Cars
Nearly eight decades after Edsel Ford, the son of the founder of the company, commissioned the one-off 1934 Model 40 Speedster, the historical sports car made a comeback at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance show in Monterey, California.
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For most teenagers in the 1960s, getting a brand new car as a Christmas present was just a nice dream. However, for one 16-year-old named Edsel Ford (and yes, he's the great-grandson of FoMoCo's founder), on Christmas day in 1964, the dream became...
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- Eagle Speedster Is A Beautiful Tribute To The Classic Jaguar E-type
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- Paris Preshow: New Porsche 911 Speedster
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- Pininfarina Hyperion Based On Rolls Royce Drophead Coupe
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Cars
Edsel Ford’s Restored 1934 Model 40 Special Speedster Makes a Special Appearance at Monterey
Nearly eight decades after Edsel Ford, the son of the founder of the company, commissioned the one-off 1934 Model 40 Speedster, the historical sports car made a comeback at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance show in Monterey, California.
The custom made model, which served Edsel Ford as a personal roadster had changed many hands after his death in 1943 until its last owner, a Texas car collector, bought the car in 2008. After the collector’s sudden death in 2010, the Speedster returned to Edsel's home, now operated as an historic site called the Edsel & Eleanor Ford House.
Read more »- Edsel Ford Recalls How He Got A Custom Ford Mustang For His 16th Birthday In 1964
For most teenagers in the 1960s, getting a brand new car as a Christmas present was just a nice dream. However, for one 16-year-old named Edsel Ford (and yes, he's the great-grandson of FoMoCo's founder), on Christmas day in 1964, the dream became...
- Well, Color Me Blue And Call Me Special: Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Vitesse Se
If there's an auto show with an affluent crowd, you can rest assure that Bugatti will pop up with a special edition version of one of its cars. And by 'special edition', Bugatti usually means a different color combination, which is the case...
- Eagle Speedster Is A Beautiful Tribute To The Classic Jaguar E-type
Eagle is a British restoration specialist that dedicates its activity exclusively to the Jaguar E-Type. As the iconic sports car celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2011, Eagle has thought of a very special way to celebrate the occasion: the one of a...
- Paris Preshow: New Porsche 911 Speedster
Celebrating its world premiere at the Paris Motor Show alongside the new 911 GTS models, will be a new member of Porsche's long-running sports car family, the 911 Speedster, which will be launched onto the market in December 2010. The car might be...
- Pininfarina Hyperion Based On Rolls Royce Drophead Coupe
Italian design house Pininfarina has revealed a teaser sketch of an all new project built for an unnamed private collector that will be unveiled at the Pebble Beach Concours classic car show in Monterey, California, this August. The project, named “Pininfarina...