Hi Gang… So many stories….so much opportunity to share with you what’s going on with the rebirth, resurgence and restorations of American Specials across the land. I’ve been tracking this particular Byers for years and the story originally started with … Continue reading
Hi Gang… When I finally share the final story on the Sieber Special, it will end with a statement something like “so we finally found all three Siebler Specials – maybe more.” But the story couldn’t have started out farther … Continue reading
Hi Gang… Recently we introduced you to Guy Dirkin’s latest restoration – his 1966 Cannara sports car. Click Here To Review Stories on the Cannara Restoration started earlier this year with one of our tried and true restorers – Ralph … Continue reading
Hi Gang… Dave Peterson’s telling of the story of his two cars – both built by Leo Snedecker – really underlines the fact of just how “handcrafted” these special-built sports cars were across America. And as you’ll read, Leo didn’t … Continue reading
Hi Gang… As they say, “The Punishment of Success is More Work” – and we’ve been keeping Dan Palatnik and his rendering skill busy here at Undiscovered Classics. Dan is our “artist in residence” here whose actual residence is Rio … Continue reading
Hi Gang… I consider myself fairly knowledgeable about vintage automobile literature and the history of collecting it, and much of what I’ve learned has been through good friend Alden Jewell – 82 years old this year and going strong. Alden … Continue reading
Hi Gang… In the last two years, several of our Undiscovered Classics aficionados have begun restoration of the Victress C3 coupes – and that’s great news. We have Rodney Packwood in California restoring his Packwood Special, John Steggles in Canada … Continue reading
Hi Gang… It’s fascinating to learn about a fiberglass bodied sports car with a “build” heritage exactly that of an American special but in South Africa. It was the same timeframe too – the mid 1950s. I first came across … Continue reading
Hi Gang… Back around 2012 I heard from Kip Fjeld who had found an Almquist body. He was very excited about his “find” and quickly shared plans that he and his friend Dave Lambert would be making a mold from … Continue reading
Hi Gang… I’ll be showing progress soon on the restoration of Paul Sable’s 1955 Debonnaire, so I think it makes sense to share the history of this car and the marque as I did so in September, 2018 for Reincarnation … Continue reading
Hi Gang… The guys at JR’s Speed Shop in Venice, Florida are making good progress on several American Specials that they are working on including one of the Woodill Wildfire’s that starred in the 1954 movie “Johnny Dark.” We checked … Continue reading
Hi Gang… For nearly 15 years I’ve worked with members of the North American Singer Owner’s Club (NASOC) to help document the history of Singer custom bodied sports and race cars in America. Initially my interest was in the Glasspar … Continue reading
Hi Gang… I love early postwar sports car history – especially that from the 1940s. It’s practically non-existent. We think of American sports and race car history as a 1950s phenomenon – and that would be correct. Except it started … Continue reading
Hi Gang… Thanks to the help of Dan Palatnik, we’ve been releasing more artwork of Undiscovered Classic cars of late. You can see some of his work that we recently released via the link below: Click on this Link to … Continue reading
Hi Gang… We’re proud to release a newly created section of Undiscovered Classics that focuses on the history of the Byers Sports cars. Our research into this marque started in 2007, and took the help of many to complete. This … Continue reading
Hi Gang… The story of DM Nacional is one of the early postwar custom and coachbuilt cars in America – actually North America. Custom sports cars, custom cars and sport customs were being built across America. An entrepreneur and business … Continue reading
Hi Gang… Great news…..you can now create your own Undiscovered Classics collection and save some garage space while doing so. Thanks to the efforts of Alex Kotyar of Esval Models and some keen rendering work of artist extraordinaire Dan Palatnik, scale models of the 1952 Manta Ray … Continue reading
Hi Gang… Lost cars of fantastic design – how much better can a story be? And you might be the one to find this missing car. In the past many years, we’ve been fortunate to find cars hidden away for … Continue reading
Hi Gang… Dan Strohl of Hemmings Motor News posted an article this weekend on one of our favorite people – Dan Palatnik (you can scroll down in this story and follow the link to read the story in Hemmings about … Continue reading
Hi Gang… Our Undiscovered Classics website is a work in progress. As we learn more information – it expands. As we find more cars and see more finished restorations – it expands. And as we more closely understand how to … Continue reading
