Racing Heroes – Bruce McLaren

Image courtesy of the Bruce McLaren Trust. The name McLaren is forever etched into the annals of racing history, thanks in part to the company’s success in series like Can-Am (where its cars dominated, amassing 56 wins from 1966-1974) and Formula One (where the McLaren team has won eight constructor’s Read more

Cleveland, Texas, 1960s

For those of you who’ve noted the lack of trucks in previous Texas-based carspotting posts, feast your eyes on this 1960s shot of the Allen and Bazoon Garage somewhere in Cleveland, Texas, courtesy the Portal to Texas History. Actually, the photo includes a good variety of vehicles, along with that Read more

Lost Cars of the 1980s – Subaru XT

Subaru XT Turbo. All images courtesy of Subaru of America. By the early 1980s, Japanese automaker Subaru had established a reputation for building economical and practical cars that could plow through (nearly) the worst weather that Mother Nature could dish out. Popular in states where winter was a begrudgingly accepted Read more