The intertwining of the automobile into the story of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby involves more than just props to illustrate the Jazz Age setting: The plot hinges on Myrtle Wilson’s death by automobile, and Fitzgerald even named one Read more
Of course I’m going to highlight any 1979 AMC Spirit that comes through the Hemmings.com classifieds, especially a 1979 Spirit sedan such as this one. The sedan was by far less popular than the hatchback, which makes it more unusual Read more
While doing a little digging for our recent post on the concept car photos from the Ron Kellogg collection, we kept coming across a Cougar show car built in 1970 called El Gato. The thing is, nobody seems to know Read more
How’s that saying go about a house divided? In the last several months, I’ve seen only a handful of ads from GM featuring their family of cars, but said ad usually places Chevy in the spotlight, with honorable mention going Read more
You know nowadays exactly what kind of condition a Challenger has to be in for the asking price to be in low four-figure territory; it’s just unusual to see an unrestored big-block Challenger around now, as well as to see Read more
Call ‘em streamliners, call ‘em teardroppers, these slick, rear-engined, home-built specials of the 1930s never fail to catch my eye, and Geoff Hacker’s forwarded me some information on yet another one – the Riley teardrop. Geoff notes that his friend Read more
We – mostly Dan and me – are always up for a dive into early engine engineering. Nothing was off limits, because especially in the smaller firms, no one yet knew what was going to work out. Innumerable innovations commonplace Read more
The early history of American motorsports is a vital subgenre to automotive history, from the years when production and racing cars overlapped so directly. That world has lost of its leaders. David V. Uihlein, founder of the Harry A. Miller Read more
Web dude Jeremy pointed this one out: a 1986 Pulse, one of about 360 such fiberglass-bodied two-wheeled vehicles built by Owosso Motor Car Company (I’m not sure why the seller claims Bede built it). It appears you’d be in good Read more
After Ron Kellogg sent us the great batch of photos from Joe Wilharber’s movie-car business, we got to talking about what other photos reside in his collection. Ron informed me that a substantial portion of the collection is dedicated to Read more