Chevrolet 1956 CORVETTE CONVERTIBLE SOLD THE STORY General Motors designer Harley Earl is credited with convincing GM to build a two-seat sports car for the American market. Launched in 1953, the resulting Chevrolet Corvette quickly earned the mantle of “America’s Sports Car” and the model is still produced today. 1956 was the second year of…

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OIL BOXES VARIETY OF ORIGINAL WOODEN BOX ENDS $ In Description Vacuum Oil Company #E13 – $60 Shell Motor Spirit #E18 – $50 Pennant Kerosene Lamp Oil #E20 – $50 Shell Motor Spirit #E21 – $60 Plume Motor Spirit #E25 – $65 Texaco Motor Spirit 400 #E28 – $65 Shell Motor Spirit #E31 – $60…

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Chevrolet 1991 CORVETTE COUPE SOLD THE STORY The C4 Corvette represented a clean break from the previous C3 model with a completely new chassis and sleeker, more modern styling. Both the Coupe and Convertible models had a revised front bumper/facia with wrap-around cornering/fog lamps, new horizontal side louvers, wider body-colour side mouldings and bolder rear…

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Pontiac 1979 TRANS AM SOLD THE STORY The Trans AM has firmly established itself as an American icon. By the mid-1970s it was the sole survivor of the muscle car era as US federal regulations and successive oil embargos bit into the American economy. Pontiac commenced production of the Firebird as a pony car to…

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INDIAN 1946 CHIEF $49,500 THE STORY The Indian Chief is a motorcycle that was built by the Hendee Manufacturing Company and the subsequent Indian Motorcycle Company from 1922 to the end of the company’s production in 1953. The Chief was Indian’s “big twin”, a larger, more powerful motorcycle than the more agile Scout used in competition and sport riding.…

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