The Rarest Corvettes and Muscle Cars - The Rarest of the Rare Up Close and Personal! Bob Ashton hit another home run with the 5th Annual Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals held November 23 and 24 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois. The show, which uses nearly 400,000 square feet of space in the sprawling convention center, again brought together an amazing collection of muscle cars, many of which are rarely seen outside of private and museum collections.   See all the car show pictures right here   If you like what you see here, stay tuned! We'll add more pictures and details to our favorite muscle cars from the show. 1967 Camaro Cherokee Concept Car 1958 Desoto Firesweep convertible   The Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals is the nation’s largest, all indoor specialty show and swap meet devoted to Muscle Cars, Dealer-built Supercars and Corvettes. Ashton is Managing Member of the group of enthusiasts who got together and staged the first show back in 2009, replacing the long running Chevy Vettefest.   1963 Buick Riviera Silver Arrow I   Ashton is a long time muscle car...

Classics for sale on Nebraska Farms   Story and photos by Jim Volgarino   Pierce, Nebraska was the scene last month of an incredible auction consisting of probably the largest collection of original survivor cars that have been all in one place in the past 50 years. This was the Lambrecht Auto Auction.   Tiny Pierce had never seen anything quite like the spectacle that drew 20,000+ buyers and gawkers to the 80 acre plot where the 500 vehicles were sold off to the highest bidders. But that wasn't the only action happening!  Traveling from nearby Norfolk, Nebraska to Pierce was a show all of its own. Hundreds more vehicles, some easily as rare and collectible as those that fell under the auctioneer's gavel. From fully restored muscle to street rods, the entire 14 mile distance between the two towns was lined with enough iron to make any true car lover just quiver with joy. Here are just a few...   To see the rest, check out this Road To Lambrecht photo gallery.       Check out the Lambrecht Auction Page to see every...

Promotional Corvette Pedal Car at Lambrecht Story by Jim Volgarino Info and some images by John Arnold Models, Inc.   In the mid-1950s, General Motors, along with all the major car companies of the time, was enthralled with promotion. Coming off a decade of world war, the company was letting out all the stops to drive people to showrooms with glitzy ads, colorful promotions and incentives meant to get dealers nationwide excited to put one more GM product on the road.   Nothing represented the promotion mania better than Chevrolet’s Corvette!   Introduced in 1953, the Corvette featured styling cues no one had ever experienced from a US automotive manufacturer. The Corvette was born for promotion and GM wanted every ounce of promotion capital from its little plastic sports car.   But promotion wasn’t just for the adult car jockey who was itching to glide down the boulevard in a low slung roadster. The kiddies were part of the action too.   UPDATE, 9/30/13: Since writing this article about the Kiddie Corvette, we've been contacted by John Arnold, John's company,  John Arnold Models, Inc. does full restorations and offers replacements parts...

Only 1-5 Miles - "Never Sold" Chevy's in a Field in Nebraska Story and photos by Jim Volgarino In March 2013 one of the most unusual auctions of survivor cars was announced to the car collector community and it almost immediately became a worldwide phenomenon. In tiny Pierce, Nebraska exists a cache of 40s, 50s, 60s and 70s era Chevrolets (and assorted other models), many of which were never sold by the dealer. On September 27 the public will be allowed, for the very first time, to view and touch these 500+ vehicles. It has come about through the efforts of several people, but primarily Yvette VanDerBrink, an unlikely mom, rural Minnesota native and car enthusiast, who has managed to put together one of the most unusual auctions we car people might ever experience...   Auction Cars Featured So Far: 1958 Chevy Apache Pickup - Only 5 Miles  1978 Corvette Pace Car - Only 4 miles 1963 Chevy Impala 2Dr - only 11 miles      Yvette VanDerBrink is bone tired.   Or at least she should be bone tired as she stands on the edge of an 80-acre plot of land...