Classic Car Adventures

A car that was born in the depression and restored in the recent recession, the Delage D8S certainly gives a new meaning to the phrase elegance. Nigel Matthews and Philip Powell go in-depth with this year’s Pebble Beach winner.

With a V-12 diesel engine, torsion bar suspension, and five rubber-tire road wheels…this is one ‘classic’ you wouldn’t normally see at a Concours d’Elegance!

With over 630 classic cars on display, the 2010 edition of the Vancouver All British Field Meet was one of the best yet. The first in the Classic Car Adventures video series, we check out a few of the highlights from the ABFM, including an AC Ace, 1934 Aston Martin Ulster, and a Jaguar E-Type.

Bought for $500, the dash and seats weren’t cracked–only the gas tank. Spring Thaw participant, John Chattin-McNichols found himself a craigslist bargain in this 1967 Volvo 144S.

A rare bird, the Dove looks like the Triumph equivalent of an MGB GT, except it predated the latter by two years.

Have you ever considered how your classic was transported around the world or across the ocean? Before containers and roll on/roll off shipping, cars were often protected by wooden crates.

Bill Lockwood photographs this early Ferrari 212 racecar 0086E being restored to exacting specifications in Vermont.