This story is possibly the most tragic account associated with any car in our foundation. The history of this car is more about the owner than the car itself.   Take yourself back to 1977 and think of a schoolteacher living alone on Long Island, New York. She lived in a single home amongst many in a section of Long Island called Ridgewood. In fact, her name and address were Leah B. Silverman at 1869 Willoughby Avenue in Ridgewood, New York 11237. As with so many rowhouse comp

In the 90s, Ames Performance Engineering had become hugely successful with its Pontiac restoration parts mail-order business. In 1998, we learned that the Pontiac Oakland Club’s national convention would be returning to New England in Sturbridge, Mass. It had already been held at Sturbridge in 1987 and at Loon Mountain in 1995.

Many times, I vividly remember certain episodes of a car purchase, but on this occasion, I will not forget the last thing that happened when I bought this ‘70 RAIII GTO. But that story is at the end, so let me regroup and tell the story in a logical sequence.

This is a great story about a great car! I knew it would be impossible to find this many beautiful low mileage vehicles without...

This was one of the last completely restored “1 of” cars we bought for our collection. The year was 1998, and I was just off the road...

It was the spring of 1998, and, as usual, the shop was very busy with mail orders and we were trying to get the road truck trailer ready...

HOW I HEARD ABOUT THE CAR It was 1995 and we had just started our quest for low mileage original cars. We owned several cars at the time...

Finding and buying this car was totally involved with the white ’73 SD. Bought in 1992, this is simply an extension of that story.  ...

I bought this car early in the formation of our collection. In fact, it was 1992. I think buying this car was as difficult as practically...

It was the summer of 2011 and we had been able to find several low mileage, untouched cars to increase the size of our collection. It was...

I was hauling the trailer a lot of miles in the 80s and 90s. We did a lot of shows that were on the same weeks, year after year. Besides...

By 1995, we were rapidly changing our thoughts about what cars would be included in our automotive collection. With the acquisition of...

This discussion will use photocopies of magazine articles and factory literature to explain the actual car and its early Ram Air engine...

Almost all of our Foundation cars have been located through people I’ve met at car shows or have been brought to specific auctions...

In 1964, the wars at NHRA had reached a fever pitch. Everyone thought that GM’s ban on drag racing vehicles would restrict manufacturers’...

From Canada to Florida - Steve tells the story of a 1929 Oakland and how it came to be in the museum.

Steve shares the tale of Gary Cave's car collection, featuring a pristine 1987 Buick GNX with just 27 miles on it.

It was back in January of 2011 and two important items were on my mind. First, I was constantly analyzing our collection. This was an...

The history of these two automobiles parallels one another. I was at the 2012 Summer Raleigh Classics Auction looking at one or two...

It was 2002 and, in the summer, we were loaded with company orders, and it seemed there was a show somewhere in the country every week....