OJ’s Bronco vs. Today’s
Now that OJ's in the news again, hopefully for the last time, it might be worth going back in time again - to remember the Ford Bronco OJ was slouched down...
Remember the Bolt-in?
One of the more ridiculous things our parents in Washington (i.e., the government) did to try to get us to not drive faster than they thought was "safe" was to require...
Muscle Cars Were Slow… II
About two weeks ago, I got a new (2016) Mustang GT to test drive. 435 hp. This is a mass-produced, docile, AC-equipped street car with a dead-calm idle. Anything from back...
Die-Hard vs. Exide
What makes a fast car appealing?
It’s not just that it’s fast. It’s equally other things, such as what makes it fast - the mechanical erogenous zone under its hood. Which is...
The Old Car Hobby… Literally
Old car shows are getting old.
Not just the cars, either.
I've been going to car shows since I was a teenager in the '80s and what's changed is that now there are...
Old School Fahrvergnugen!
Well, the '72 Beetle is almost road-ready.
The mechanicals mostly are.
The Yeti-abused intake manifold has been repaired; new, non-leaking boots - the correct Solex carburetor installed and adjusted. Some shady electrical connections remedied....
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...
The Yugo and its Merits
The joke goes: How do you double the value of a Yugo?
Fill up the gas tank!
True enough.
And yet, nearly 800,000 of them were made - all the way through 2008, a...
In the Rearview: Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona (1968-1973)
The last of a thing is often a cause for nostalgia, even regret. The new thing may be objectively superior and hard to fault by the numbers. But something’s been lost,...
Muscle Cars: The Just For Men Hobby?
Perhaps you've noticed.
In the pages of muscle car enthusiast magazines and at car shows where muscle cars are the main attraction, the over-40 crowd is the largest demographic.
Twenty years ago, if...