Forever YoungSome cars seem to have all the luck. There aren't many vehicles that are so well-kept, babied, and, in some cases, ignored altogether that they never seem to get old and tired.In the old car hobby, these cars are called "Survivors." They usually have very low mileage, loving owners, and a lot of good fortune - and today they are more coveted than ever.In Only Originals, collector car fans can examine a fascinating cross section...

Salute to the "bow tie"Louis Chevrolet was a well-known race car driver and builder/designer in the early 1900s, but it's doubtful ol' Louis himself could ever have imagined that his French surname would eventually be as purely American as "baseball, hot dogs, and apple pie."Just Chevys assembles a century of great Chevrolets and the stories that make these cars memorable. From the Model T fighters of the early 1900s, to the fabulous finned wonders...

Just the '50s, man!Whether you were sporting bobby socks, a flat-top, or a ducktail, the 1950s were just "boss" man, especially if you were digging cars. C'mon Daddy-O, has there ever been anything cooler than the ultra-high-rise fins on a 1959 Cadillac, the "port hole" windows on a '57 T-Bird, or the blinding chrome on an early-'50s Buick Skylark?There may never be another time that rivals the 1950s when it comes to automotive excellence, and the cars from...

FABULOUS FORDSFrom Model T's to T-Birds, from "woodie" wagons to Mustangs, Ford Motor Company has built them all. And in the process, it has amassed a huge fan base of car buffs who grew up on Ford and continue to admire and collect FoMoCo cars today. Everybody, it seems, has a story to tell about their favorite Ford.In Just Fords, you'll find a collection of profiles, feature stories, and memories of some truly great Fords that are still around to...

From the foreword:". . . these cars aren't rare or unique, but they have other things going for them. Sometimes they were the subject of amazing restorations or rescue efforts. Sometimes, against all odds, they remained in one family for generations, or were babied to extremes and today have ridiculously low totals on their odometers.These are the cars that have stories. They might not have been amazing when they were new, but they are unique now because of the live...

Now in paperback for the first time, here is the classic version of a car lover's fairy tale: You look into an old abandoned barn or garage or warehouse--and there's the car you've searched for your whole life. Here are the true stories of people who found their dream cars in the most unlikely places: A man finds one of three King Cobras ever built in a junkyard in South Carolina; another discovers a rare Delahaye in a barn in the former Czech Republic; yet another answers an obscurely wri...

Muscle car enthusiasts can take this fact-filled reference with them anywhere!Featuring more than 300 American muscle cars produced during the last 40 years, this is the ultimate guide for high-performance enthusiasts. This full-color reference features more than four decades of the most powerful American cars ever produced.Listings include a historical background, original factory specifications, available options, original pricing information and an updat...

Reviews: "Tom Cotter's sequel to last year's best-selling The Cobra in the Barn relays one great tale after another, with players unearthing rare cars to die for. The treasures include an armored Mercedes-Benz Aktion P command car discovered in pieces in Russia, a desirable Dodge Daytona Hemi virtually abandoned behind bushes in a guy's yard, a bushel of Bugattis in a barn, the 'Divorcee Cobra,' and a GTO owned by a mobster. These are great stories about great cars." - Edmunds.com "The boo...

Into the lightBy popular demand comes the sequel to the original “Lost and Found†from the publishers of Old Cars Weekly magazine. This collection of great automotive discoveries reminds us yet again that you never know where a prized old car might be hiding. Corvettes, Cadillacs, Packards, coveted muscle cars, even Duesenbergs seem to somehow emerge from hiding from us for years and even decades. Find out where some of them have been in Lost and F...

A practical guide that gets you geared up with proper riding techniques, safety gear, indispensable items for long trips, and handling characteristics of various motorcycle typesFew activities offer more fun and excitement than motorcycling, but to get the most out of it, there's a lot you need to know, and that’s where this informative motorcycle guide written in plain English comes in. From buying and maintaining a bike, to riding safely, to finding great places ...

Take an exhilarating ride through the history of the American bike, biker, and the biker nation in this fascinating and comprehensive chronicle of the biker era and today's ever-expanding legion of motorcycle enthusiasts. Impassioned, idiosyncratic, and razor sharp, Born to Be Wild traces a century's worth of the culture, the bikers, and the bikes themselves.Who are these bikers? Are they those hard-living, leather-clad, tattooed guys often associated with images of the He...

Kevin Baas begins the second edition of his How to Build an Old Skool Bobber book with a little history, the history of bike building at home, as seen through the eyes of a young man watching his Vietnam-Vet father build a chopper at home in 1970. In his fathers eyes, and Kevins as well, the engine and frame should to be old skool - and genuine Harley-Davidson if possible - but the rest can and should come from swap meets, or the sweat of your own two hands.