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To go along with this morning’s story on the Ford Pygmy – the oldest existing jeep prototype – joining the National Historic Vehicle Register, let’s check out this newsreel film that United Films released in 1943 relating a sanitized-for-the-masses and Read more

The packed parking spots throughout San Francisco shouldn’t ever disappoint for our carspotting exercises, no matter the era, so let’s take a look at this circa 1982 shot of Pine Street looking east from Powell Street, which we found over Read more

The “original versus restored” debate has been around as long as people have been collecting things, and cars are no exception to the rule. Some believe that the best restorations begin with cars that are as close to original as Read more

Ford GP-001, the world’s oldest known jeep prototype. Photo courtesy Veterans Memorial Museum. Of the three prototypes that automakers submitted for the U.S. Army’s new lightweight scout car in the early days of World War II, Ford’s Pygmy probably shouldn’t Read more

Photo by Daniel Strohl. Read the news these days, and it’s easy to get the impression that the majority of today’s teens are obsessed with electro-gadgets and repulsed by the concept of owning, driving or racing a car. Not so, Read more

Photo by Jeff Koch. Have you ever wondered what became of a car that you sold years ago? I have. When I was the editor of High Performance Pontiac magazine, I wrote an editorial for the September 2012 issue regarding Read more