While researching on how we can best restore our 1974 Volkswagen Super Beetle 1303 S (Please click the Project Cars box at the top header of this Power Wheels online home page), we stumbled upon a set of instructions written in German on how to install the side marking stickers on a 1303 Big Beetle. Our curiosity was piqued: What is ...

The Cortina Mark 3 was a massive gamble for Ford Europe. The Cortina Mk1 and Mk2 were successful compact cars in the 1.5-liter class and the Mk3 was designed to retain the entry-level price point. It was also expected to take its top variants up to the 2.0-liter class, effectively competing with its Corsair stable mate, which had weak sales. ...

Here’s something for the classic Japanese car connoisseur: Have you ever seen an Isuzu 117 Coupé? A compact Gran Turismo (GT)-type 2-door fastback that was produced between 1968 and 1981, the 117 Coupé was styled by the famous designer, Giorgetto Giugiaro. It was one of the first Japanese cars designed by an Italian stylist, among the first Japanese cars with a double ...

Some years back, before I had my own 1977 Mitsubishi Celeste 1600ST, I was hanging out with Lito Galvez, a friend and fellow car enthusiast at his MSG Garage in Cubao, Quezon City, and we were talking about cars that we’d like to own and keep. After going through a wish list that included my dad’s 1952 Chevy Styline Deluxe coupe ...

The nice thing about the internet is that information travels at the speed of light, if your data speed is lightning fast, that is. The sad thing about the internet is that only information travels at the speed of light and not one’s immediate funding capacity. Take the case of this 1957 Volkswagen Beetle Oval Window: It was listed in ...

We were cleaning the hard drive of our computer when we chanced upon a file folder that contained this memorable piece of automotive trivia. On May 6, 2007, the very first Power Cruise and Hot Rod Festival was held at the Picnic Grounds of the Clark Air Base in Pampanga. Mind you, this was organized three years before Power Wheels ...

The 1969 Chevrolet Chevelle was billed as “America’s most popular mid-size car” and rightly so. General Motors (GM) produced 439,611 1969 Chevy Chevelles in two-door hardtop, two-door sedan, 4-door hardtop, 4-door sedan and 5-door wagon guises, equipping 47,905 Chevelles with inline 6-cylinder engines and 391,706 with V8 engines. Of these 391, 706 V8 Chevelles, a record 86,307 buyers opted for ...

In 2009, when I was having my 1971 Chevrolet Camaro RS rehabilitated by V8 maestro Ben Lim at his old workshop in Cainta, Rizal, I chanced upon a blue 1968 Buick Skylark Custom that was parked beside my Camaro. Ben saw me gazing at the intermediate American two-door hardtop and told me that he acquired it from a Filipina doctor ...

(Editor’s Note: We were browsing through our favorite car trading website when we saw this 1987 Land Rover Double Cab for sale. We’ve seen several Landies before but this is the first double cab pickup version we’ve seen that we felt compelled to share it with you, our dear readers.)  According to the seller, this 1987 Land Rover Defender Double ...

The Toyota 2000GT was a sports car produced in very limited numbers by Toyota Motor Company in cooperation with Yamaha. First seen at the 1965 Tokyo Motor Show, production 2000GTs were built between 1967 and 1970 and it revolutionized the automotive world’s view of Japan, which was formerly seen as a producer of imitative and stodgily practical vehicles. The Toyota ...