Cars (and concepts) that deserved to be crushed…
Automotive good ideas gone bad range far and wide, whether it's a classic fail like the exploding Pintos of the early '70s - or...
1974–1978 Mustang II, Cobra II, and King Cobra
By 1974, the muscle car frenzy of the 1960s had petered-out like an all-night kegger at sunrise. After a ten-year bender with 100-octane leaded...
15 Percent Ethanol “Gas” May be Here by Fall…
If it was built before the 1980s, your vehicle was designed to burn gasoline - and nothing else.
That's what was sold back then, so...
The Forgotten Trans-Am …
I own a "forgotten year" second generation (1970-1981) Trans Am. A '76 TA, in Carousel Red with Honeycomb rims.
The early Second Gen cars -...
Hitler’s Mercedes…
Here's a classic car with one not-so-careful former owner whose historical logbook is blacker than the tires.
In the days of the Third Reich, Adolf...
Classic Car “Accessories”
Last weekend I took my old Pontiac to a car show. It's a pretty reliable beast given it's pushing 40 years old. But it...
Crappy TV & Movie Cars…
Steve McQueen's Highland Green "Bullitt" Mustang is a pop culture icon. But how about the automotive Omarossas? Which movie and TV cars were the...
In the rearview mirror: 1960-1969 Chevy Corvair
Here's an irony of automotive history: Ralph Nader never actually drove a Corvair - the car he claimed was as "unsafe at any speed."
Too...
Do You Miss Steering Wheels?
Modern cars have their (many) good point, but don't you miss - just as an example - the different steering wheels cars used to...
Bye-bye New Beetle
Turns out the second time's not the charm.
VW's New Beetle only lasted 12 years in production (2010 will be the final year; 1998 was...