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Photos courtesy SEMA. If trade shows – beyond merely serving as a means of collecting business cards and branded swag – tend to serve as a barometer of an industry’s health, then the annual SEMA show is remarkable not only for taking over the sprawling Las Vegas Convention Center every Read more
Still image from video below. This is not one of those Driver’s Ed. shock films that most of us grew up with — no real accident scenes, no blood. Instead, this is simply a defensive driving lesson regarding negotiating various types of intersections via safe practices and proper etiquette. And Read more
eDaily Book Review How sad is it that very few books on Oldsmobile have ever been published? Being one of America’s greatest brands, and having lasted 107 years, you would think publishers would have the foresight to create more than just the usual run of Oldsmobile-related muscle car books, Read more
Because I am cruel, I’m not bothering to wait until wintertime to run this carspotting photo from the Baltimore Sun‘s Retro Baltimore Tumblog. According to the caption, it was taken in January of 1964 as traffic backed up on the south bound lanes of the Jones Falls Expressway, also known Read more
There are no records to tell what coachwork once adorned this 1910 De Dion-Bouton for sale on Hemmings.com – only to tell that the car emerged from the factory as a bare chassis – so during its restoration a decade and a half ago, it got the runabout body seen Read more
Gary Gabelich. Still from Break the Record video. Hot rods, jet dragsters, go-karts, drag boats, stadium trucks, motorcycles – Gary Gabelich seemed never to have met a form of motorsport he didn’t like. Ultimately, however, he would come to be known primarily for the time he went land-speed racing and Read more
All photos are frame grabs from video below. In our continuing “Summer Destinations” mini-series, we present a notable attraction from your youth, especially for those who may have attended in person. This film, though, was sponsored by The Sinclair Refining Company and produced by the Jam Handy Organization for the Read more
The United States Postal Service has a thing for old cars. After honoring hot rods and muscle cars with a series of Forever stamps (not to mention domestic cars of the 1950s with a variety of first-class stamps), the USPS’s latest line of Forever stamps will pay tribute to the Read more
1934 Mercedes-Benz 500K roadster, the Governor’s Cup winner at the 2016 The Elegance at Hershey. Photos by Christian Sellman, courtesy The Elegance, unless otherwise noted. Introduced at the 1934 Berlin Motor Show, the Mercedes-Benz 500K was intended to be the ultimate in grand touring automobiles. Today, eight-plus decades later, the Read more
From the Queensland State Archives on Facebook comes today’s carspotting photo depicting what was then the Pacific Highway in Surfers Paradise. Today, it’s the Gold Coast Highway that runs through the middle of the beach town, and it’s high-rise apartments that tower over the road, not Qantas billboards, but it’d Read more