In the early 1960s, Barris, along with other well-known customizers ( Gene Winfield, Dean Jeffries and the Alexander Brothers ) reworked production cars for Ford's " Custom Car Caravan " and " Lincoln / Mercury's Caravan of Stars ".

The car was covered in Car Craft and Rod and Custom, and appeared at custom car and hot rod shows.

Annual events include Saltburn Victorian Celebrations ( once known as Victorian Week ), the Saltburn Swashbuckle ( a beach event for children based on a piratical theme ), the Saltburn Custom Classic Car Show ( a lower prom display of mostly American cars ) and the annual Folk festival.

The following Peerless vehicles are deemed " classic cars " by the Classic Car Club of America ( CCCA ): 1925 Series 67 ; 1926 — 1928 Series 69 ; 1930-1 Custom 8 and the 1932 Deluxe Custom 8.

" That these superb luxury cars were built for the classes and not the masses is attested by the Classic Car Club of America ( CCCA ), which granted " Classic " status to the 1946 – 47 Super and Custom Super Clipper, among the few postwar cars so recognized, as they are continuations of the 1942 Super-8 One-Sixty and Custom Super-8 One-Eighty Clippers, their postwar names streamlined in keeping with their sleek shape.

Starbird currently owns and operates Darryl Starbird's National Rod & Custom Car Hall of Fame Museum in Afton, Oklahoma, which features many of his cars as well as other notable examples from the history of custom car and hot rod culture.

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Between 1967 and 1971, Pratt & Whitney turbine engines were used in American Championship Car Racing and Formula One.

Car expert Jack Nerad noted in a 2007 article " several fully restored AMX models " listed for sale at " little more than half the price of a comparable Buick Gran Sport, Chevrolet Chevelle, Olds 4-4-2 or Pontiac GTO " in support of the author's opinion that the 1971 – 74 Javelin was " clearly an outstanding alternative muscle car for the enthusiast on a budget.

* 1952 – 1971 Ferret Scout Car

Car and Driver, September 1971

The first ' Funny Car ' dragster was the Santa Pod ' Gloworm ' Dragster ( 163 ) issued in July 1971, and which was based on the existing Ford Capri 3-Litre.

The ' Organ Grinder ' Mustang Funny Car ( 166 ), which was issued in October 1971, was purely an update of the Ford Mustang ( 320 ) first seen in 1965, complete with huge rear wheels and headers resembling organ pipes fitted to the V8 engine.

Noteworthy police detective dramas of the period include The French film The Sleeping Car Murders ( 1965 ), In the Heat of the Night ( winner of five Academy Awards, including Best Picture in 1967 ), Bullitt, Madigan ( both 1968 ), Klute ( 1971 ), Electra Glide in Blue ( 1973 ), and two non-mysteries: Dirty Harry, and The French Connection ( both from 1971 ).

Germany's Dieter Glemser won the Drivers ' title in the 1971 European Touring Car Championship at the wheel of a Ford Köln entered RS2600 and fellow German Jochen Mass did likewise in 1972.

Ignazio Giunti ( 30 August 1941 – 10 January 1971 ) was an Italian racing driver who made his name in saloon and Sports Car Racing in the late 1960s.

In Finland, car phone service was first available in 1971 on the zero-generation ARP ( Autoradiopuhelin, or Car Radiophone ) service.

Charger won Wheels magazine's Car of the Year award for 1971 and was widely acclaimed by others in the motoring press, as well as the public.

Car 5 was burned out in an accident in 1970 and its body is a replacement built in 1971 to a similar design.

Of note is Car No. 5 which was severely damaged by a fire on 16 August 1970 and subsequently re-built locally, re-entering service in 1971.

The Queens Own Yeomanry was initially formed on 1 April 1971 as the 2nd Armoured Car Regiment from five of the yeomanry units across the North and Middle of England and South West Scotland.

1971 East African Safari Rally Car

In 1971 he moved to Touring car racing, driving an Alfa Romeo in the Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft ( DRM ) and the European Touring Car Championship.

The 1971 Pantera could accelerate to 60 mph ( 97 km / h ) in 5. 5 seconds according to Car and Driver.

* ( August, 1971 ) Car and Driver

Conceived by car magazine writer and auto racer Brock Yates and fellow Car and Driver editor Steve Smith in 1971, the run was not a real competitive race with high risks, but intended both as a celebration of the United States Interstate Highway System and a protest against strict traffic laws coming into effect at the time.

