(first posted 5/23/2013. I have no idea what happened to this Medallion, but I’d like to think it’s still running) Is this the very last running 1988 Renault Medallion? I […]
(first posted 3/31/2013. Updated 4/15/2018) Passing by the Sports Car Shop always requires a brief stop to see what’s currently on display. I’d seen this splendid Allard K2 through the […]
(first posted 5/23/2013, as a follow-up to yesterday’s Grosse Pointe Myopians) This is the kind of stuff I inhaled as a fifteen year-old: Brock Yates analyzing the British Car industry, […]
(first posted 4/7/2013) I recently rented a little three-yard dump truck and used it to pay several visits to one of the local quarries–partly to haul gravel, but also as […]
(first posted 5/30/2013) In the early sixties, the vast majority of pickups were wimpy, low-riding, six cylinder-powered things; downright effeminate, one might almost say (with a bit of tongue in […]
(first posted 4/10/2018) Unless one subscribes to a data service, getting US historical auto sales statistics is not so easy; Wikipedia only lists US manufacturers. But I […]
(first posted 7/3/2013) Honda CRV, Toyota Rav4, Audi Quattro, VW Syncro, and the whole host of all-wheel drive cars, crossovers and CUVs: they all trace their roots back to this […]
(first posted 11/28/2011, revised 6/6/2015, and 4/6/2024) Trying to maintain some objectivity about significant cars from one’s younger years is difficult. Yes, the Beetle is practically my alter-ego; my oldest […]
(first posted 5/18/2013) Note : Burt only sells locally. He is retiring, is selling everything in his lot, and is willing to make deals to clear it out. He is […]
1977 (first posted 4/6/2018) I’ve been pointing out for years that the long decline of sedans and station wagons at the hands of SUVs and trucks goes way […]
Over the years here I’ve shown you lots of Eugene-style customized cars. Many were just painted, others went quite a bit further. I need to do a gallery of them […]
I wistfully remember the good old days when our daily urban walks would yield numerous CCs to shoot. That’s not quite so much the case anymore; is it me or […]
CC’s dman forwarded me this clipping from 1952. It shows a record load of old-growth redwood logs yielding 53,670 board feet of lumber being hauled to a mill in Fort […]