Anyone know of any great & reliable sites for researching classic cars?

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[§carlet §wordfish]

Wikipedia. It may not always be very in-depth or accurate, but I haven't found another website that's as comprehensive. And it often gives you links to other websites where you can find even more information.

[Robert Hall]

Wikipedia is always my starting point. I also like Allpar for Mopar stuff.

Hemmings website is pretty good, I use it a lot more since I let my print subscriptions to a couple of their mags run out and switched to the digital editions.

For print, my favorite old-car source is my 25+ years of Collectible Automobile magazines..I'm not sure if they have much content online, though.

[balthazar]

If you want accuracy, you have to cross-reference sources, and there I primarily mean books.

On the web I would go to marque-specific sites over Wikipedia.

You can find at least 1 source to legitimately contradict just about any info found online.

But only checking as many sources as possible will you get the best information.

I've been actively researching auto history nearly every evening since March.... and the sheer volume of info to wade thru is very daunting.

[Camino LS6]

My experience has been that the best info comes from model specific sites with an active forum.

[SAmadei]

My experience has been that the best info comes from model specific sites with an active forum.

Especially forums the have members that have access to FSMs, Hollanders and the Standard Catalogs... ;-)

[balthazar]

^ Watch the Standard Catalogs: mine is full of hand-written corrections.