Blog

Clive Beecham (L) and Ian Callum in a Jaguar D-type. Photos courtesy of Jaguar Land Rover. From 1927 to 1957 (excluding the war years of 1939 and 1941-’46), the Mille Miglia was one of the world’s great endurance racing events. Read more

1932 DeVaux Custom Convertible Coupe. Photo by the author. Is there such a thing as a bad year to launch a new automobile? Norman de Vaux and Colonel Elbert Hall, both California natives, had the notion that the country was Read more

Zemco CompuCruise ad, from the author’s collection. As a young teenager in the early 1980s, I was already a car guy, despite that fact that I was still too young to drive one. I read car magazines and worked on Read more

Reader Stephane Dumas came across today’s carspotting exercise – a circa 1971 color home video of downtown Wausau, Wisconsin, shot by a handful of teens as they cruised around, checking out old cars, new cars, and the folks on the Read more

To the best of our research, in 1967 the Jeepster Commando didn’t come in the convertible body style with the two-tone paint and the Continental-style rear-mounted spare; only the non-Commando Jeepster did. But this 1967 Jeep Jeepster convertible for sale Read more

The event poster, designed by Camilo Pardo. Images courtesy AutoMoto International Film & Arts Festival. For the past two years, the AutoMoto International Film & Arts Festival has been one of the many events taking place during August’s Car Week Read more

At Don Lee, Harley Earl favored canted windshields, sidemounted carriage lamps and wraparound beltline moldings to add sportiness to his designs. The Deauville roof topped off a typical Earl design. All images courtesy the author. [Editor’s note: Michael Lamm recently Read more