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The Porsche 917 engine, with a pen shown for scale. Images courtesy of RM Sotheby’s. Herb Jordan spent his working life as a machinist, tool maker, and later, engineer for IBM Canada. An inventor by nature, Jordan built everything from Read more

From left to right: John Scotti, Jacques Marier, Bob Aubertin, Terry ‘Zeke’ Maxwell, Graham Light, Jim Rini, Dan Rini, Louis Desjardins and Alban Gauthier. Photos courtesy Canadian Drag Racing Hall of Fame. Just like us, our neighbors to the north Read more

The first Austin London Taxicabs were built in 1930 from Austin 12-4 bodies and were distinguished by their unusual height. They were called “high lots” and would easily accommodate a gentleman’s top hat or bowler. During the mid-1930s, Austin lopped Read more

Mike Barillaro staging in his period-inspired belly tanker at The Race of Gentlemen. Photos by the author. Very few cars command such excitement among hot rodders as the belly tanker. These streamliners represent the quintessence of postwar automotive performance, combining the Read more

The heat’s still on, so we’re traveling a little further for today’s carspotting scene – down under to Australia, where we’ll make a couple stops, thanks to the National Archives of Australia on Flickr. First we’ll cross the Sydney Harbour Read more

Buying a muscle car with an unknown history can be a roll of the dice, but that’s not an issue for this 1968 Oldsmobile 4-4-2 convertible, for sale on Hemmings.com. As the seller relates, this WAS his father’s Oldsmobile, meaning Read more

Photo by Joe Plocki. On Tuesday, October 27, the U.S. Copyright Office granted an exemption to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) that will allow vehicle owners to circumvent portions of the act in order to effect diagnoses, repairs or modifications Read more

Keith Ferrell in 1984. Photo courtesy NHRA. One of the most important jobs you can hold in drag racing is serving as a director of one of the National Hot Rod Association’s seven huge regional divisions. You’ve got to liaise Read more