Them boys over at Hooniverse uncovered a stumper recently. Out at some abandoned mine in Arizona, they came across a V-8 engine still in its chassis that’s been repurposed to run an air compressor. Not unusual in itself, but they’ve Read more…
While Barrett-Jackson and Russo and Steele may compete for the big headlines in Scottsdale every year, plenty of other auctions will offer quality cars in Arizona this year. Take, for instance, the 1937 Kurtis-built Tommy Lee speedster, to cross the Read more…
Rover was big on safety back in the 1960s. So big, in fact, that they ran full-page advertisements urging folks to buckle up, with the picture of the car secondary. (It might help to understand the photo if you remember Read more…
There was a time when any 440-powered four-door would have been a parts car, regardless of the shape it was in. Nowadays? Cars like this 1966 Chrysler 300 are being sold as a whole, running, special-interest car. Are four-doors really Read more…
Somehow in my online wanderings recently, I came across the Emmitsburg (Maryland) Area Historical Society’s website, with plenty of older photos of the town. It is my belief that every town and city should have such an online photo archive, Read more…
It’s mid-January, so it must be time again for the Scottsdale auction machine to shift into high gear. It’s always a little bit of a wild guess trying to figure out what’ll be the big-dollar theme each year. Mid-50s GM Read more…
A few months ago, we shared a few photos from the long-gone book on cars in Hollywood, “Fit for the Chase,” authored in 1969 by cinema historian and silent-era child star Raymond Lee. Here’s a few more for your perusal, Read more…
The Gaylord, when mentioned nowadays, draws a lot of criticism for its, um, quirky looks. (It’s a Brooks Stevens design – what’d you expect?) Most people trot out the big-headlamp prototype, yuk it up, and move on. But after reading Read more…
*This is the kind of imagination I like to see in customizing: H.A.M.B. member ARNIE, of Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, has been merging Amphicars with various sheetmetal from 1950s American cars, including a bullet-nose Studebaker, above. Very interested in seeing how Read more…
While it would’ve been nice to find a car from one of Elvis’s movies to celebrate his birthday today (such as this one), I’ll take the next best thing: the 1923 Dodge roadster pickup from “The Lively Set,” currently for Read more…