Hemmings Sunday Cinema – Lenny’s Garage, Santa Barbara road races, The Driver

Assembling a collection of nearly 60 cars is impressive, sure, but what sets apart the collection of mostly Fifties cars that Lenny Shiller assembled is where he decided to house it: in the Gowanus neighborhood of Brooklyn, packing the cars about as tight as sardines. Peter Crosby put together a short film on Lenny’s garage and got some of Lenny’s perspective on why he collects. (via)

* No sound, no narration, but plenty of spinning out in this 13-minute sampling from the road races at Santa Barbara and Riverside in 1959. (via)

* Finally, the Mercedes bears the brunt as Ryan O’Neal proves a point in the infamous parking garage scene from the 1978 film “The Driver.”