My request for old car photos from family albums continues to harvest great scenes of American life from throughout the past several decades. The latest batch comes from a variety of sources, starting with David Gofstein of Bridgeport, Connecticut, whose Read more…
It’s not everyday you come across a 1970 Toronado GT for sale, especially not one that appears as nice and original as this one currently on Hemmings.com, for sale out of Jackson, Wyoming, with an asking price of $12,000. From Read more…
Couple real quick police blotter notes. The Tennessean has a story today on Chance Mayfield, whose 1965 Corvette was stolen in 1970 while he visited the Nashville honky-tonk bars. Chance is currently on his way to Arizona to pick up Read more…
Back in early October, the annual Japanese Classic Car Show ran their annual event in Irvine, California. I’m told that it was a fabulous event, and these pics would seem to back this up. This year, I went on my Read more…
Of all the old car-related locations we like to research, one of each type has entered our Inboxes in recent weeks, starting with the above Flying A Service station, sent in by James Kelly. He informs us it’s: A promotional Read more…
In the mid-1920s, the air-cooled Franklin nearly adopted the look of the Duesenberg Model A, thanks in part to Franklin mega-dealer Ralph Hamlin. However, thanks to another man, J. Frank de Causse, the Franklin went along its own independent styling Read more…
* A couple interesting posts came up this week with vintage peeks inside the factories that produced some exotic cars. First, over at the Chicane, Harlo uncovered several photos from the Porsche factory, circa 1972. Second, David over at the Read more…
One last TV/movie car reference for this week. Spotted this at Hershey earlier this year, Red Field, behind the stadium, sans price. How exactly did that Bridge Stunt Jump work?
After first coming across the Russo and Steele listing on Hemmings.com of this 1987 Modena Design Ferrari California Spyder, we thought we could add to what TA had already mentioned the other day regarding the Ferris Bueller replica Ferraris. Alas, Read more…
Note: I write up driving impressions of virtually every car I photograph, within a couple of days of the drive, so everything is fresh in my memory. Occasionally, because of the constraints of format (ie, buyers’ guide) the prepared text Read more…