THE LIFE AND DEATH OF A CLASSIC MOPAR-'68 DODGE SUPER BEE

The late 1960s and early 70s Mopars are like a hot stock tip because they left the realm of realistic and affordable value seemingly overnight and entered the stratosphere in prices.

These Mopars are beyond the reach of the average guy in 2013 but back in '68 a young guy with a decent job could easily handle the payments.

Gary Anderson was one of those guys.

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MAY 2013:100 YEARS OF STUDEBAKER: HOW A 1952 STUDEBAKER CELEBRATED THE OCCASION

1952 was quite awhile ago in most people's lives and it marked the 100th anniversary of the Studebaker as a part of the American transportation scene.

Studebaker purists will probably rough us up because it seems the actual 100th year was 1951, but it appears that Studebaker wanted to run with 1952 as its anniversary.

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BORN TO RUN: KEN SCHRADER TALKS ABOUT HIS LONG CAREER ON THE RACE TRACK

It is no secret that a father plays a huge role in his son's world and veteran driver Ken Schrader is a great example of this basic rule of life.

His father Bill was a racer, so Ken was introduced to a steering wheel and a gas pedal at the tender age of three when he drove a go kart tethered to a pole in the Schrader family back yard.

Ken followed his dad's race career as a young kid and eventually followed in his father's footsteps when Ken began his own race career in 1971.

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MAY 2013 1959 DODGE CUSTOM ROYAL D-500-THE ANTIDOTE TO BORING

There's an excellent path to take if you're sick of the bland and chronically boring pattern in today's traffic--buy a Mopar fin car.

The Mopar fin cars from 1956-1961 were some of the most stylish and innovative cars ever built and lately the gavel has come down on some stratospheric prices for these classics.

Terry Romanchuk had the fin car bug long before it became fashionable.

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