Photo courtesy Profiles in History. A long time ago, in the early days of the Internet, a misguided nerd wrote an article comparing the Millennium Falcon to a Chevrolet Nova. While the author made a ...
Image courtesy FCA. You are a rational and intelligent human being. You are able to make sense of the world around you, solve problems methodically, and pay your taxes every year. However, if you’re ...
Benz-like 1950s Ihle Brothers amusement park ride for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: Frame up restoration, complete with custom made floor pan from original specs. Brand new 5 h...
Curtis Wright Model 1 (left) and Airstream Silver Cloud (right). Photos courtesy Dal Smilie. Somehow it seems fitting that, though the earliest-known factory-built Airstream featured entirely wooden ...
Ron Hickman poses with the Lotus Elan. Photos courtesy National Motor Museum Trust. Though he retired in 1982, Ron Hickman never really stopped designing things. Over a three-decade career, his achie...
Unrestored 1955 Plymouth Belvedere four-door for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: 4 dr sedan 2 tone with sport tone trim showing only a bit of 63 yr old patina in that some of the...
Some days we all need a little break from reality. So forget your bills, forget your job, forget yourself, and make that day today, because it’s time to drag the waters of my Photochops bookmarks fol...
Unrestored 1978 Jeep J10 for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: 90 percent original. Original paint, freshly painted bumper. It has the AMC 360ci V8 with a TH400 automatic transmiss...
Image courtesy Google Street View. For decades, the former Phoenix Motor Company building in downtown Phoenix presented a blank face to the world. Windows and doors boarded up and stuccoed-over, it s...
Photos courtesy of FIM-ISDE.com and Sarah Kinrade The 2018 installment of the International Six Days Enduro begins in Vina del Mar, Chile, and will start this Monday. The event invites national teams...
Luckily for us, the great days of stock car racing aren’t really all that far behind us. Most of us can actually remember them. Some say they ended with Earnhardt’s crash in 2001, but we’d rather tal...
There was a time, in the not-too-distant past, when drag racing was really, really cool. Drivers were gladiators, teams were small bands of nomads, motel parking lots were all-night parties, and the ...
1967 Rambler Rogue advertisement, courtesy of the Automotive History Preservation Society. American Motors’ print ad leaves little to the imagination with its depiction of young adults reinstalling t...
1965 Ford GT40 roadster. Photos by David Newhardt, courtesy Mecum Auctions. After disappointing performances in 1964 and 1965, Ford’s GT40 coupes dominated the 24 Hours of Le Mans from 1966-’69. The ...
1954 Packard convertible. Photos by Nancy Gates, courtesy AACA Museum. In days of yore, gigantic, lumbering beasts roamed the landscape, pausing only to feed their insatiable appetites, or (occasiona...
1957 Willys Pickup (top, image by Jim Donnelly); 1958 Chevrolet Apache 31 (bottom, image by Terry McGean). Editor’s comment: Please note that the This or That column is not a comparison report betwee...
From the seller’s description: This is a 1966 ( Chrysler ) Imperial LeBaron Sedan in beautiful condition. This vehicle has only 7,979 miles and has always been garaged. It has the original black pain...
Still from AACA Library video of 1965 Glidden tour. With about half of the films in the AACA Library’s collection now digitized, the library’s staffers have organized a film series to not only showca...
An aerial view of the Utah Motorsports Campus site. Photo courtesy Utah Motorsports Campus. In August 2015, Tooele County, Utah, accepted a bid from the Mitime Investment and Development Group — a di...
New $34.99 ignition coil from NAPA. Photos by the author. With Lucas electrics being the butt of jokes for decades, it’s time we give credit where credit is due. A few weeks ago, while heading out fo...
Eight-cylinder 1937 Chrysler Airflow coupe for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: This spectacular 1937 Chrysler Imperial C-17 Airflow Coupe is just one of the few remaining origina...
Photo courtesy Indianapolis Motor Speedway. For nearly 20 years, Mari Hulman George was the voice that started the Indianapolis 500 with the command, “Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines,” but h...