The recipe was simple: Take one part old car and combine it with another part 6.6L Duramax diesel engine, then go land-speed record racing with the finished product. Little did owner Leon Ekery know ...

The mid-fifties were conflicting years for carmakers who were trying hard to break away from the prewar ways of making automobiles. Chrysler Motors Corporation was acing it in styling, its Forward ...

Leon Ekery has been messing with cars all his life and he's been through a number of hot rods, and did his share of drag racing, rock crawling, SCCA racing, and even motorcycles. What intrigued him ...

Yes, this car came from the factory with a painfully cool early Hemi V8, a 331-cubic-inch mill rated at 255 horsepower. Don't get too excited, though, because the engine was gone by the time I showed ...

Chrysler introduced the DeSoto Adventurer, a high-powered, two-door hardtop similar to the Chrysler 300, on Feb. 18, 1956. DeSoto was born in 1928 to slot above Plymouth and eventually targeted the ...

Just when I start to wonder if anybody out there picks up or appreciates newspapers anymore, you all affirm my belief that the stories reporters and photographers offer, in ink on paper and ...

TORRINGTON — It can be debated whether it's the imaginative tailfin-era styling or the rust and patina that initially draws eyes to Casey Golec’s two-tone 1956 DeSoto Fireflite Sportsman. The car’s ...

4 Sep 2025, 21:00 UTC · By: Elena Luchian // This 1932 DeSoto spent 50 years in a barn that was falling apart. Bryan rescued it from under the collapsing roof and wants to make it run Parked 30 Years ...

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Standard equipment includes the features that come with this vehicle. Select Your Options No options are available for this vehicle. For the most accurate pricing and values on new or used vehicles, ...

Leon Ekery has been messing with cars all his life and he's been through a number of hot rods, and did his share of drag racing, rock crawling, SCCA racing, and even motorcycles. What intrigued him ...