A recent edition of Buy/Drive/Burn included a Chrysler 300M from the turn of the century — a car which represented the third time Chrysler created a line of vehicles wearing “300” badges. The other day, the Internet presented the 300M’s closest ancestor, and my curiosity piqued. And since we’re into coupes on Rare Rides lately, come […]
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Shelby unveils 1967 GT500 Super Snake continuation — and a new roadster
Shelby American is reviving the legendary 1967 Ford Shelby GT500 Super Snake, planning an exclusive run of just 10 examples of the fastback and culminating what it calls the “unfinished business” of the muscle car’s parents, Carroll Shelby and Don McCain. Shelby also unveiled a new ultra-lightweight Series 2 roadster supercar at an event at […]
A brand-new, modernized 1967 Shelby GT500 could be yours for $219,000
As of today, a quick check of classic car auction sites shows that the price for a restored 1967 Shelby GT500 generally starts around $ 100,000 and climbs from there. We found one going for as much as $ 275,000. But lo and behold, here’s a brand-new ’67 Shelby GT500 that looks as good as […]
How This Man Brought the 1967 Gyro-X Self-Balancing Two-Wheeler Back to Life
Jeff Lane spent a lot of time and money reviving the gyroscopically balanced two-wheeler. https://media.wired.com/photos/59b02acfef3e666b649b78b4/master/pass/1967-Gyro-HP.jpg Feed: All Latest
Israel planned to use nuclear bomb during 1967 war, new testimonies show
Israel was ready to use an atomic bomb as a deterrent of last resort during the 1967 Six Day War, according to an archive of historical documents and testimonies released by a Washington DC think tank. The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars released the archive, which most notably includes a series of interviews conducted […]
Gelatin Silver Portraits from the Summer of Love in 1967
Given the state of our presidency today, the summer of 2017 might not be that different from the Summer of Love in 1967, a time of massive cultural and political change when young hippies rejected the American government, the Vietnam War, and consumer culture. San Francisco’s neighborhood Haight-Ashbury was the scene for flower children and […]
Kathryn Bigelow’s John Boyega-Starring Film About the 1967 Detroit Riots Gets a Trailer
Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal’s latest collaborative revisitation of harrowing history — following their chilling depictions of American interventions in the Middle East in The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty — comes in the form of Detroit, whose first trailer was released this week. The film traces the events of the 1967 riots in the eponymous city. The pair had […]