Category Archives: Legends

Mini – Legends, Nov 25, 2013

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Created from a need for economical transportation during the gasrationing period of the 1950s, the Mini was an overnight hit with the public. Originally part of the Morris Motors stable, the Mini lost the “Morris” designation when the company merged with British Motors Corporation (BMC).

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Jackie Stewart – Legends, Nov 18, 2013

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Jackie Stewart is one of the few racing heroes of the 1960s who made just as big a name for himself after he hung up his helmet. Formula One racing in the 1950s and ’60s was incredibly dangerous since driver safety was not a major priority.Five decades ago, then-General Motors engineer Zora Arkus  Duntov had a dream: to see the Chevrolet Corvette transformed into a serious performance car.

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Corvette C5-R – Legends, Nov 4, 2013

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Five decades ago, then-General Motors engineer Zora Arkus Duntov had a dream: to see the Chevrolet Corvette transformed into a serious performance car.

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Nicolas Cage – Legends, Oct 28, 2013

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The film “Gone in 60 Seconds” didn’t spark actor Nicholas Cage’s love for cars, it was just an extension of that passion. “To combine film and cars, the two things I love most, was something there was no way to pass up,” said Cage in an interview with his fanWeb site.What happens when two worlds collide, egos clash and a sleeping giant awakens? The Ford GT40 of course, a racing automobile that was the offspring of a feud between Ferrari and Ford, and Henry Ford II’s emerging interest in winning at just about any and all costs. Back in the 1960s, Ferrari dominated international sports-car racing.

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GT40 – Legends, Oct 14, 2013

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What happens when two worlds collide, egos clash and a sleeping giant awakens? The Ford GT40 of course, a racing automobile that was the offspring of a feud between Ferrari and Ford, and Henry Ford II’s emerging interest in winning at just about any and all costs. Back in the 1960s, Ferrari dominated international sports-car racing.

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Chrysler Hemi – Legends, Oct 7, 2013

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They don’t call it a legend for just any old reason.
The return of Chrysler’s “Hemi” engine in 2003 resurrected a blast fromthe past that beganmore than five decades ago.What happens when two worlds collide, egos clash and a sleeping giant awakens? The Ford GT40 of course, a racing automobile that was the offspring of a feud between Ferrari and Ford, and Henry Ford II’s emerging interest in winning at just about any and all costs. Back in the 1960s, Ferrari dominated international sports-car racing.

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Louise Smith – Legends, Sept 30, 2013

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It was the early 1940s and Bill France Sr., the eventual Bill France Sr., the eventual founder of NASCAR, was looking for a woman driver to attractmore women spectators to his local track in South Carolina.

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Mario Andretti – Legends, Sept 23, 2013

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In a career spanning more than 30 years,Mario Andretti has won virtually
every world-class racing event and everymajor championship there was to be won. Andretti moved to the United States fromItaly in 1955 and racing took hold.

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Boyd Coddington – Legends, Sept 9, 2013

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During his all-too-brief life he became as synonymous with custom-car building asMickeyMouse is to Disneyland. In fact, Boyd Coddington, best known as amodern-day blacksmith who could hammer, weld and sculpt lumps of coldmetal into hot works of rolling art, spent a part of his younger life withMinnie, Goofy, Pluto and Donald Duck.

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Warren Avis – Legends, Aug 5, 2013

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As a Ford dealer in Detroit, Mich., Warren Avis valued customer service and knew how to take a need and turn it into an opportunity. As a pilot during the SecondWorldWar, Avis continually became frustrated when ground transportation was not available at airports when he returned home from missions overseas.

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