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“High Flyin’ Moon Shot” by Mark Ervin. All images courtesy of Mark Ervin and Art-N-Motion. What might an animator’s dream job be? To work for Pixar or Disney? Maybe Marvel? How ’bout getting to scribble away on the longest-running television show-animated or otherwise-in American history? Such was artist Mark Ervin’s Read more
Thousands of auto and motorcycle tech students found themselves unable to go to classes this week after the parent company of WyoTech’s remaining California campuses shut down operations over the weekend. Corinthian Colleges announced the “cessation of effectively all operations” on Sunday in what is being described as the largest Read more
“The Thing – What is it?” A tourist trap, of course, one out in the middle of a long lonesome stretch of highway in Arizona, and one that reportedly hasn’t changed much – aside from the admission price – since this postcard photo was taken sometime in the 1950s. A Read more
By 1977, the custom van craze was in full swing, but many Americans still had painful memories of fuel shortages, long gas lines and spiking prices experienced during the 1973-’74 oil crisis. Seeing an opportunity to capitalize on both camps, Ford introduced its Pinto Cruising Wagon for the 1977 model Read more
Photos courtesy The Henry Ford, except where noted. According to one estimate, more people saw the Lincoln X-100 concept car than any other Ford concept car before or since. Ford trotted it out just about anywhere it could: dealership openings, freeway openings, ice cream stand openings, you name it. But Read more
Photo courtesy Automobili Lamborghini. For those favoring classic Italian sports cars fronted by raging bulls instead of prancing stallions, there’s good news: Lamborghini is not only bringing back its restoration services, the Volkswagen Group-owned supercar purveyor is expanding its classic car offerings under the newly announced Lamborghini Polo Storico banner. Read more
All images are courtesy of the McC/Ren family archives In the past 20 or so years, my parents have become the keepers of records for their respective families. It’s been fascinating to sort through what seems like thousands of old photos and turn up ones including interesting old cars. My Read more
We like the race car hauler concept proposed by the seller of this 1969 BMC flatbed truck listed on Hemmings.com, and we can think of several cars that would fit well – both thematically and physically – on the back of this truck: ideally British and with many of the Read more
* Mike Musto’s Bug Muscle video series has taken him to some wild places, but nowhere near as far as this week’s episode, which saw him in Dubai driving a Bullit-themed Mustang on some long empty desert highways with some unexpected company. * Vespa this week tweeted out this neat Read more
While parts for DAFs might not be entirely impossible to find, they certainly aren’t sold in every street corner parts store. It’s fortunate, then, that this 1962 DAF Daffodil for sale on Hemmings.com appears rather complete and in running shape. Sure, it’s going to need some restoration work, but that Read more