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VIDEO: Fun, frolic and destruction with a dump truck at Detroit's Packard plant

In future Detroit, pushing a junked dump truck out of a fourth floor window at the old Packard plant might result in a swarm of gen-1 Taurus police cars surrounding the building, and, if you're particularly unlucky, intervention by ED-209. ("You have 20 seconds to comply..."). In the present day, this creative bit of criminal mischief gets you featured on The Wall Street Journal website. Go figure! Follow the jump to watch the video. [Source: The Wall Street Journal] ... Read more →

Meadow Brook Concours 2009: Pre-WWII rides for the rich Chris Shunk

From the moment the world's first automobiles were built, the wealthy began demanding better transportation than the masses. Brands like Rolls-Royce, Lincoln Pierce-Arrow and Cadillac delivered ...

Pebble Preview: Gooding tests the market with Phil Hill's Packard and a prince's Duesenberg Jonathon Ramsey

Pebble Beach regular Gooding & Company will be bringing three special cars to this year's auction and the vintage rides are said to carry not only the requisite pedigree, but are expected to ...

Separated At Birth: We find the 2000 HP twin brother of Leno's tank car Drew Phillips

We thought a vehicle like Jay Leno's Tank Car would be a one-off. After all, how many hot rods out there are thirty feet long and have a 1792 cubic-inch turbocharged V12 underneath the hood putting ...

eBay Find of the Day: 1999 Packard Twelve concept car Jeremy Korzeniewski

The Packard nameplate is one steeped in rich heritage, having produced its first automobile way back in 1899. Unfortunately, the Detroit-based builder of eminently luxurious and opulent ...

Manhattan Project's "Los Alamos Limo" found 9 months ago on Autoblog

The car you see here may not look like much, but it helped carry us into the nuclear age. Or, at least some of the scientists who brought us there. This 1941 Packard Clipper limousine is one of three that are still known to exist (coachbuilder Fitzjohn built 100 of the stretch cars that year), ...

Wanna buy a Packard, or rather the Packard? 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for more pics of the Packard prototype There's plenty of pain and anguish surrounding the flameout of the Packard nameplate in the late 1950s. Had things transpired differently, the storied marque might still be around producing the luxurious and meticulously engineered super high ...

Warehouse Wonders: Lyon's pride and joys 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click above image for huge high-res gallery of our visit to the Lyon collection. A little while back, a very special invitation was dropped in our laps. As part of a celebration for one of our friends, the doors to the Lyon private collection were being swung wide open. The name might not be ...

Otis Chandler Collection going up for auction 3 years ago on Autoblog

When Otis Chandler passed away back in February, he left a lot more than a legacy of publishing prowess. Sure, during the 1960s he had transformed his family's newspaper into the world-renowned Los Angeles Times that we know today. But when he wasn't in his office, Otis liked to drive. And hunt. ...

Lawyer pays $350K for Batman Forever Batmobile 3 years ago on Autoblog

John O'Quinn is a lawyer. A rich one. He made his money in a tobacco lawsuit settlement, and disposable income is no longer a problem for him. He demonstrated this at this past weekend's Kruse International auction in Indiana, where a $1.3 Million shopping spree left his bank accounts a little ...






Autoblog Podcast #156: Paukert comes back for more! 

Chris, Dan, and Editor Paukert chat and give each other grief. Merriment ensues.

 
 

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