Save these cars – Sevierville, Tennessee

Zach Bowman over on Autofiends tipped us off to this one: It seems Jeff Horne in Sevierville, Tennessee, had the time, the space and the means to assemble about 75 cars over the last five years – and from the looks of things, he did a good job of saving many from the crusher – but has decided he just can’t run a personal junkyard, so he’s selling ‘em all. Though it’s mostly muscle-era GM stuff, along with some ’70s F-bodies, there’s a few others in the mix as well, including a ‘77 AMX and some Thunderbirds.

Git ‘em while the gittin’s good, boys!

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Pampering a Ridler winner

I recently made a bonsai one-week run through northern Ohio to attend an auction (more later) and gather a few photo shoots, and one of my stops was Best of Show’s showroom in Mentor. These guys have their act together, and they graciously let me use their in-house photo studio to shoot a couple cars that will appear in upcoming issues of Hemmings Muscle Machines. While in the studio, though, something caught my eye.

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Bill and Connor in Detroit

I kinda want Bill and Connor Miles to keep exploring the country. Following their trip has been great, as we’ve already seen, and since we last left them in the desert out West, they’ve made their way across the heartland, across one of the Great Lakes, and into Detroit, where they spent a couple days this week taking in the museums founded by and related to the Ford family. Sure, for two guys rambling about in a GMC, Dearborn is technically enemy ground, but Bill has owned a couple Model As in the past, so they let ‘em in.

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Four-Links – pizzaboy searches for Camaro, CJ-6s galore, kustoms in Italy, Stanguellini tour

* So even though we don’t have a Papa John’s anywhere nearby, we see their commercials on the television around here, and one of the latest commercials features founder John Schnatter tooling around in a gold second-gen Camaro. As it turns out, that car’s a clone of the ‘72 John owned when he started the pizza chain, but was forced to sell to keep the business afloat. Now, John’s on the lookout for the exact car he sold off many years ago and has started a site to follow his search. (via)

* Though the CJ-8 seems to get all the attention when it comes to collectible CJs nowadays, the CJ-6 certainly has its own dedicated fanbase, and Boyink has a nice blog dedicated not only to his 6, but to all sorts of different CJ-6s. (via)

* There’s something quite incongruous about a kustom show in Italy. While kustom builders and Italians both appreciate aesthetics, the homegrown American aesthetic of the kustoms seems entirely out of place against the backdrop of handsome old-world cities criss-crossed with cobblestone streets. Which makes Lowtech’s photos of last weekend’s kustomweekend near Florence all the more compelling.

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