Classic and Antique Cars Archive

  • Millions worth of pristine classic cars hidden in Berlin warehouse

    Hidden away in an industrial area of Berlin is a classic car paradise with a jaw-dropping amount of eye candy

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  • Weekend fun beckons young car buffs

    This weekend will be Bob and Dan’s 17th Annual Car Show, and if you know Bob and Dan you have to wonder if they can actually count that high! Kidding of course, and what makes their show so cool is the number of awesome cars packed into the Marine pub parking lot each year. As […]

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  • Whippets, namesake car share love of speed

    It’s five o’clock in the afternoon and the whippets are standing at the door ready to be loaded into the Whippet. This is the routine for West Vancouver’s Lawrence Harrop, whose long interest in raising and breeding whippet dogs led to the purchase of the obscure North American car. In the late-1920s, Whippet cars built […]

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  • Outrageous ’69 Camaro to make world debut at Hard Rock

    It’s only fitting that the ultimate Camaro will be one of the shining stars at the first Ultimate Car Show. The creation of 360 Fabrication Inc., the 1800-horsepower muscle car will join other collector classics built in the Abbotsford shop for the Saturday, Aug. 16 show at the Hard Rock Casino in Coquitlam. Fabrication and […]

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  • On the Road: Wraps taken off new 2015 Ferrari California T

    The wraps are off. In Calgary earlier this week the new 2015 Ferrari California T was unveiled at Ferrari of Alberta. According to Carlo Galasso, of Ferrari Maserati of Alberta, the California T brings the world of turbocharged performance back to the stable. With the exception of the company’s latest F1 single-seat racecar, and not […]

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  • Aston Martin: Atom’s design was no small step

    The mighty Atom changed the course of the company history of legendary British automaker Aston Martin. Designed by Claude Hill, work to build the stunning vehicle began in the summer of 1939. The Atom project would be Aston Martin’s first attempt at a four-door sedan, moving away from the traditional body-building technique of using a […]

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  • The whole scoop on how to buy, insure and register a classic car

    The rules and processes for owning a classic car are often very different and more complex than a regular used car

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  • Fair weather bodes well for Collector Car Appreciation Day

    As signed into law by Attorney General Suzanne Anton and witnessed by Lt.-Gov. Judith Guichon, this Saturday, July 12, is B.C.’s first official Collector Car Appreciation Day. Hear ye, hear ye and so on; heretofore and whatnot. The forecast is for near-30- degree weather, with a smattering of clouds amid the sunshine — a proper […]

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  • Young drivers take the wheel of vintage rides

    Who would let a kid drive a vintage Ferrari or a late model Corvette — particularly a young person with no experience using a clutch or shifting gears? The answer is a group of Vancouver-area enthusiasts who want to create interest in the car hobby among young people. Bryan Ram, a 23-year-old student in the […]

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  • The Lincoln Motor Car Company was founded in 1915 by Henry M. Leland and a group of investors. Leland was one of the founders of Cadillac, which came about when a group of investors squeezed Henry Ford out of the ownership of his second company, the Detroit Automobile Company. Soon after they took control, it […]<img alt=" title="1933 Lincoln Dual Cowl Phaeton: Still unchanged after all these years" />

    1933 Lincoln Dual Cowl Phaeton: Still unchanged after all these years

    The Lincoln Motor Car Company was founded in 1915 by Henry M. Leland and a group of investors. Leland was one of the founders of Cadillac, which came about when a group of investors squeezed Henry Ford out of the ownership of his second company, the Detroit Automobile Company. Soon after they took control, it […]

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  • Ottawa to be invaded by classic MGA sports cars

    The British are coming! Well, actually it’s Americans and Canadians who’ll descend on Ottawa July 14-18, but they’ll arrive in British cars of interesting provenance. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, we’re talking about MGA sports cars from the 1950s and ‘60s; tiny two-seaters that don’t quite deliver the power and speed that their rakish profile suggests. […]

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  • 1954 Rolls Royce Vignale has unique touches

    While Pininfarina displayed their one-off Special Coachbuilt Rolls-Royce Hyperion at the 2008 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance at the Lodge, another unique “Anglo-Italo” Rolls-Royce was displayed a few hundred yards up the hill at the Peter Hay Golf Course. This malformed automobile has the roof line of a Nash/Rambler and has to be the ugliest Rolls-Royce […]

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