Hi Gang… I love seeing progress and today’s story is no different. Charles Le Menestrel of Belgium is a fan of handbuilt American Specials. Today he’s beginning the “build” of his Allied Swallow shown in today’s story with sights on … Continue reading
Hi Gang… Many years ago when I was out west on one of our car adventures I stopped by and visited with Erich Schultz. At the time, we were testing out a sectioned piece of glass from a 1955 Ford … Continue reading
Hi Gang… One of my favorite concept / show cars from the 50s was the Lincoln Futura. Designed in America and built in Italy, it represents to me an enthusiast leap toward the future with extravagant style – design that … Continue reading
Hi Gang… One of our good friends and author of articles here at Undiscovered Classics, Pal Negyesi, has some exciting news to share. And the “news” is about my favorite topic – rare and unusual cars. Pal is a automotive … Continue reading
Hi Gang… One of the nicest Byers SR-100 sports cars out there has just been listed for sale by its owner, Guy Dirkin. The car was originally built in the 1950s and has been restored with an eye toward racing … Continue reading
Hi Gang… What’s better than having just one Glasspar G2 to restore? Well if you ask Tony St. Clair it’s having TWO Glasspar G2 sports cars to restore. And in the last few months, Tony has kept us busy here … Continue reading
Hi Gang… Exciting news for one of my favorite handcrafted cars of the 1950s – the Grantham Stardust. While we have an unrestored example in our collection, Undiscovered Classics has partnered with David Deluca to restore and show his Stardust … Continue reading
Hi Gang… Back in 1952, Sterling Gladwin set out to build a beautiful boulevard sports car that would make a statement no matter where it appeared – and he met that objective in every way. The Maverick was always fitted … Continue reading
Hi Gang… Our 1947 Kurtis-Omohundro Comet book is now online and you can review and read it for free. You can also use the controls at the bottom of the screen (when you read the book) to download the entire … Continue reading
Hi Gang… As with many of our cars here at Undiscovered Classics, they find new homes so we can concentrate on other restorations. We would have loved to restore this car and pursue the history more but alas….so little time … Continue reading
Hi Gang… Another beautiful Devin sports car is being offered for sale and this one by one of our Undiscovered Classics friends – Brian Miller. Brian has been a Devin enthusiast and a vocal advocate of handcrafted sports cars since … Continue reading
Hi Gang… I’ve been tracking Mike Akens Victress since he bought it in a remote location of Colorado back in 2014. Right from the start, Mike jumped on its restoration and hasn’t looked back. You can check out his first … Continue reading
Hi Gang… The postwar years were an exciting time of regrowth and opportunity, and part of this energy went into creating the new postwar sports car. Smaller, more sleek and often more powerful, sports car designs were being developed in … Continue reading
Hi Gang… I love searching for lost cars and their histories but the best part of what we do is bringing it all together. Matching the car, the history and the families related to building it and putting it all … Continue reading
Hi Gang… Today we welcome back one of our newest contributors, John Mellberg. John’s stories are based on a rich understanding of handbuilt cars which goes back to the late 1990s when he started one of the earliest websites dedicated … Continue reading
Hi Gang… Well…we never really closed but behind all the new stories posted this year we’ve been busy with a redesign of the website. The good news is that our 6 month redesign effort is now complete with great thanks … Continue reading
Hi Gang… Creating a special body for a car was more the norm for the wealthy before World War II, but much less so in the postwar years. Custom work after the war was often done in fiberglass (even the … Continue reading
Hi Gang… Today I have the honor of introducing you to a new friend of Undiscovered Classics – Austin Paruch of Paruch Automotive Craftsmanship in Appleton, Wisconsin. I met Austin through a mutual friend with his own “Undiscovered Classics” history … Continue reading
Hi Gang… Thanks to Alden Jewell, we have another “gem” of an article on the sports and custom cars of the Mexican coachbuilding firm DM Nacional. This article appears in the January, 1952 issue of Auto Sport Review and features … Continue reading
Hi Gang… And we’re off! Today, Dan Palatnik and I are releasing another poster of these cool, handbuilt sports cars that appeared across America in the early postwar years. This is the third in a series of posters that we … Continue reading
