* 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…
For their 15th anniversary, the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance is featuring a one-off roadster, “originally conceived and built by a widely-respected and distinguished automotive engineer.” The catch is, they’re not saying who, but we’re betting this will be child’s play Read more…
Comics have traditionally not been a rich source of car fun, but there’s an occasional mention, enough for me to have a couple comic art blogs in my reading list. The best of these, Golden Age Comic Book Stories, popped Read more…
Why, why, why, why, haven’t I thought of this until now? In all the months we’ve been playing the Hemmings Six Degrees of Automotive Separation Challenge, we’ve yet to work the Bacon in there. Not Kevin Bacon, but the product Read more…
All this talk of movie cars this week has me looking through the Hemmings.com classifieds for more. I see some Bentleys and Rolls-Royces owned by movie studio executives, Miley Cyrus’s Mini, Bruce Willis’s 1988 Lincoln limousine, a 1960 Ford Country Read more…
You know Martha’s Vineyard – it’s that island off Massachusetts where the rich and famous go to make a big show of dodging the paparazzi for a couple of weeks each summer. So what’s the likes of me doing there? Read more…