Hemmings Daily: The results of street-racing mother: Richard Bosley's handbuilt American sports cars

The story of Richard Bosley of Mentor, Ohio, typically gets doled out in drips and drops in stories about his two hand-built cars, the Mark I and the Interstate. While it's no biography, the booklet "Imagine," which the owner of the Interstate and Bosley's family put together for the Interstate's showing at last year's Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, examines not only Bosley's background and the building of those two cars, but also the cars from which Bosley took inspiration. Many thanks to Brett Bosley and the st [View in Browser | Subscribe]( [Hemmings Daily] Sunday, March 4, 2018 [The results of street-racing mother: Richard Bosley's handbuilt American sports cars]( [The results of street-racing mother: Richard Bosley's handbuilt American sports cars]( Posted by Hemmings contributor - The story of Richard Bosley of Mentor, Ohio, typically gets doled out in drips and drops in stories about his two hand-built cars, the Mark I and the Interstate. While it's no biography, the booklet "Imagine," which the owner of the Interstate and Bosley's family put together for the Interstate's showing at last year's Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, examines not only Bosley's background and the building of those two cars, but also the cars from which Bosley took inspiration. Many thanks to Brett Bosley and the st... [Read More]( [Sponsor]( [Hemmings Find of the Day - 1970 Dodge Charger R/T]( [Hemmings Find of the Day - 1970 Dodge Charger R/T]( Posted by Kurt Ernst - Lightly resto-modded 1970 Dodge Charger R/T for sale. From the seller's description: Factory R/T Charger, Originally sold in California, Brought to Canada, stripped down and resored in late 1990's early 2000's. Garage kept and only summer driven since restoration. Body stripped to bare metal. 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