Category Archives: Legends

Chip Foose – Legends, Feb 2, 2014

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Perhaps best known for the hit TV show Overhaulin’ award-winning designer Chip Foose is quite possibly the first of his breed to achieve mass recognition. On the show, where an unsuspecting owner’s vehicle was made over in a scant seven days, it’s also important not to label Foose as the…

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Eleanor – Legends, Jan 27, 2014

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She was a 1967 Shelby GT500 Mustangcode-named Eleanor, the 50th and final vehicle that Nicolas Cage, who played retired-car-thief-broughtback-into-action Randall “Memphis” Raines, had to steal and deliver to a ruthless crime boss. For car nuts, Gone in 60 Seconds…

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57 Chevy – Legends, Jan 20, 2014

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It’s one of the most recognizable icons of the 1950s, but it’s also a car that charted a new performance course that forever changed the way the buying public perceived this GeneralMotors division. Until the ’57’s arrival, Chevrolet sportiness had…

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Ferruccio Lamborghini – Legends, Jan 13, 2014

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Although he was a fan of fast cars, Ferruccio Lamborghini actually had no plans to build them.

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Flaminio Bertoni – Legends, Jan 6, 2014

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His biography, reads like a novel: loss; love; success; war; and death. Born on Jan. 10, 1903, in northern Italy, Flaminio Bertoni discovered car design by accident. After his father’s death in 1918, Bertoni was forced to leave technical school to earn a living and support his family.

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Harley Earl – Legends, Dec 30, 2013

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He seemed destined for automotive design. Harley Earl’s father was a coachmaker who formed Earl Automobiles in 1908 and began making customized parts and accessories for cars. Harley, born in 1893 in Los Angeles, Calif.

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Henry Ford – Legends, Dec 23, 2013

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Without the auto factory, itʼs safe to say that the automotive landscape would look completely different than it does today.

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Jim Clark – Legends, Dec 16, 2013

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Quiet, reserved and a gentleman, race driver Jim Clark took his craft to new levels with his meticulous and serious nature.

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The Agnelli Family – Legends, Dec 9, 2013

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It’s a company that has so far survived nore than 100 years building automobiles. In 1899, Italian Giovanni Agnelli signed a contract with Emanuele Bricherasio di Cacherano, a nobleman from Turin, Italy, who was looking for investors and partners in a company called “Società Anonima Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino,”…

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Mike Hakkinen – Legends, Dec 2, 2013

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He has been called the “Flying Finn,” the “Iceman” and “Mika the Magnificent.” As the most successful Finnish driver in Formula One history…

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