Hemmings Daily: Six Powells among host of independents at barnyard auction

From photos, it's hard to say which of the six Powell pickups coming up for auction is the cream of the crop: One's missing its windshield, another appears given over to the elements, and all six seem weighed down by decades' worth of dust, not to mention the piles of etceterata in their beds. Wait, "all six?" All at the same auction? Powell didn't build many trucks to begin with about 1,020 over three years, not counting about 150 station wagons and not many survive today, about 110, all told. Six of the [View in Browser | Subscribe]( [Hemmings Daily] Monday, April 23, 2018 [Six Powells among host of independents at barnyard auction]( [Six Powells among host of independents at barnyard auction]( Posted by Daniel Strohl - From photos, it's hard to say which of the six Powell pickups coming up for auction is the cream of the crop: One's missing its windshield, another appears given over to the elements, and all six seem weighed down by decades' worth of dust, not to mention the piles of etceterata in their beds. Wait, "all six?" All at the same auction? Powell didn't build many trucks to begin with about 1,020 over three years, not counting about 150 station wagons and not many survive today, about 110, all told. Six of the... [Read More]( [Sponsor]( [Hemmings Find of the Day - 1943 Volkswagen Schwimmwagen]( [Hemmings Find of the Day - 1943 Volkswagen Schwimmwagen]( Posted by Kurt Ernst - From the seller's description: 1943 Volkswagen Schwimmwagen for sale. This vehicle was manufactured by the German Army during World War 2 where around 15,000 examples were made. Today most of them have been destroyed and there are roughly 150 left in existence. It was orignally delivered to the Heereszeugamt Kassel division of the German Army on Nov 3rd 1943. It has just completed a 3 year full restoration by none other than Dave Crompton of Crompton and Son Restoration, the leading expert on the Vw Schwimmwagen in...[Read More]( [Ford honors the 50th anniversary of the Cobra Jet with the "quickest straight-line stallion yet"]( [Ford honors the 50th anniversary of the Cobra Jet with the 'quickest straight-line stallion yet']( Posted by Kurt Ernst - In early 1968, Ford built a limited run of 50 lightweight Mustang fastbacks, powered by a new high-performance engine that borrowed heavily from the corporate parts bin. These Cobra Jet Mustangs quickly became the stuff of drag-racing legend, so to mark the 50th anniversary of the Cobra Jet's debut, Ford has announced a limited run of 68 for-racing-only 2018 Mustang Cobra Jets that the automaker describes as the "quickest straight-line stallion yet." As originally developed by Rhode Island's Tasca Ford, the engin...[Read More]( [Sponsor]( [Reminiscing--Triumph Books]( [Reminiscing--Triumph Books]( Posted by Richard Lentinello - Being a life-long Triumph nut, as proven by the TR2, TR3A, GT6 MKI, Spitfire MKIII, and Herald saloon parked in my garage, it should be no surprise that I've also amassed an extensive collection of Triumph books, manuals, and all sorts of literature and Triumphabilia. Some of the books came with the cars I bought, which was all the more exciting when I discovered that I didn't already have them. 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