Craig Jackson took his car magnifying glass out and found a big prize in north Texas. The Holy Grail car is “Little Red,” the 1967 Ford Shelby GT500 EXP Prototype: the only GT500 coupe (hardtop) built by Shelby American, the company founded by legendary racer and entrepreneur, the late Carroll Shelby; the only GT coupe factory equipped with dual-quads; and just the second GT500 coupe to be serialized and completed. Jackson, chairman and CEO of Scottsdale-based Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction Company, classic car restoration specialist Jason Billups and a team of automotive experts located and verified the car in March. […]
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Cars coated with Ceramic Pro have the ultimate long-lasting protection, gloss, and shine. “The benefit of having your car coated with Ceramic Pro is long-lasting resistance from UV rays, chemicals and scuffs and cleanliness as well as an unrivalled gloss you have to see to believe,” says Alex Bolton, who founded Boss Mobile Detailing in Scottsdale in May 2015. The ceramic-based nano-technology is much harder and longer lasting than other coating products on the market, explains Bolton, who works with a partner and one employee. “Once applied to a properly prepared surface, it permeates into the pores of that substrate, […]
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A classic Isotta Fraschini will be one of the highlights of the 22nd Ironstone Concours D’Elegance September 22, 9 a.m.–4:30 p.m. at Ironstone Vineyards 1894 Six Mile Road, Murphys, California, held amidst the historic goldmining area of the Sierra Nevada, about two hours from Sacramento. The 1928 Isotta Fraschini was built by the luxury Milan-based carmaker, founded in 1900, and comes to the event from the collection of the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. Also showcased this year will be vintage race cars and tractors and Amphicars. More than 350 cars 1973 and earlier are expected to be […]
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Chris Cord will appear with a 1937 812 Cabriolet manufactured by his grandfather, E.L. Cord, and Phil Hill’s 1927 Packard will be shown at this year’s Carmel Mission Classic, Wednesday, August 22. More than 1,000 car lovers are expected to attend the sixth annual event, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the historic Carmel Mission Basilica, 3080 Rio Road in Carmel. Approximately 50 cars and 10 motorcycles cars will to be shown. The early missionary to the area, Father Junípero Serra, is buried on the church grounds; he was canonized by Pope Francis in 2015. All of the net proceeds […]
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