Classic Cars and Classic Owners
Are old cars for old people?
It seems to be so - if you go by what one typically sees at an old car show. The owners are mostly at least as...
Why You Can’t Afford to Not Buy a Classic Car!
If you like cars, you probably like classic cars. Like looking at them, at least.
But if you’re like most of us, you probably don’t own one - because you’ve probbaly never...
Doomed: Pontiac G8 (2008-2009)
There are many examples of too little, too late in the automotive world. The 2008-2009 Pontiac G8 is perhaps the only example of more-than-enough . . . when it no-longer-mattered.
Pontiac was...
Heartbreaking – and Heartwarming
I came across something on YouTube that brought back memories of a car I once owned - and which someone else just found.
Well, he found one just like it.
In a Texas...
Life is Short
Local guy - a guy I know - got killed last night (news story here) driving his rat rod VW Beetle. No one knows yet exactly what happened; only that he...
Gearing Matters
Weight - and gearing - have a yuge effect on fuel economy. Even to the extent of almost eliminating 40 years of “advanced” technology, including computer-controlled electronic fuel injection. To make the...
High Water Marks: 1973 Pontiac SD-455 Trans-Am
As a guy who reviews new cars, I am often asked which cars are my favorite cars. Almost all of them are old cars - which could be nostalgia but maybe...
The Cost of a Time Machine
The good news first.
You can legally buy a brand-new car without a single air bag or any of the saaaaaaaaafety equipment mandated by the government since the late 1960s.
No back-up camera,...
The Motor Law
It’s strange to find myself an uncle, with a country place - and an Orange Barchetta out in the garage.
My 1976 Trans-Am.
It is a relic from the ”better, vanished time” Rush...
The Bandit is Gone . . . And Not Just That
Burt Reynolds is gone and with him a different America.
He was in his early 40s when Smokey and the Bandit appeared back in 1977 - at first, regionally. The flick was...