- 1958 Lotus Eleven
1958 Lotus Eleven
- 1947 Cadillac Sedanette
1947 Cadillac Sedanette
- 1947 Allard M
1947 Allard M
- The Slush Wagon
The Slush Wagon
- Crosley Hotshot brings back memories
Crosley Hotshot brings back memories
- 1933 Chevrolet Street Rod
1933 Chevrolet Street Rod
- My dad's vintage race photos
My dad’s vintage photos
- 1956 Austin-Healey BN2
1956 Austin-Healey BN2
Classic Car Stories
1958 Lotus Eleven
From garage orphan to shining star, this Lotus Eleven is reborn ST. CHARLES, Mo. — When Paul Epperson and a friend looked at Corvairs in a southern Missouri barn he spied a Lotus buried
1947 Cadillac Sedanette
You would think Bob Holloway’s 1947 Cadillac Series 61 Sedanette is a lovingly restored classic until he turns the key and the Northstar V-8 rumbles to life. That’s when it becomes clear that
1947 Allard M
A lifelong interest in cars is reflected in Stephen Morris’ eclectic collection The garage of Stephen Morris is home to several unusual cars, but the 1963 AC Greyhound, built from 1959 through 1
The Slush Wagon
Dan Whitney has restored several cars, including two Austin-Healeys, a Jeepster and a couple of Jaguars, but his George Brothers Slush Wagon Special is the first car he’s built from scratch. Wh
Crosley Hotshot brings back memories
If ever there was a better name for a sports car than Hotshot, I can’t imagine what it would be. The Hotshot was the two-seat sports Crosley, a tiny car made by a company that at one time also s
1933 Chevrolet Street Rod
In 1934, Elmar Rains and his family decided to move back to Missouri after living in California for a few years. They came home in a Model T Ford touring car, the same one they drove out west a fe
My dad's vintage photos
One of the things I love about old photographs is the way they capture the essence of a time period in a way that thousands of words cannot. That point hit home recently as I looked through a sta
1956 Austin-Healey BN2
Austin-Healeys keep punctuating the life of John and Marsha Steele like the Blackfoot River in Norman Maclean's "A River Runs Through It." Steele, who grew up in Scott City, Kan., and now
1931 Studebaker Speedway
Studebaker blood runs deep in the Armacost family. Robert S. Armacost had a Studebaker dealership in Indianapolis in 1926. In 1930, he moved to Kansas City and opened a Studebaker dealership. He wa
1955 Chrysler Imperial
The Imperial has been the pinnacle of Chrysler since 1926 when the name was first used for a range-topping car designed to compete with Cadillac and Lincoln. In 1955 Chrysler spun off the Imperial as
Turkish car collection
KUSADASI, Turkey — I’m always tickled when I run across another car enthusiast in a most unlikely place, like Kusadasi, a small town on the western coast of Turkey that is visited almost daily b
1957 MGA of Leman Schulz
Leman Schulz is crazy about his girls. His daughters Marion, Kathryn and Jacquelyn are age 19, 14 and 11, respectively, but his other girl, Audrey, is 54. Audrey is Schulz’s 1957 MGA (named after Au
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Tom Strongman
Tom Strongman has covered the automotive industry for more than 25 years as the Contributing Editor for the Kansas City Star. His work also appears in the St. Louis Suburban Journals, the Columbus Dispatch, Universal UClick syndicate and Home and Away Magazine. Send e-mail to Tom@Tomstrongman.com