With a new Indiana Jones movie just launched there is considerable interest in authentic memorabilia from the previous films. And what could be more authentic than the 1937 Mercedes 300 that was used...
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by Philip Powell on September 17, 2007
Anyone with even the slightest interest in automotive history must surely be aware of the Mille Miglia, the legendary 1000-mile race from Brescia to Rome and back again. It was banned following a...
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Oshawa, Ontario, is home to GM Canada's largest manufacturing plants, where cars are also made for US buyers. Oshawa is also the location for several classic car collections, including one owned...
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A couple of weeks back I uploaded an article on Bo Duke/John Schneider's original 1969 Dodge Charger from the film series Dukes of Hazzard. As usual, I confessed to my ignorance of the movie....
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If I haven't made you aware of this site before, then I'm remiss and will make up for it now. IMCDB stands for Internet Movie Car Database, a summary of movies and TV shows in which cars,...
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by Philip Powell on April 09, 2007
By modern movie standards "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" may seem dated but it was, and still is, a charming film about an eccentric inventor (Dick Van Dyke), his children and lady friend (Julie...
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by Philip Powell on April 08, 2007
The great state of Massachusetts, aside from presenting a spelling conundrum for many Canadians (myself included), is again home to an impressive auction at the Larz Anderson Auto Museum....
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by Philip Powell on February 22, 2007
Perhaps the classic Volkswagen bus that performed in the movie "Little Miss Sunshine" should win a "best supporting" role in the Academy Awards. The film is up for four Oscars this...
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by Philip Powell on December 25, 2006
Killing time during the holiday weekend (with little else to do) I pulled a videotape off the shelf and watched Out of Africa, a stunningly beautiful movie featuring Meryl Streep with Klaus Brandauer...
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So who is this gorgeous woman and what is she doing in a classic cars site? In case you're too young to recognise her, that's Sophia Loren and she's being groomed for a photo in the 2007 Pirelli...
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by Philip Powell on October 04, 2006
Claude Lelouch is a French film director, best-known for the Cannes award-winning 1966 film A Man and a Woman, one of the great (in my opinion) all-time car movies. Ten years later Lelouch produced a...
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If you own an old car and live in a city where movies are frequently filmed - in today's multinational world that can be almost anywhere - you could earn money with your vehicle by renting it to the...
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Those of you who appreciate both classic cars and classic car movies will be delighted to learn that Grand Prix, one of the all-time great motor racing films, is being released on a two-disc 40th...
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