We do love a good mystery. And when it’s backed up by a neat story, nay, legend, count us in, kid. And so it is with the legend of a certain ’56 Chevy post coupe that ran the San Francisco Bay area b...
Much as we love talking about the “good ‘ol days” of drag racing and performance, we’d be missing out on a whole new, glorious world if we didn’t invite the kids to the benchracing session. For every...
Photo via Los Angeles Times. If you haven’t been paying attention to Daniel Miller’s “Larger Than Life” docuseries on Big Willie Robinson for the Los Angeles Times, it’s worth diving into. Robinson, ...
Chuck Berry’s “Maybellene” got my blood boiling and ready to drag race someone. Photo courtesy Jalopy Journal. “Great Googamooga, Shoogamooga… Hey there, all you Mommy-Os and Daddy-Os, welcome aboard...
Last weekend, the Los Angeles Times gathered nearly 20 years’ worth of data on street racing fatalities in the city. Notably absent from the article: Any mention of the access — or lack of access — t...
The legendary Chevy 409 met its match one summer night in ’62. Photo via Hemmings Archive. The baby-blue 1940 Ford convertible with top down, engine straining, was doing 90 miles per hour. Wearing no...
Ever wonder how vehicle safety has improved over the past quarter-century, or why today’s compacts are heavier and less fuel efficient than earlier versions of the same car? To demonstrate this, the ...
Return of the North Woodward Timing Association? Photo by the author. It’s no secret that in the 1960s and ’70s heyday of the muscle car, Woodward Avenue, which flows northwesterly from Detroit to Po...
The photo above, which came from the Culture Ride Tumblog, might look a little strange, but it’s not the result of any sort of forced perspective or other camera tricks. Instead, the Beetle on the ri...
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