News

This week, Our Two Cents takes us back to this series’ roots as a question-and-answer column. (Fear not, the fictional tales we crafted recently will likely return.) But it’s fun to mix things up, and ...
Are you trying to find 1956 Chevrolet Bel Air Base values? The Hagerty classic car valuation tool® is designed to help you learn how to value your 1956 Chevrolet Bel Air Base and assess the current ...
Anyone who’s been living in the same house for 33 years—as my wife and I have—knows all about being overwhelmed by stuff. It’s everywhere. The place is packed to the gills with it. And it just keeps ...
These photos spurred a great memory for me. I had a ’55 Chev 4-door in about 1967. Picking up my high-school age girlfriend to take her to school each morning led to several of her friends waiting to ...
It only came in a handful of colors, and there were only a handful of options. It had one engine with one power rating mated to one transmission, with one suspension setup. It sold briefly, from 1958 ...
Martin Wheeler has worked for Britain’s Autoglym for 40 of its 60 years. As a technical services specialist, his role is primarily in training detailers how to correctly use the company’s cleaning ...
@Bogus- Everybody has a Corvette story. Some of them are even true. My first C4 was a Z-51, 4+3. According to the Old Wives Club, I should never have been able to start the L83 engine, see anything on ...
Cooling System: The water pump and most of the under-hood cooling hoses were replaced as part of the car’s sort-out last fall, and what appeared to be a good used radiator was installed. I didn’t, ...
👍👍 It wasn’t that long ago (well, realistically, maybe it’s actually been a long time ago), when the term ‘upside-down’ generally applied to financed payments vs. residual value as a vehicle ...
Last week we solicited your choices for the worst vehicle facelifts, and I sincerely thank you for your participation. The According To You series is nothing without reader feedback, and the examples ...
Without Erwin George “Cannon Ball” Baker, it’s likely that nothing in the rest of this story would have ever happened. Baker, who passed away in 1960 at the age of 78, defied the odds by dying of a ...
The underdogs of the 308 world are the less powerful, slower 1980–82 GTBi and GTSi. Even in #1 (concours) condition, a GTBi will fetch $129,000, while a #4 (fair) driver is a $50,000 machine.Again, ...