Hershey Car Show Corona’d . . . But Not By The Virus
People make the intellectual error of attributing the shutdowns and lockdowns to "the virus." In fact, the virus has had hardly any effect on anything - outside of nursing homes.
But government...
The Weirdmobile
One of there reasons to go to an old car show isn't so much because the cars are ancient but because they are weird - relative to the same, as they...
Retro-review: 1983-1988 Monte Carlo SS
If you were a kid in high school (or college) during the mid-late 1980s - and into fast cars - you probably have a place in your heart for the last...
Maybe the TA Isn’t Corona’d!
Possibly. . . maybe . . . if the ghost of Burt Reynolds favors me . . . the Great Pumpkin will soon ride again. The heartening news is that it...
The TA Corona’d!
I took the Great Pumpkin out the other day, to try and pump some much needed carbon dioxide into the very cold air. Some greenhouse gasses are badly needed - to...
A Good Time to Buy a Classic Car?
People who've longed to buy a classic car may be thinking now is a great time to go shopping for one.
Maybe.
But classic cars are not like new cars or even used...
Wide Stance?
My little pick-up truck - with a 2.4 liter four cylinder engine - has exactly the same size wheels and tires (225/70R-15) as the ones my 1976 Pontiac Trans Am -...
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 -...
Doomed: Subaru BRAT: 1977-1987
Imagine, if you can, a truck with factory-mounted seats in the bed - and spotlights the size of a 747’s landing lights mounted on its T-topped roof.
If you know this truck,...
Latent vs. Present Horsepower
We will one day look back fondly on the days just before Corona Fever hit as a golden era of vehicle design.
Or at least, a golden age of horsepower.
New cars come...