How to talk Texan like Carroll Shelby
In the new feature film Ford v Ferrari , Matt Damon, who hails from Massachusetts, tries his hardest to “talk Texan” in his starring role as Carroll Shelby. I knew Carroll for the last half century o...
In the new feature film Ford v Ferrari , Matt Damon, who hails from Massachusetts, tries his hardest to “talk Texan” in his starring role as Carroll Shelby. I knew Carroll for the last half century o...
Car shows are about the people. I spend more time gabbing with car nuts than inspecting the rolling stock. Their stories are always good. All photos by author. Car shows are in my blood…and always on...
Dune buggies lined up in front of the Texas capitol in Austin. Photo courtesy Save the Texas Dune Buggies. While dune buggy enthusiasts in Texas have claimed victory over the state’s department of mo...
Dad and I spent a hot summer day sitting in my ‘51 Mercury at the Livingston, New Jersey, drive-in theater in 1961. Hundreds of cars were being inspected…and my radiator boiled over. Photos by the au...
Photo courtesy Italy to Paris World Rally of Texas. The road from Italy to Paris stretches 150 miles, runs through Athens, and is fraught with the potential of getting egged. Or, at least, it does on...
This week, we’re all fixated on AMC muscle. They’re some of the most oft-overlooked cars of those glorious early muscle years, and we wholly dig it. And, so did land-speed racer Craig Breedlove, appa...
Photo by C Watts. Though Texas’ H.B. 1755 doesn’t once mention dune buggies or sand rails by name, it very well could end the state’s ongoing ban on dune buggy registrations and provide a means for d...
If there’s a siren song that we’ll all dash our ship upon the rocks over these days, it’s the lure of the “barn find.” We’re all looking for one. Reality TV has placed its bet on them. The auctions s...
Photo courtesy Save the Texas Dune Buggy. After tossing aside a proposed ruling that would definitively outlaw all but a minority of dune buggies in the state, the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles ...
The “Bugtussle Caddy” has participated in more than a dozen “Treks.” Photos by the author unless otherwise stated. I couldn’t take my eyes off that Cadillac. Built in 1941, it was older than I, origi...
Here’s where Mike worked as a teenager. This photo was taken in the early 1960s, but the Humble station hadn’t changed. Mike was the youngest of a group of La Feria citizens who congregated most even...
Photo courtesy SavetheTexasDuneBuggy. After denying Texas dune buggy owners’ requests to reinstate the titles that the department has revoked over the last few years, Texas Department of Motor Vehicl...
Photo by Casey Maxon, courtesy Historic Vehicle Association. After an extensive lobbying effort by dune buggy and kit car owners, the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles has put a halt to revoking dun...
1970 Meyers Manx. Photo courtesy RM Sotheby’s. While Texas state officials claim to be looking into the matter, the state’s DMV has outlawed any rebodied vehicles and has started to revoke titles and...
Testing our Nikon D700 with some classic cars from Driver Source. Cars in the Video: 1961 Porsche 356 S90 Convertible 1972 Ferrari Dino 246 GT - US Version 1963 Avanti R1 Coupe 1934 Rolls Royce P2 Co...
Photos by the author. It’s springtime in Central Texas and that means the Lonestar Round Up has convened in Austin for a hot rod weekend. The show brings builders, musicians, artists, vendors, and fa...
Photos by the author. It’s springtime in Central Texas and that means the Lonestar Roundup has convened in Austin for a hot rod weekend. The show brings builders, musicians, artists, vendors, and fas...
Photo courtesy Antique American Independent Automobile Association. While last year’s Military Vehicle Preservation Association Bankhead Highway Convoy perhaps set precedents for covering every possi...