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2 unusual facts about classic car


Classic car

The Classic Car Club of America maintains that a car must be between 30 and 49 years old to be a classic, while cars between 50 and 99 fall into a pre-antique class, and cars 100 years and older fall into the Antique Class.

Old car

Classic car, a car of age that has been preserved or restored, but is short of the age in which it is considered antique


Stanford Hall, Leicestershire

The grounds of the hall are used for concerts and classic car shows, including the Wartburg/Trabant/IFA Club Rally and the annual Stanford Mini Day.

Yank tank

Yank tank or máquina are the words used to describe the many classic cars (for example: 1957 Chevrolet, 1953 Ford, 1958 Dodge, etc.) present in Cuba with an estimated 60,000 of them still driving the roads today.


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Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance

Businessman and car collector Bill Warner, a photographer and writer for Road & Track magazine since 1971, founded the Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance in 1996 at the urging of other northeast Florida auto enthusiasts who wanted a classic car show in Florida like the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance in California.

Automobile engine replacement

Classic car hobbyists may also install reproductions of a rare powerplant in a classic car (this is most often seen in Mopar muscle cars that have the 426 Hemi installed into them).

Blic

It also ran a havily advertised sweepstakes with the grand prize being a Volkswagen Polo Classic car and DM30,000.

Classic Motorsports Mitty

The Classic Motorsports Mitty is a classic car event held annually at the Road Atlanta race track in Braselton, Georgia.

Dirk Pitt, Jr.

Like his father, Dirk is a lifelong classic car enthusiast, instantly recognizing a Duesenberg in his father's collection when they first meet.

Ferris de Joux

The car was restored back to a single seater by a Christchurch classic car enthusiast and is now owned by Bernie Ecclestone.

Forever Green

The village of Nether Winchendon, with its distinctive cylindrical stone pillar box on the village green, is seen briefly in episodes 1 and 2 of series 1, as Jack rides home on his motorbike after giving up his job in London, and as he and Geoff Bate discuss a classic car that they are going to view.

Jaguar Mark IX

The Mark IX's power and good brakes for a vehicle of the era, together with its undoubtedly impressive aesthethic appearance makes it quite a common choice for classic car circuit racing, such as at the Goodwood Circuit's Revival meetings.

Jensen CV8

The 1963 Sedanca was featured in an article by Paul Walton in the June 2008 issue of Ruoteclassiche, Italy's leading classic car magazine.

Mohammed bin Sulayem

The Club is the official representative in the Emirates of the FIA, motor sport’s world governing body, and its motor cycling, karting and classic car counterparts, the FIM, CIK and FIVA.

Phil Frank

An avid classic car enthusiast since a child, Frank always had a project going, his passion over the years included the restoration of seven Ford Model As, two MG TCs, an MG SA Tickford Drophead, and a Jaguar MKII.