Even at the absolute zenith of the old-car universe, things can get a little sideways now and then. At Pebble Beach last month was this 1926 Renault 40CV Labourdette Skiff. The gent is eyeing its straight-six engine a little quizzically, Read more
Just when thoughts that slot mags look great on any car up until the hazy area between the ’70s and ’80s begin to get replaced with thoughts concerning deadlines and/or snacks, along comes this 1973 Datsun 240Z from the Sunshine State. While Read more
The collector car hobby needs more stories like this. Bob Estes grew up a car-crazy youth in Los Angeles who would go on to run a Hudson dealership and later his own Lincoln-Mercury dealership. Through the latter, he built many Read more
A V-8 might be nice in any older car, but for the true experience of driving an economy car from the late 1950s/early 1960s, you need a six-cylinder engine. This 1960 Studebaker Lark VI for sale on Hemmings.com offers not Read more
Our good friend and occasional overseas correspondent Simon Ford, of the utterly work-ethic-destroying carspotting website and Twitter feed, recently went to the Goodwood Revival – something I think all of us on this side of the pond are jealous of. Read more
For today’s street scene, let’s return to England with Charles Cushman. Continuing his 1961 trip to the Isles, here we see a bit of a traffic jam outside a rather noteworthy gate. Full view below. Eastgate Clock in Chester is Read more
Image courtesy ECTA-LSR.com After months of searching, the East Coast Timing Association has found a new venue for its 2012 land-speed racing season: a 9,000-foot runway at the Air Park in Wilmington, Ohio. After making a pitch earlier this week Read more
Ah, the poetry of the traffic-choked Los Angeles freeway scene. In our quest to go faster, we have somehow instead come to a standstill. In our quest to become more mobile and worldly, we have instead become more isolated. It Read more
While many of the street scene images that Alden Jewell shared with us were taken out West, we head back East for today’s street scene, shot on Palmer Square in Princeton, New Jersey (where, curiously, the Google Street View car Read more
It’s a safe bet that images like this one won’t get passed around very much during the Chevrolet centennial. This is an Anchor Motor Freight haulaway rig, one of some 1,500 contracted out to General Motors in the early 1970s, Read more