Nick Mason’s 1962 Ferrari GTO

Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason has taken advantage of is good fortune of selling millions of records to start quite a car collection as he indulged in his love of auto racing. Years ago he purchased a beautiful 1962 Ferrari GTO. Everyone thought he was nuts, though now he says he’s referred to as the Warren Buffett of racing. He’s kept every car he’s ever raced, so his collection has to be worth a serious fortune.

  

Classic Delta 88 Pace Car from Indy 500

Wow – that’s a blast from the past! The Oldsmobile Delta 88 Pace Car from the 1988 Indy 500.

And there's that Delta 88 from the '77 race! #olds #indy

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Gal Gadot with a classic car

I remember those big, hulky sedans from the 70s with those huge front grilles, and here we have the lovely Gal Gadot posing next to one of them. You’ll be seeing a ton of her this year as she’ll be starring in the new Wonder Woman film.

Bring on the weekend adventures!

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Why Were These Cars Built?

Every manufacturing company wants to make great products. Great products get great reviews and make lots of sales, however sometimes things don’t go as planned. Sometimes a company makes a real dog of a product and consumers are the ones who get to live with it. In this article we worked with Kindle Dodge of Cape May Courthouse, NJ, a Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Ram dealer, and compiled a collection of several examples of cars that were really dumb ideas and never should have been built.

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Barn Finds

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It’s every auto enthusiast’s dream. You hear about an “old car” that’s been in someone’s garage for years and you get invited to take a look at it. After you arrive, you open the barn doors and in the corner there’s a dusty tarp covering something large. You can see tires under the tarp and then the excitement starts – this is likely a car forgotten for decades. After you remove all the boxes and other objects off the top of the heap, you pull the tarp off and there it is: an unrestored, rare vintage automobile.

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