On Wednesday, March 16, the collector-car community lost one of its most colorful characters, Billy Thompson, of White Post Restorations. Billy was well known not only for the fine restorations that his company produced and the many thousands of brake Read more
Let’s say you were a twentysomething mullet-head just when Ronald Reagan was getting comfortable in the White House. You therefore have to remember the big kaboom that resulted when Chevrolet unveiled its third-generation Camaro. The aftermarket for body add-ons swelled Read more
If you have any aspirations of joining a scooter gang, then you need more than just the leather jacket, jack boots and brass knuckles – you need a bad motor scooter, something like this 1961 Cushman Super Eagle with its Read more
Ready to drive around the world? And to do it on a budget? You probably won’t find a much better start than this ex-Australian 1980 Land Rover Series III FFR, which already has some of the outfitting (long-range fuel tanks, Read more
Apologies to those of you looking forward to our weekly Four-Links this weekend; I simply ran out of time this week to curate a good selection of collector car-related links from around the Interwebs. Instead, I did come across the Read more
Continuing today’s Cadillac theme with something a little fresher, I had an unexpected call yesterday from Hemmings’ good friend Axel Catton, saying he was on his way to Bennington to pick up his new Cadillac. Axel, a former press officer Read more
We got a letter the other day from Art Van Aken, the longtime car and truck historian who lives in Gilboa, New York. Art is well known for his books on truck history, most recently covering the Sterling of Milwaukee. Read more
Earlier this week, B&M Automotive Group made the announcement that it had acquired Flowmaster Inc., and would be adding the exhaust company to its growing portfolio of performance aftermarket brands. Most performance fans know B&M as the company that established Read more
Our friend Geoff Hacker seems to be the world’s biggest fan of the movie “Johnny Dark,” and one can see why in the above trailer, interlude from Brock Yates, and racing scene: It’s full of fiberglass cars and one-off specials Read more
How many of us would love to stumble across a field of collectible cars like this? Each of them in ready-to-drive condition, no less? The picture came from a friend of mine who snapped it upon arrival at the AACA Read more