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“Light rust.” Photo by the author. This morning’s little lecture about how salt accelerates the rusting process brought out a few interesting comments on how some people combat the tin worm – post-salt scrub-downs and waste-oil belly sprays among them. Read more

About the only thing remaining today in this 1965 photo of San Juan Street and Red Hill Avenue in Tustin, California, which we came across over on the Orange County Archives on Flickr, seems to be the two streets and Read more

Nice car, this 1966 Chrysler New Yorker four-door hardtop for sale on Hemmings.com. But here’s something to consider: Those who dig unrestored cars point to the personal histories imbued in them, so are nicknames bestowed by previous owners part of Read more

The World’s Fastest Tempest. Photo by David Newhardt, courtesy Mecum Auctions. Pontiac only built six factory lightweight Super Duty Tempest Le Mans coupes, and four of these have reportedly been lost to history. Last Saturday, a 1963 Pontiac Le Mans Read more

The new Shelby Heritage Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. Photos courtesy Shelby American. To fans of Carroll Shelby and his high-performance creations, Las Vegas, Nevada, is a destination that offers far more excitement than just cards, dice, chips and slot Read more

Rust, patina, whatever – it’s all corrosion. Photos by the author. We here in the northern states get exactly two things from combining cars and winter: good wintertime driving stories and rust. Both come courtesy of snow, but not directly; Read more