Getting there. They say that it takes 90 percent of the time to do 10 percent of the work and vice-versa. “They” say a lot, don’t they? All photos by the author, unless otherwise noted. Warhol claime...
One of the four mysterious photos Joe Gotelli – grandson of Ted “The Goat” Gotelli – dug out of a filing cabinet for me. While I had to find out what cosmic forces brought these elements together in ...
All photos by the author, unless otherwise noted. Know what one of the best things about a hot rod is? The motor, son. “Of course,” right? But the decisions that are made around the engine for a hot ...
The facade of Gratton Collection’s building. All photos by the author. —Matteo, do you know who George Selden was? —Mr. Gratton, if I correctly remember, he was the man who claimed to have invented t...
The car at Conder Custom, its body hanging above itself, looking down like when you die and have one of those out-of-body experiences, but then come back to life and write a book about your experienc...
The car at Conder Custom in Sonoma, California. This is what it looked like before we conjured the exhaust setup. Can you dig it?!? All photos by the author, unless otherwise noted. Hot rodding has r...
The original sketch Tim Conder, of Conder Custom, made after we talked about life, love, cars, art, dragsters, the Munster’s Koach , the Phonebooth T , Ed Roth, Garbage Pail Kids, Krofft Superstars, ...
Santa brought the writer a 1923 Ford touring car body, which has been dubbed “Tilly,” thanks to the original plan to use a pair of Tillotson down-draft carburetors on the engine. The Tillotsons are n...
My first sketches of what I thought my 1928 Model A coupe hot rod should look like. The exhaust headers were the focal point, as I was trying to develop some dramatic elements of the car. All photos ...
Photo via Indiana Landmarks. After multiple considered and discarded ideas over the last several years, the Indianapolis plant that once churned out Ford Model Ts is slated for transformation into ap...
1925 Flint E-55 Sedan (top); 1925 Studebaker Big Six Duplex-Phaeton (above). Images by the author. Editor’s note: This or That is not a comparison report between two vehicles, but rather a feature th...
The Model T Ford Club of America maintains a museum and library in Richmond, Indiana. Images courtesy Susan Yaeger. If you have anything more than a passing interest in the Ford Model T, you likely h...
Electric-powered fiberglass-bodied 1927 Ford Model T for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: This car is powered by a 90hp 120 volt electric motor. It uses 10 deep cycle 12 volt batt...
Argentine Ruben Vinyolas crafts some spectacular scale Model Ts with many functioning parts including… a running engine? Mac’s Motor City Garage has more. * The last major renovation to a stretch of ...
Andrew Rosen’s 1932 Auburn Speedster. Images by Hemmings Staff and courtesy Richard Skeuse It’s mid-June already and that means that the New Jersey rendition of The Race of Gentlemen has come and gon...
This Ford Model T speedster should be out plying the roads but it has insistently been a garage queen since completion. Images by the author. Recently, my Barnstormers clubmate Bryan and I decided to...
1908 Ford Model T. Photo courtesy Ford Media. Ask old-timers what they’ve run their Model T on beside gasoline, and the responses will start to sound like the list of potential fuels for the Chrysler...
All photos are frame grabs from video below. Brought to you by the folks at Ford Motor Company: A brief history of the automobile’s impact on American life. Part III leads with an overview of Henry F...
All photos are frame grabs from video below. For all those intrigued by Part I of this trilogy which we screened last year, we present, at long last, Part II. This eight-minute segment continues the ...
Concept sketch by Clayton Paddison. Well, it happened. My inner contrarian lost out to practicality. If you can call it practicality to own a near-century-old car with the intention of driving it on ...
Adam Carolla’s documentary on the Ford-Ferrari rivalry of the Sixties, “The 24-Hour War,” will be out soon. Here’s the trailer. * Robert Merz takes us for a Sunday drive in the 1925 Ford Model T that...
Winter is coming for this 1926 Ford Model T snowmobile for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: Barn find 2012 complete Ossipee Snowmobile (Whites Garage) chassis without a body. 1912...
This 1927 Ford roadster came about because of a free, splash-oiled 216 Chevy. “Waste not, want not” sounds like it probably came from Benjamin Franklin’s Poor Richard’s Almanack, but it could very we...
Don’t let its black paint and full fenders fool you–this Ford Model T Runabout is far from stock. Photos by the author. Henry Ford advertised his Model T as “The Universal Car,” with the implication ...
Granddad’s 1920 Model T C-Cab. Photo courtesy David Lowry. My late grandfather was a Ford man for as long as I can remember, and even before that. He had a laundry business in Pasadena, California, a...