If there are two things we like at TorqTalk.com it’s phantom cars: cars that could have been but never were and wagons—we love ’em both so why not combine them into a phantom wagon?

The Ford flathead V8 was designed from the outset to be a performer but I doubt Henry Ford ever envisaged the performance his hastily engineered monobloc would go on to produce almost 100 years after its birth.

Shantal Pont shops in style in her ’64 Lincoln Continental convertible built as a surprise by husband Jeff. The stunning build by MicksPaint.com lead fabrictor Pauly Rivera is powered by a factory supercharged 6.2L Chevrolet LSA delivering 556 hp and 550 lb-ft of toque.

Sometimes it appears as if the vehicles at the annual SEMA Show are on a ‘bling-go-round’ that they can’t jump off, forced to add more and more glitter in the vain hope of attracting attention.

“Then it was time for it to go to a body shop where it sat for a year and a half with nothing done to it. Then we took it to another shop and they went out of business and said, ‘come get your car.’ Well, the convertible top frame, the fenders, the hood and many of the other one-year only parts had just disappeared.

Geoff Stilwell is your quintessential Brit. He’s a gentleman, he loves motor sports, and he drives an Aston Martin. He’s James Bond in Bermuda shorts and like many Brits he’s into land speed racing because it’s part of their motor sports DNA.

If nothing else, Steve Saleen has staying power—it’s extremely difficult to survive in the cutthroat world of auto racing, modified production cars and specialty vehicles—and yet Saleen has been in business almost 40 years.

Despite living on a small, damp island in the North Sea, the Brits enjoy a healthy appetite for motorsports of all kinds being the leading proponents of Formula One and holding the land speed record but there has always been the lure of racing in the USA perhaps it’s those vast, open spaces.

It’s no secret that the Chevy C-10 of almost any year is the modern day version of the ’32 Ford—everybody’s hot rod.

When I first spotted this little aluminum-bodied bolide I thought it was a three-wheeler because it’s called ‘Rocket 3’.

The Porsche 911 is one of the most iconic automobiles in history. Over the years it has gained a cult-like following of purist fans.

Herb Adams may not be a name that springs instantly to mind, especially if you didn’t grow up immersed in the muscle cars of the sixties.