Greystone Mansion Concours d'Elegance
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Join Jim Cherry this week as he recaps the highlights of the Greystone Car Show
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Vintage vehicles, Automotive history and stories from motoring's past.
How to make your car last long from the world expert
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What's the secret to getting three million miles on a single car? Irv Gordon has the answers as he's done just that, setting a Guinness Book of World Records award and demonstrating how his tips to keep a car going have earned him fame and free cars.
Read MoreMercury D-524 1955
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Concept cars are usually created to dazzle the public with things-to-come that often fail to arrive. But others, like Ford’s D-524, are meant for internal scrutiny only, built to develop new engineering advances behind closed doors. Ironically, the D-524 later rose to quite public fame as a movie and television star.
Read MoreThe most unusual Bonneville record holder
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Jerry and Sylvia Hathaway of SM World have raced a Citroën SM to speed record setting status at Bonneville. But just as fascinating is the creative gooseneck trailer and their philosophy about this unique and increasingly popular collectible car.
Read MoreFascination 1974
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The 1970s were lean times for lone wolf automotive visionaries, as stringent new federal emissions and safety requirements strained even major car company budgets. But the country’s 1970s gas shortage was real enough that federal mandates dropped highway speeds to 55mph. Long lines at gas stations that were charging ever-higher prices spread anxiety across the land.
Read MoreEdwards America 1950 - Thanks, but no thanks
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America’s hyper-consumerist post WWII period coupled with a pent up demand for cars and a sudden interest in sports models led to all kinds of automotive start-ups, not the least of which was a high-quality sports car named the Edwards America.
Read MoreGeneral Motors 1955 Biscayne Motorama concept
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Thanks to collector Joe Bortz the Motorama Chevrolet Biscayne is back with us and you can see it in person today.
Read MoreAMC Javelin - an Underdog Hero
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With a total production of just 124,009 Javelins spread over 7 years in two distinct series, AMC’s Javelin might be the rarest of the pony cars and definitely a great collector find today.
Read MoreThe Chevrolet Corvair - 1960-69
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While some describe Chevrolet's Corvair as unsuccessful, it actually sold well over a million units in 10 years - numbers today's manufacturers drool over. But what really killed Chevrolet's innovative compact? Jim Cherry has the answers.
Read More1958 - Trouble in space, bumps in the road
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The explosive optimism that was the signature of the 1950s came to a sudden and abrupt end as USSR launched Sputnik, the first satellite to orbit the earth. Partially to help quell this malaise, Detroit went into overtime layering chrome on their giant beasts like eye shadow on a hooker - and with much the same effect. What went wrong in this year? Jim Cherry has some insights in our time machine back to the 1950s.
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