family driving together ever since.

Mitch HAugust 6, 20264 min read
A Derelict GM EV1 Is Coming Back to Life, With GM's Help
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A Derelict GM EV1 Is Coming Back to Life, With GM's Help

Pulled from a Georgia tow yard for $104,000, EV1 serial number 212 is being rebuilt by its new owner and a YouTube restoration shop, with General Motors quietly supplying parts from its own historical stash.

Mitch HAugust 6, 20265 min read
A Propane Delivery Route Led to a Scientist's Forgotten Cobra
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A Propane Delivery Route Led to a Scientist's Forgotten Cobra

Tom Cotter's Barn Find Hunter series has uncovered hundreds of cars, but the one that belonged to a chemist who helped develop Prozac is the one that sounds made up and isn't.

Mitch HJuly 16, 20264 min read
The Day a Cave Ate Eight Corvettes — and the Museum That Turned It Into a Feature
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The Day a Cave Ate Eight Corvettes — and the Museum That Turned It Into a Feature

A collapsing cave under the National Corvette Museum's Skydome swallowed eight cars on camera in 2014. Instead of hiding the damage, the museum spent a decade restoring some of it in public — on purpose.

Mitch HJuly 16, 20265 min read
McLaren Just Finished the Road Car Bruce McLaren Never Got To
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McLaren Just Finished the Road Car Bruce McLaren Never Got To

Fifty-six years after a fatal testing accident ended the M6GT road car program, McLaren Special Operations spent 3,000 hours completing one — and unveiled it at the same estate where its founder died.

Mitch HJuly 13, 20265 min read
GM Is Helping an Owner Restore One of Its Own EV1s — by Parting Out Another One
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GM Is Helping an Owner Restore One of Its Own EV1s — by Parting Out Another One

GM sacrificed a second, never-leased EV1 to supply parts for "Project V212," and is targeting the car's 30th anniversary for completion.

Mitch HMarch 18, 20266 min read
One Man Spent Decades Collecting 1,300 Cars. Now They're Being Sold Off, No Reserve.
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One Man Spent Decades Collecting 1,300 Cars. Now They're Being Sold Off, No Reserve.

Greg Rusk's private hoard — 259 Chevrolets, 105 Cadillacs, a 1953 Jaguar XK120, and a King Midget microcar among them — is heading to auction in waves.

Mitch HOctober 13, 20256 min read
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