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The Boss Bronco

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The first Bronco, the prototype for the 1969 Boss Bronco went to Shelby to use on his Christmas Mountains Land and Cattle Company ranch at Terlingua, Texas, near Big Bend National Park and just north of the Mexican border. But before the Bronco got to Texas, it was delivered first to the Shelby American workshop in Los Angeles, where it underwent an engine transplant and was repainted red and white. From LA the Bronco went to Texas and was used on the ranch until 1978, when it was sold — without its wheels and tires — for $100 to the local Ford dealer, Vincent “Vinnie” Yakubanski. The Bronco served as the Yukabanski family’s daily driver, and made frequent trips back and forth to Wyoming, often with hot dogs wrapped in tin foil and cooking on the V8’s intake manifold along the way. https://journal.classiccars.com/2017/01/25/shelby-bronco-one-boss-bronco-well/ The Boss Bronco was a project by Ford prototype builder Kar-Kraft, designer Larry Shinoda and off-road racer Bill Stroppe. Their...

10 Paul Newman racing cars will be displayed together for the first time, at the 2018 San Marino Motor Classic, Lacy Park, near Pasadena

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Owned by Adam Carolla, the 10 cars of Newman, are for the first time on display all together and will have a special category dedicated to them "Adam Carolla's Paul Newman Collection, presented by Passport Transport" The collection includes a variety of racing Datsun and Nissan and the very famous Porsche 935 with which the American actor ran the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1979. https://www.sanmarinomotorclassic.com/latest-news/10-paul-newman-racing-cars-first-time-exhibited-together https://www.cavallivapore.it/2018/10-auto-da-corsa-di-paul-newman-per-la-prima-volta-esposte-insieme/