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Why Ford’s 427 SOHC Cammer never turned a wheel in NASCAR competition
Ford built the 427 single-overhead-cam V8 for one job: beating Chrysler’s 426 Hemi on NASCAR’s ovals. Yet the engine fans call the Cammer never started a NASCAR race. The…
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Jaguar finished 16 XKSS roadsters before a factory fire destroyed the other nine
Jaguar planned 25 XKSS roadsters, but the Jaguar XKSS fire at its Browns Lane factory in Coventry cut that run to 16. The nine cars still waiting to be…
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How the Mercedes-Benz 300 SL’s tube frame forced its gullwing doors
The doors on the Mercedes-Benz 300 SL coupe open upward because the car’s 300 SL tube frame left no room for ordinary ones. Engineers ran a web of thin…
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Janis Joplin’s psychedelic Porsche 356 sold for $1.76 million
Janis Joplin paid $3,500 for a used 1964 Porsche 356 C 1600 SC Cabriolet. Nearly five decades later, the Janis Joplin Porsche sale at RM Sotheby’s brought $1.76 million…
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