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Origins of the iconic 1963 Corvette Sting Ray split-window design

By RK Motors - Dec 20, 2018

In 2015, hemmings.com posted a story about an obscure car called a 1938 Adler Trumpf Rennlimousine. Maybe 10 were built, the ...

Tupelo Automobile Museum to close, sell off collection

By RK Motors - Dec 18, 2018

Tupelo Automobile Museum. Photos by Stephen Mancuso. Opened in 2002, the Tupelo Automobile Museum in Tupelo, Mississippi, wa...

2020 Jeep Gladiator Reveal a Huge Hit at LA Auto Show

By RK Motors - Dec 14, 2018

Announced just a week after the Gladiator’s introduction, FCA announced plans to reopen and engine plant in Detroit to build ...

Where old rubber meets new road

By RK Motors - Dec 13, 2018

Photos courtesy Southeast Gassers Association, Caleb Sewell, Hoosier Racing Tire. Gas is life! Quain Stott. Probably the be...

The houses that T built (and that built the T): Tracking down the assembly plant's of Ford's first distributed production effort

By RK Motors - Dec 13, 2018

Photo courtesy Ford Motor Company. These days, the automobile company that operates out of just one assembly plant is rare. ...

Watch this Pontiac V8 go from basket case to brawler on Redline Rebuild

By RK Motors - Dec 12, 2018

Photo taken by Morven at the weekly Donut Derelicts car show in Huntington Beach, California on Saturday August 8, 2004. We ...

Restoration of Durant-Dort Factory One nets GM a preservation award

By RK Motors - Dec 11, 2018

Photo courtesy GM. Seventeen thousand new bricks, a whole lotta mortar, a new roof, and an ultramodern climate-controlled ar...

Will Volkswagen Use Ford Plants to Build Cars in the U.S.?

By RK Motors - Dec 05, 2018

  New details on the alliance emerge   We already knew that Volkswagen is partnering with Ford on commercial vehicles. We ...

2019 Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 Bison First Drive: Spirit Animal

By RK Motors - Dec 05, 2018

Chevy creates a Colorado built for overlanding Have you ever seen a bison run? It's not a graceful gallop like a horse...

Study finds racing partly to blame for long-term decline of the Bonneville Salt Flats

By RK Motors - Nov 30, 2018

Skidmarks observed at Bonneville in 2006. Photo by the author. Before any season of sanctioned racing on the Bonneville Salt...

Hot rodder and customizing legend Sam Foose, 1934-2018

By RK Motors - Nov 29, 2018

Remembering an artist in metal Sam Foose (L) with Goodguys founder Gary Meadors in 2014. Photo courtesy Fuel Curve. His son...

Gymkhana 10's 1977 F-150 Hoonitruck

By RK Motors - Nov 29, 2018

  If you have even an ounce of gasoline in your veins, no matter your brand affiliation, you’ve no doubt heard of Ken ...

Route 66 National Historic Trail campaign gets push from U.S. Senators

By RK Motors - Nov 29, 2018

Photo by Doug. With less than two months to go in the current Congress, a pair of U.S. Senators have introduced a bill of th...

7 fun things to know about Jeep's crazy Gladiator off-road pickup truck

By RK Motors - Nov 29, 2018

(Photo: Robert Hanashiro, USA TODAY Network) LOS ANGELES – When it comes to a conquering hero, look no farther than the Jeep...

RE Olds Transportation Museum previews "R.E. Olds & The First Auto City"

By RK Motors - Nov 21, 2018

The RE Olds Transportation Museum. Image via Google Street View. Lansing, Michigan, is best known outside the automotive wor...

Planning fire protection for your collector car

By RK Motors - Nov 19, 2018

Prewar Bugatti, original artwork by Wallace Wyss. [Editor’s note: While authorities are still at work determining the death ...

Vintage Karting Is Bringing Racers Back On Track

By RK Motors - Nov 15, 2018

Becker came back to karting after a 30-year hiatus. These classic karts are making laps again in New York state We’re a lon...

This Is the 2020 Jeep Gladiator Pickup, Completely Undisguised

By RK Motors - Nov 14, 2018

Undisguised, seemingly official photos of the Jeep Wrangler-based pickup have appeared on the internet. We've seen a lot of ...