CAR COLLECTOR 1998 MAY - AUSTIN-HEALEY SPRITE, Z-CARS

 

Within this issue you will discover the following topics:

 

1)   Spring Car Care & Cleaning: All The Right Steps To Getting Your Car Motoring By Spring. by Joey Evans

2)   40 Years Of The Austin-Healey Sprite: Just In Time. by West Peterson

3)   1939 Bugatti Type 57C Saoutchik Roadster: The Car That Out Figonied Figoni. by Dennis Adler

4)   The Ferrari 400i: Four Fast Seats From Maranello. by Dennis Adler

5)   1959 Jaguar XK 150: Class And Style Replace Speed And Performance. by David w: Temple

6)   Datsun 240Z, 260Z, & 280Z: Not The First, But Certainly The Most Popular Enthusiast Car From Japan. by Richard Prince

7)   The Cobra Phenomenon: The Experts Agree, "Shop For Details." by Curt Scott

8)   The New Beet1e: Another "People's Car." by Jenna De Marco

9)   The Real Automotive Hall of Fame: Meet The Giants Behind The Names by Thomas D. Murray

10)   Old Cars In Law: The Colliding Camaro- Who's Got The Right Of Way; by Lawrence Savell

11)   Postwar Cars: The Forward Look-Part II-A Catastrophe Three Years Ahead Of Time by Thomas E. Bonsall

12)   Automobilia: Taxi Cabs-From Convenience To Collectible by Carl Bomstead

13)   20 Years Ago: May 1978-Car Collector No.5 by West Peterson

14)   Along The Road: 1937 REO Speed Wagon--Built To Last by Dennis David

15)   Auction news

16)   Restoration tips

17)   New products

Plus other collector car items.

 

COVER: Sports cars have been a part of American culture since service men and their MGs returned from Europe after World War II. The Shelby Cobra has been replicated by as many as 50 different companies. The story on page 58 may help if you're thinking about buying one. Cover image is a rearview mirror perspective of a fast-approaching Classic Roadsters Ltd., Cobra replica. Photo by Martin Bydalek.