From its home office in Harvey, LA Vicari Auction Company conducts Collector Car Auctions across the southern US including venues in Biloxi, MS, Orlando, FL, Dalton, GA, and previously in New Orleans, LA and Nocona, TX. The owner, Pete Vicari’s passion for muscle cars, specifically Corvette’s, inspired him to enter the Collector Car Auction Arena in Biloxi, MS over 25…

Savoy Museum Celebrates The Artistic Expression Of The Automobile

Chris Bangle, the…

A Lifetime Of Memories With A 1964 Corvette

The Irish poet and playwright Oscar Wilde once said, “Memory is the diary…

DIMINISHED VALUE IN GEORGIA

Georgia law gives you the right to claim the amount of money you will lose due to the depreciation of the value of your vehicle if and when you decide to sell. ... Once you've calculated the diminished value of your vehicle and your related future losses, take this sum to the at-fault party's insurance company.

Diminished Value (DV) is the loss in market value that…

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We are excited to announce with the new guidelines announced last week, we should be able to hold both Caffeine and Octane on July 5th at Perimeter Mall, as well as, Caffeine and Exotics on July 19th at City…

“Meet the Clock” – A Unique Road Rally to the North Georgia Seafood…

I have read this book several times and whenever I am a bit lost on what is important, it is one of the places where I find direction. The novel, published in 1974, uses a long motorcycle trip to frame a prolonged exploration of the world of ideas about life and how best to live it.



It references perspectives from Western and Eastern Civilizations as it explores the central question of the how to pursue technology so that human life is…

This is a revealing story about the Ford GT it seems they are being allowed to compete in IMSA while disregarding the rules. To be brief the cars competing in IMSA and other racing series is supposed to be factory produced cars that you and I can buy. in racing vernacular that means the car is homologated. But it seems that is not really the case with the latest Ford GT. While on paper and a review of the specifications of the car make appear a formidable sports car. Presently it has…

New Gateway Showroom Opening In Georgia

With millions of people in metro Atlanta and its many exotic and classic car collectors, the city is a perfect place for the 13^th Gateway Classic Cars showroom to open. In early November, Sal Akbani, CEO/President of the company, led a team from his corporate office to cut the ribbon for the 65,000 square foot space in Alpharetta, GA - 30 miles from downtown Atlanta. Other…

Sandy Springs GA Festival & Caffeine & Octane

Sponsored by www.SouthEastWheelsEvents.com

Spetember 17 & 18, 2016

C&O Invitational Show Vehicle Display…

Crowdfunding is the practice of funding a project or venture by raising monetary contributions from a large number of people, today often performed via internet-mediated registries, but the concept can also be executed through mail-order subscriptions, benefit events, and other methods.…

Blog on “The Battery Man”  by Marilyn Pearlman

Steve Ashby, founder and co-owner of The Battery Man, loves to go to car shows, including a recent one in Biloxi, Mississippi. Twenty-five years ago, he and his partner, wife Brenda, bought the company when it was still called Jiffy Jump Atlanta and moved it from Lilburn to Marietta, Georgia. Steve and his family—including manager Steve Jr. --especially like serving the hot rod…

Cross Country in “The Green Hornét”

By Jacob Davis

      It all started when I found out that I’d been selected as a winner of the Roadkill

Nation Challenge and would be heading out to…

Babe Restored

By Mike Thies

While I have always celebrated cars and motorcycles of all kinds, it is natural to have favorites.  I fell in love with Porsches on the Interstate years ago when I was passed by a 356 Speedster! This was a number of years before the tragic accident that took James Dean’s life in a…

March 3, 2015 by Andrew McClary 

Survived by a 1952 Hudson Hornet Convertible

By AACA Member Martin Yespy

Our cousin, Eugene Smith, a member of AACA for decades, died recently after being disabled by a stroke 11 years ago. Gene, who had an encyclopedic knowledge of all cars from the 40s and 50s, was also an avid supporter of the museum and had planned to become a volunteer after his retirement.

     Road Atlanta has hosted drift racing events for several years. While Drift Racing has grown in popularity in the last decade or more, drifting is really nothing new. If your car's rear end has ever swung around on a wet road, and you've struggled for 50 feet to get control, you've drifted. Even in car racing drifting is pretty much old school.…