The Frazer Nash and Bristol display, Geneva Salon 1948,via BOC Heritage Trust. We mentioned China Car Times‘ April Fools about Bristol being purchased by Xinjiang No 1 Tractor Company in our coverage of the Shelby American joke, but the truth Read more
Following on yesterday’s post about custom cars in the Ford Times, we recently came across two unique Fords which we wanted to learn more about, but found almost nothing. We’ll start with the one above, spotted in an October 1954 Read more
It may be a little imprecise to call Ab Jenkins an unknown American hero. After all, it’s safe to assume that most car guys know of Ab, his son Marv, and the various Mormon Meteors they used to break speed Read more
1940 Bantam BRC pilot model With Chrysler celebrating the 70th anniversary of Jeep this year, it’s worth pointing out that, according to many Jeep historians, they’re actually a year too late. Chalk it up to corporate pride. After all, the Read more
Photo by Rueben Greene, courtesy northbennington.org We’re quickly coming to learn quite a bit about Rueben Greene, the North Bennington, Vermont, photographer who was behind the lens for a couple of vintage pictures we’ve already examined. First, he seemed to Read more
Of the thousand and one ways to get kids involved in old cars, what better way to do so than to simply give them an old car? Don’t trust your wee ones with a full-size old car? Then perhaps a Read more
If we’re being totally honest with ourselves, the vast majority of us will never own a real Bugatti, despite all the admiration we may heap upon them. One could scratch that itch through all manner of surrogates – literature, models, Read more
Over at The Old Motor, David Greenlees recently posted the above everyday traffic shot taken sometime in 1959 on Woodward Avenue in Pleasant Ridge, Michigan, not far from where the zoo is today. Anybody recall exactly where the Beckwith Evans Read more
Looking forward to seeing the full length version of Brian Darwas‘s “Sweet Sickness,” his next look at the world of contemporary hot rodding, this time based on the integral role the flathead Ford V-8 has played in hot rodding from Read more
From Mike Eldred, our man in neighboring Wilmington, comes this undated shot of the Childs Tavern Garage, located right on busy Main Street and noteworthy for its signage advertising both Dodges and Fords. Mike notes that this was likely the Read more