The late 1940s and the early 1950s represent one of those periods where the automobile and the motorcycle world were experimenting with hybrids. In this […]
Zundapp Sport Combinette
The Zundapp Sport Combinette was produced from 1962 to 1966, and fit into a special new class of Vehicle at the time in Germany. It […]
Sebring Historics 2018
The local BMW club, FSCBMWCCA, organized an outing to the Sebring Historics, and we tagged along. Sebring is a historic track with a rich legacy. […]
Petersen Porsche
The Petersen Museum is routinely regarded as one of the world’s best. From the building itself, now with an artistic exoskeleton, to the contents, it […]
Puch 250 SGS
If a particular model lives for 16 years, it is pretty remarkable. It is particularly remarkable if it was launched in 1953, at a time […]
Tornax Motorrader
Tornax was a motorcycle manufacturer from Wuppertal, Germany that was founded in 1922 by Ernst Wewer, but began motorcycle production in 1926. Wewer was a […]
Dakar Rally Record Setter
One of our favorite cars of all time is the Porsche 959 Rally Car (see Porsche 959 Paris Dakar). Partly because it is so far […]
Cuban Cars
Friend of the blog Ed Solomon snapped a bunch of great pictures while on a tour of Cuba. A few of the German ones are […]
Barber Vintage Festival 2018
If you are a fan of old motorcycles, there is no better place to be in October than the Barber Vintage Festival. It grows each […]
New is Old….Again
It\’s official, we have run out of ideas. Electric cars, not new. Medicinal herbs, not new. Organic food, not new. Driverless cars, not new. Faded […]
Limerock 2018
The annual pilgrimage to Limerock Motorsports Park is always great for vintage racing, and a lovely drive through bucolic northwestern Connecticut. This year, Bugatti was […]
On Getting Soaked
It has been a long time since I have gotten really and truly soaked while riding a motorcycle. Years in fact. It happened now and […]
Konig Racer
We covered the Konig marque previously in these pages (see Konig Watercraft to Motorcraft and A Cancelled Combination), but Iron and Air just published a […]
Down the Lane
Nashville, Tenessee naturally brings to mind Country Music and the Grand Ole Opry, Whiskey, and the smoky mountains. A great automotive museum ? Not so […]
MOA Rally 2018
With all due respect, the state fairgrounds in Des Moines, Iowa would not be on the top 10 list of places to go see in […]
Motocron – The Classic Velocity Vehicle Log
Like many of you who have more than one vehicle to keep track of, the Classic Velocity garage used a combination of paper folders, a […]
Simeone Revisited
The Simeone Foundation Museum is not one of those that has an entirely new collection periodically. It focuses on a core group of sports cars […]
Rabeneick Rules Rebranding
August Rabeneick started a manufacturing company near Bielefeld (which was the origin for multiple bicycles and motorcycling manufacturers) in 1930. Initially, he produced grinding machines, […]
The Cult Turns 50
In the course of the average human life, you don’t get to celebrate too many 50 year anniversaries that happened entirely on your watch. Even […]
Don Garlits Museum
Your eyes do not deceive you. You may be asking, what could the Don Garlits Museum of Drag Racing possibly have to do with a […]