Reportedly, the worst " accident " that occurred in all of the Cannonball runs was spilled lasagna aboard a motor home which made the trip in 57 hours, as Car and Driver Magazine detailed the November 1971 running in their March 1972 issue.

He was Honorary Colonel of the 21st ( Royal Gloucestershire Hussars ) Armoured Car Company, Territorial Army between 1969 and 1971 and Honorary Colonel of the Royal Wessex Yeomanry between 1971 and 1984, and the Warwickshire Yeomanry between 1971 and 1972.

Former Minardi drivers who have gone on to win Grands Prix include Alessandro Nannini, Giancarlo Fisichella, Jarno Trulli and Mark Webber while Alex Zanardi went on to win two Champ Car titles, and both Justin Wilson and Christian Fittipaldi have won races in premier North American open-wheel competition.

In the middle of 2008, a working group known as the " Car of the Future " project and led by former driver Mark Skaife was organised by V8 Supercars to investigate future directions for the sport.

The first single released in Japan was " Set Your Heart " which gained significant airplay there and was used in the advertising campaign for the 2008 Toyota Car Model ( Mark X ZIO ) starring actor and singer Takeshi Kaneshiro.

With Group Lotus near bankruptcy in 1983, through an introduction from his friend Mark Thatcher, English accountant and entrepreneur David Wickins, the founder of the worlds largest vehicle remarketing business British Car Auctions, agreed to become the new company chairman.

Other championship titles include the 1991 Australian Touring Car Championship Jim Richards, the 1991 Australian Endurance Championship ( Mark Gibbs & Rowan Onslow ), the 1991 Australian Manufacturers ' Championship, the 1992 Australian Touring Car Championship ( Mark Skaife ) and the 1992 Spanish Touring Car Championship.

The original Panda met with great success across Europe, polling 2nd in the 1981 European Car of the Year awards in its first full year of production ( pipped to first place by the Ford Escort Mark III ) and staying in production in some regions until May 2003.

The Carrimore Car Transporter Mark IV using the recently introduced Scammell cab was also released in April 1969 and a gift set ( GS48 ) featuring the new transporter and six cars ; MGC GT ( 345 ), Mini Cooper Monte Carlo 1967 ( 339 ), Sunbeam Imp Monte Carlo 1967 ( 340 ), Mini Cooper S Magnifique ( 334 ), Morris Mini Minor ( 226 ) and The Saint's Volvo P1800 ( 258 ) soon followed.

By October 1970 the Carrimore Car Transporter Mark V ( 1146 ) had grown to three decks and Gift Set 20 again featured the transporter complete with six cars now fitted with Whizzwheels ; Lancia Fulvia Zagato ( 372 ), Marcos 3 Litre ( 377 ), MGC GT ( 378 ), Ford Capri 3 Litre ( 311 ), The Saint's Volvo P1800 ( 201 ) and Pontiac Firebird ( 343 ).

The Town Car nameplate was first introduced in 1959 Continental Mark IV lineup as a top-of-the-line 4-door sedan ; the nameplate became a permanent part of the Continental lineup in 1969, denoting its highest-trim interior package.

In 1981, the Town Car became a separate model from the Continental in preparation for further downsizing of the latter ; aside from the closely related Continental Mark VI, it became the last full-size Lincoln in the lineup.

* Mark Eddy-Australian GT Champion and Grand Prix Car Racer.

1959 Lincoln Continental Mark IV Town Car

* Mark Moran's history of The Last Express and Smoking Car

International motoring authors like Andrew Frankel ( AutoCar & Motor ) Russell Bulgin ( Car ) Mark Hales ( Fast Lane ) Gianni Marin ( Gente Motore ) and Bernd Ostmann ( AutoMotor Und Sport ) have not only lent their name to the NSX in print but publicly praised the technology and innovation of Honda's NSX and in the BBC book NSX-Hondas Super Sports Car ( ISBN 0 9517751 0 3 ) describe the vehicle as worthy of the title supercar.

* " The Car Mechanic ," Ross Logan ( Mark Pellegrino )

The track drew the Can-Am and USAC Championship Car series, including drivers such as Mario Andretti, Dan Gurney, Bruce McLaren, Mark Donohue, and Jackie Stewart.

The Australian developed Mark II Station Wagon differed from its English Estate Car counterpart in having a wind up rear window, and a straight, rather than curved C pillar.

Other Barris-built film cars included a modified Dodge Charger for Thunder Alley, a Plymouth Barracuda for Fireball 500, the futuristic Supervan for a film of the same name, a gadget-filled Mercury station wagon for The Silencers, and a sinister rework of a Lincoln Continental Mark III for The Car.