The Morris Brothers SoCal Speed Shop Roadster on the beach in Wildwood, New Jersey. Photos by the author. From 1949 into the 1980s, a 1931 Ford Model A roadster (actually a 1931 body on a lightened 1932 frame) set records Read more
Firefighters battle the Lowell Lane blaze. Photos courtesy North Metro Fire Rescue District. It happened quickly, and, luckily, with almost no one present on the property. At 9:00 a.m., a tenant of a property located in Erie, Colorado, reported hearing Read more
My ’31 Ford speedster in my dad’s garage as of several months ago. Note the chunky bronze filler neck atop the oval gas tank just aft of the seat skins. Photograph by the author. All tech photographs courtesy of 1945 Speed & Read more
Passengers on a U.S. Airways flight from Portland, Oregon to Charlotte, North Carolina are sharing an outrageous story of disrespect from a flight attendant toward an Army Ranger and combat veteran. He asked to have his "Dress Blues" uniform jacket Read more
Filed under: Emerging Technologies, EV/Plug-in, Tesla Motors To say that the Internet was excited about the mysterious Tesla D before tonight’s official announcements were made is a terrible understatement. Amid a bunch of excited Tweets and frustrating attempts at getting Read more
Elon Musk concedes that "the Internet is very good at figuring out secrets." So yes, the D in the Tesla Model S P85D stands for "dual" motor. Yes, it’s the same system coming to the all-wheel-drive Model X. But here’s Read more
Filed under: Convertible, Performance, Videos Boutique sports car companies pop up every now and again, hoping to challenge the big (well… bigger, at least) boys before slinking away shortly thereafter as a failure unable to make a dent in the Read more
Scan of brochure image from the author’s collection. Imagine my surprise when I opened up my April 1964 issue of Motor Trend to find not only the expected road tests on 1964 models, commentary that reveals the mindset of the Read more
From the State Archives of North Carolina comes this postcard photo of Grandfather Mountain near Linville, North Carolina, undated, but apparently taken sometime in the mid-1950s. It appears the entrance to the tourist area’s famed suspension bridge is in the Read more
Tucker family members gathered for the grand opening of the Cammack Tucker Gallery. Photos by author. Three generations of Tuckers gathered Wednesday evening in Hershey for the grand opening of what one described as “the center of the Tucker universe,” Read more