All photos via AMMO NYC on YouTube. With the COVID-19 pandemic, personal hygiene is more important than ever, and that extends to our vehicles. Of course it’s a good idea to keep a car sanitary in ge...
Photo illustration by Josh Skibbee. It might seem that, in the new era of social distancing, the way we shop for cars will change. The fact is, car shopping has already changed. The internet, with al...
Photos courtesy Geoff Hacker. For many a sports and racing car builder in the Fifties, Frank Kurtis’ “off-the-shelf” chassis had little equal. It provided good handling, room for bigger engines, and ...
Photos courtesy Geoff Hacker. For many a sports and racing car builder in the Fifties, Frank Kurtis’ “off-the-shelf” chassis had little equal. It provided good handling, room for bigger engines, and ...
Once upon a time, there was a barbaric sport known as “ferret legging,” covered in some detail by Outside magazine in 1983. The gist of it is this: Participants, exclusively men, don baggy white trou...
This is what organization looks like. I have never been this organized in the garage. Like single socks that disappear in the laundry, nuts, bolts, and fasteners have a way of walking off when you’re...
This project was started a few years ago. The vision in my mind’s eye for the much needed interior update on Banshee, the TR8, had been on hold for a while. Her, (yes, my Triumphs are of the feminine...
When we left off last time, the car was running better, I had removed all of the trim, lights, locks, handles, and side glass, and it was headed out to Syracuse, New York, to spend some time at my un...
Motor Medic doubled my 1951 Mercury’s oil mileage. But my teen brain reasoned it was cheaper to buy 10-cent cans of oil and store them in the trunk. “Stop that, you’re stinking up the neighborhood!” ...
Building an engine is the pinnacle of automotive wrenching. Nothing else is so essential to the soul of a car. It’s a straightforward, yet intricate, puzzle. Putting an engine together correctly is m...
I don’t even know where to begin with this blog post, because my mind is blown by the fact that a website like Kyusha Shoes exists. It’s not just a database of photos of old wheels, but a searchable ...
Classic trucks are, forgive the pun, picking up in the market. There are several explanations: The popularity of trucks in the new market, relatively cheaper prices compared to cars that have been co...
Photos by the author. The 2019 Richmond, Virginia Folk Festival marked the 15th anniversary of a popular event that began with a three-year hosting of the national festival, featuring big names and n...
1990 Mazda MX-5 Miata. Image courtesy Mazda North American Operations. Introduced on these shores in 1989, as a 1990 model, the Mazda Miata marked the return of the classic British roadster, albeit o...
Work on cars long enough, and eventually you’ll want some kind of automatic lift that offers freedom from the floor jack and jack stand shuffle every time you want to wrench. The gold standard is the...
1952 Kaiser Manhattan. Image courtesy OldCarBrochures. We live in a golden age of crate engine options. From a catalog, one can order Hemis, LSes, even electric motors. And who knows, maybe we could ...
As The Detroit News reported this week, Allan Hill, who’s called the Packard plant in Detroit home for 15 years, was recently served an eviction notice. Hill has served as an unofficial spokesman for...
Photo by Matt Litwin. So the conversation regarding the Pochon-Davignon family’s 2CV road trip went on a tangent into bush remedies for old car mishaps, and plenty of folks weighed in on the feasibil...
GM Media images. Naming an engine beyond its actual displacement can do wonders for an automaker’s marketing efforts. The capital-H Hemi has inestimable brand value, and Ford for many years relied on...
Photo by Spline Splinson. Riding a motorcycle teaches one many lessons, the first and foremost of which is never overlook maintenance. In my three-plus decades spent in the saddle, a pre-ride inspect...
When we were looking around and talking about our lead story this week, we got to talking about the idea of the parts-getter. The swapmeet hauler. The pickup truck. And when we listed the rare-as-hen...
Steve Hingtgen, founder of Vintage Trailer Supply, has opened a new distribution center and showroom in Santa Fe, New Mexico, in response to a growing market. To celebrate the new center, Vintage Tra...
1977 Citroen GS Special. Photo courtesy of Citroen Media Center. Enthusiasts and owners of French cars are invited to bring their vehicles to the first “French Revolution – Car Show of New England” t...
Jeep’s Surrey model didn’t form in a pink-lined vacuum. Rather, as CJ3B.info points out, Toledo took a cue from the 100 or so Jeeps that served the Las Brisas resort in Acapulco. Compared to the new ...
GM 200-4R four-speed automatic transmission. Photo by Terry McGean. I’ll admit it: When it comes to weekend cars, I’m stuck in my ways. I prefer small to large, rear-wheel drive or all-wheel drive ov...