The Entirety of What Once Was
I like carburetors, chiefly because I like mechanical things - which I like because you can see their workings and adjust/fix them, by hand. As opposed to electronic things - more...
Black Plastic
I hate plastic engine covers, which cover practically all new car engines. They serve the purpose of making all engines look the same. Of covering up what’s under there. Which serves...
What Corvette Was – and Should Be, Again . . .
A 2023 Corvette costs almost twice as much - in real terms - as a 1969 Corvette cost. The latter listed for $4,781 when it was new - a sum equivalent...
Retro-review: 1983-1988 Monte Carlo SS
If you were a kid in high school (or college) during the mid-late 1980s - and into fast cars - you probably have a place in your heart for the last...
First They Came for the Muscle Cars . . .
You had to be there to remember - and to understand - so here’s a refresher.
In 1964, group of young Pontiac engineers created the GTO by pairing an expensive big-car’s engine...
Buying a Used Performance Car
Buying a used car is one thing. Buying a used performance car is an additional thing.
You should assume that the car has been run hard. It's what people buy performance cars...
Buying Orphaned Cars
McDonald’s isn’t successful because of its food. It is successful because of the availability of its food. Whether in LA or NYC, McDonald’s is right around the corner - and so...
The Gone Ones
Tempus does fugit.
I've been test driving new cars long enough that the first new cars I test drove are now Antique cars, literally. I recently found myself behind a '95 Mustang...
Reader Question: Modded Muscle Cars?
Here's the latest reader question, along with my reply!
George asks: You've written about problems finding tires for your muscle car because of the limited availability of performance tires for the original...
Badge Funging
You used to be able to easily tell a Ford from a Chevy from a BMW from a Subaru. Now it's becoming hard to know whether what you're talking about has...