Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Ewing writes about luxury and performance automobiles. Long before Paul Newman and Steve McQueen made racing a cool pursuit ...
During the 1970s and 1980s, vast fleets of neo-classic cars were built in North America, based on junkyard-available air-cooled Volkswagen, Ford Pinto, Pontiac Fiero and Chevrolet Chevette chassis.