New York City’s construction of the long-awaited 2nd Avenue subway is well underway, and last time we saw the tunnels being built. After the tunnels are bored, though, the city needs to build the stations along the route. These photos Read more
Filed under: Hirings/Firings/Layoffs, McLaren With new versions of the 12C coming out all the time, the new P1 still wowing crowds and additional projects underway, sports car fanatics might surmise that McLaren is doing pretty well for itself these days. Read more
We’ve already seen a helicopter stealing water from a pool to fight a fire in Portugal. But when the Colby fire in California spread to over 1,900 acres, a little helicopter wasn’t enough to fight the flames. They needed planes. Read more
Filed under: Europe, Government/Legal, Technology An Uber car transporting execs for app company Eventbrite was attacked during a trip in Paris, indicating that the row between cab drivers and ride-sharing services could be heading to a rather dark place. The Read more
Ford debuted its forward control Econoline trucks for the 1961 model year, and the brand had high hopes for the pickup truck variant. Initial projections called for assembly of more Econoline pickups than vans, but consumers preferred their pickups in Read more
Just like Joe Wilharber’s Foreign Auto Rentals, George Schweiger’s Pacific Auto Rentals in Los Angeles didn’t rent its stable of cars to the public; rather, it rented them to the film industry. Also like Foreign Auto Rentals, Pacific Auto Rentals’s Read more
The 1963 Shelby Cooper Monaco King Cobra. Photo courtesy Barrett-Jackson. When Carroll Shelby needed a sports racer to run in the 1963 USAC West Coast “Fall Series,” he turned to race car builder John Cooper for help. Cooper beefed up Read more
The 1963 Shelby Cooper Monaco King Cobra. Photo courtesy Barrett-Jackson. When Carroll Shelby needed a sports racer to run in the 1963 USAC West Coast “Fall Series,” he turned to race car builder John Cooper for help. Cooper beefed up Read more
Snake and Mongoose transporters and funny cars. Photos courtesy Barrett-Jackson. By almost anyone’s definition, it was an ambitious lot. One high bid would have been enough to take home the original transporters used by Don “The Snake” Prudhomme and Tom Read more
Snake and Mongoose transporters and funny cars. Photos courtesy of Barrett-Jackson. By almost anyone’s definition, it was an ambitious lot. One high bid would have been enough to take home the original transporters used by Don “The Snake” Prudhomme and Read more