Goodbye, Camaro
Sixty years ago, Ford unveiled the Mustang - and it changed everything. Prior to 1964 - the year of the first Mustang's debut -...
Make the Conversion?
The manual transmission is being pushed off the market by the pushing of electric vehicles, which don't generally have transmissions at all (the motors...
When More Power’s Not Enough
It's interesting that - on the one hand - car manufacturers are making vehicles more powerful than any that have preceded them. GM, for...
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...
Why Manuals Matter
The manual transmission has become something of a rarity, even in vehicles that used to commonly come standard - play on words intended -...
How Times Have Changed
Not only did cars used to have ashtrays - they often had several. My '76 Pontiac Trans-Am has three. One up front for the...
Are Old Cars Practical As Daily Drivers?
This is an addendum to the Precious Metals story the other day; I thought it was worth going into the subject more deeply because...
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...
What Most of Us Don’t Do Anymore
The other day, I started up my old muscle car. This involves something more than pushing the "start" button - which is how you...
The Decontented Car
Everyone has heard about muscle cars - but how many remember decontented cars? Often, such cars were both.
Examples include the "5.0" liter iterations of...