Car Collector and Car Classics – January 1999

CAR COLLECTOR 1999 JAN - 427 YENKO DEUCE, FORD GT-40
 
Within this issue you will discover the following topics:
1)   Car Collector Magazine Collector Cars Of The Year: Forty Stunning Vehicles Chosen From Five Of The Top US Concours d'Elegances by West Peterson
2)   Reader's Choice Future Collector Cars Of The Year: The Seven Most Exhilarating Cars The Automotive Industry Has To Offer-As Chosen By Our Readers
3)   Franken Yenkostein: The Heart Of This Monster Yenko Nova Beats With The Thunder Of 425 Horses by Jeff Koch
4)   1968 Camaro: Nostalgic Time Machine by David W. Temple
5)   The Car The Factory Forgot To Build: 1946 Chrysler Town And Country Brougham by John Lee
6)   1913 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Alpine Tourer: A Tribute To The Austrian Alpine Trials by Dennis Adler
7)   1952 Hudson Hornet Brougham Convertible: The Mighty Twin-H Ragtop From Jefferson Avenue by Dennis Adler
8)   With The Wind In Your Hair: Will The Real Car Ads Ever Return? by Thomas D. Murray
9)   Collector Car Clinic: The Dirt On Oil, Part II--Your Collector Car Is A Good Candidate For Synthetic Lubrication by Joey Evans
10)   Old Cars In Law: The Converted Camaro--Nice Try, But No Cigar by Lawrence Savell
11)   Postwar Cars: 1958 Thunderbird-Square 'Birds by Thomas E. Bonsall
12)   Impressions: Ford's GT-40--The Car That Humbled Ferrari by Joseph P. Greeves
13)   Automobilia: Hershey '98-How Sweet It Was! by Carl Bomstead
14)   Along The Road: 1954 Nash-The Cowardly Statesman by Dennis David
15)   Auction news
16)   Restoration tips
17)   New products
Plus other collector car items.
 
COVER: Our first issue of 1999 introduces our first Collector Car of the Year Awards. The 1999 Plymouth Prowler was one of the winners in The Future Classic Reader's Choice Awards on page 24. Photo courtesy of the Chrysler Corporation. The 1956 Packard Caribbean was chosen as the best postwar car from five of the major US concours d'Elegances. Photo courtesy of the car's owner William DiCiurcio.