Retro Review: 1980-’81 Z28 Camaro
Arguably, the best second-generation Z28s were the first - and the last.
While the Z's sister car - Pontiac's Trans-Am - rose to the occasion several times during the lowest points of...
Doomed: Honda S2000 (1999-2009 RIP)
Race cars make terrible street cars - but every now and then, one will be offered for sale to the general public.
Usually, briefly.
L-88 Corvettes with lumpy solid lifter cams and three...
A Trans-Am Retrospective
People often think of the Pontiac Trans-Am as a commonplace car. But in 1969, the very first year, only 697 were built - just eight of them convertibles. All were white...
The Old Car Experience
If you’ve never driven an old car - as opposed to a used car - you have probably never experienced certain things that were once part of the experience of driving...
Silver Linings Amid Darkening Clouds
Every dark cloud has a silver lining, it’s said - and there is truth to it. Much of it, of course, depends on your perspective - and your situation.
What if you...
The Road Warrior Didn’t Have OnStar
It is probably a very good idea to learn how to adjust - and rebuild - a carburetor. To set point gap, even. Neither of which is a bad thing -...
Muscle Memory
It was forty years ago that America turned 200 - and Pontiac, 50.
1976 was a special year for both.
And for the Trans-Am, which by 1976 had become Pontiac's signature muscle car.
The...
Why Muscle Cars – The Original Ones – Still Rule
A new V-6 Mustang or Camaro gives you about 100 more hp than the V-8 in my Trans-Am put out when it left the Norwood, Ohio line back in the spring...
Start ’em Up!
It's still winter - but not for too much longer. Which means not too long from now, many of us will be pulling cords to lawnmowers and firing up motorcycles (and...
Insurance That Isn’t An Offer You Should Refuse
There is a form of vehicle insurance that’s not a moral outrage - because you’re not forced to buy it.
Classic car insurance.
Ordinary car insurance (the kind you're forced to buy) is...