Premier custom-cut floor mats are available to protect and personalize almost any car, truck or SUV on the road today. Premier floor mats are custom-made to fit thousands of vehicles and feature a sturdy non-slip backing to hold them in place, protecting the vehicle’s interior from dirt, spills and carpet wear at all
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Mode Auto is proud to showcase its new fender accent. Available for all vehicles/models with applications for any surface, the mirror chrome finish vent appliqué is offered in two sizes, small (8.73 x 1.91 inches) or large (11.64 x 2.56 inches). According to the company, its specially
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Celebrate Black History Month with "For Gold and Glory"
Tuesday, February 16, 7:30 p.m. 2nd Floor Grand Salon
Petersen Automotive Museum In observation of Black History Month the PetersenAutomotiveMuseum proudly presents the documentary "For Gold & Glory."
During the 1920s, when the Ku Klux Klan and other segregationist groups cast a dark shadow across the social and political landscape of the Midwestern United States, a group of dedicated black sportsmen created the single largest sporting event ever held for African Americans - a 100-mile auto racing event held each year from 1924-1936 at the Indiana State Fairgrounds and other national venues. The event celebrated speed, talent, and the best of black culture in an era of new cultural identity and the birth of jazz.
Custom Autosound’s new Concours Series USA -1 features 200 watts, AM/FM, auto-reverse cassette with RCA outputs and auxiliary inputs for iPod, MP3, DVD, satellite radio, etc. It has separate bass and treble controls, seek-and-scan,
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CPP’s new Complete Rear Dual Adjustable Coil-Over Kit is designed to convert your 1963-72 Chevy truck to a corner carving, performance driving vehicle! Our kit includes our new Totally Tubular Trailing arms, coil over springs and dual adjustable coil over shocks and all the mounting hardware to make this rear suspension
Get that cool street rod stance and track proven performance for your 1963-87 Chevrolet C10 Truck! Our Complete Front Coil-Over Conversion Kits include dual-adjustable coil-over shocks, spanner wrench and bearing kit, our Totally Tubular™ upper and lower control arms, and all the mounting brackets and hardware for a simple bolt-on installation.
Sue Vanderbilt in a 1958 Cadillac Eldorado Seville “Baroness;" the show car that she styled for the Feminine Show. When you look back at General Motors’ rich design history, one of the most talented individuals, who made her career as part of GM’s vaunted Creative Design Team, was the late Suzanne E. Vanderbilt.
Vanderbilt was one of the original Damsels of Design – a group of eight, great talented female designers that the famed Harley Earl hired during the early days of the 1950s.
Throughout history, the Oldsmobile story has inspired many automotive historians with its rich and celebrated heritage which started right in Michigan’s capital city of Lansing.
I remember a particularly exciting year in 1978 when Oldsmobile introduced their new line of vehicles and automotive catalogues to the buying public. My first impression was that Oldsmobile was using 1978 to create a family-oriented lineup of new cars. The company used its advertising and marketing to highlight many traditional family values
The year 1966 was a great year for automotive sales in the U.S. Many car manufacturers were doing very well for the economy and in 1966 the average cost for a new Dodge vehicle sold for $ 2,280 and the price of gasoline for 32 cents a gallon.
The Chrysler Corporation was also doing very well within the automotive markets with its popular Dodge Dart models. The 1966 Dodge Dart models made their debut in Dodge dealerships on September 30, 1965.
Based on a 1956 Chevrolet 210 Sedan, this recently completed mild custom was built to showcase the timeless factory “Tri-Five” heritage. With a new GM Performance ZZ4 power plant backed by a factory-fresh GM 700R4 transmission, it is equipped with rack-and-pinion steering, four-wheel Wilwood disc
To ensure that Shelby American would have its 1966 GT350 models in dealerships when Ford released the new ‘66 Mustangs, Shelby ordered an additional 252 cars from Ford’s San Jose plant at the very end of 1965 production. These ‘change-over’ cars (often referred to as ‘carry-overs’) were essentially Shelby-spec ’65 GT350s, and received the same performance modifications,