The Powerful Pleasure: 1979-2002 Celica Supra
Nissan's Z-car may have been the first Japanese sports car to make a real splash in the United States back in 1969 - but crosstown rival Toyota wasn't going to sit...
Toyota’s Z-Car: The Celica Supra
Nissan's Z-car may have been the first Japanese sports car to make a real splash in the United States back in 1969 - but crosstown rival Toyota wasn't going to sit...
Classic Muscle Car Performance Tire Options
It's easy enough to find new tires for an old muscle car.
Just not performance tires.
Not for the stock wheels, that is.
I own a '76 Trans-Am. Like most cars of its era...
When 9 Volts Isn’t Enough
One of the many appealing things about old cars, in particular, those so old they don't have computers (to find one without one, you'll need to go back to the late...
The Nexus of Sominex
The main reason people were more interested in cars, once, was because cars were more interesting, once.
This does not mean they were better - in the dispassionate sense. They were often...
Precious Metal Investing
Lots of people buy precious metals - gold and silver - to retain the value their paper dollars would otherwise be losing by not spending them. The latter being what's called...
The K-Car Reconsidered
Lee Iaccoca gets blame - or credit - for the 1981-1989 Dodge Aires and Plymouth Reliant K-cars, but unlike the minivan, this one’s really not his fault.
He simply took the ball...
Mechanical vs. Electronic Fuel Delivery
When I point out the various downsides of electric cars I am often accused of “hating” electric cars. Which I do - but that is beside the point. I freely admit...
Blame Nixon
The American automobile industry has loved Uncle long time now. But it was not always so - at least, not to the extent we've come to accept as normal. There was a...
Muscle Car Classics of the ’80s… Get ‘Em While You Still Can (Afford ‘Em)
Back around 1980, the now-legendary, much-coveted and Big Bucks muscle cars of the 1960s and early 1970s were just tired old cars; common sights at seedy used car lots - and...