Postwar Germany was not a particularly happy and vibrant place by all accounts. It is best shown in black and white with working class people […]
Auto Revolution 2.0
The turn of the century must indeed be a magical time. So many of the significant events in history seem to have taken place around […]
Tiers of Authenticity
How stock is stock ? The vintage crowd (and I include myself here) have an understandable fascination with authenticity. After all, we like old things […]
The DKW 1000
In the years following WWII, all German manufacturing was just trying to recover. Cars had to be practical and affordable because there were no customers […]
Flying Through the Foliage
Fall is beautiful in the northeast. An explosion of colors is visible from majestic vistas across the region, and even from non-majestic vistas. The air […]
People Power
At a recent gathering of vintage iron faithful at a British car event, I was a guest of a guest. The participant was Jeff, and […]
La Jolla Surprise
While out in San Diego on business, I was headed to a dinner one evening and almost locked up all four tires of the rental […]
Lime Rock – The Engine Bays
No matter what the form of the car show or event, everybody wants to see what is under the hood. I have found that even […]
Lapping Lime Rock
This year’s LimeRock Vintage weekend was such a rich experience, that it won’t fit into one post, and that’s a good thing. I went up […]
A Lesser Model
In case study #1 on compromise, The Substitute, we covered settling for some other brand of vehicle when you could not find or afford what you wanted. […]
NSU TTS
In previous posts, we have covered cars derived from motorcycles, and here is yet another. In the late 1950s, NSU introduced a microcar in the […]
Bring Some Transporters
Bring A TrailerI’m sure some of you have already seen this from Bring A Trailer, but I thought I would pass it on here for […]
Real World Gear Testing
Did you ever read one of those product reviews that was largely a rewrite of the manufacturer’s marketing brochure ? Did you ever purchase a […]
The Find
Sometimes, you just stumble across something unexpected. Sometimes, fortune befalls the most deserving folks. Sometimes, you come dangerously close to discarding fortune because it is […]
Early Early Birds
For a group of early car guys, things came together relatively late in the process. The discussion about a covered bridge ride for the early […]
R90S Rally 2010
Tis the Rally and show season, and it seems like every weekend presents multiple opportunities to ride, drive, and ogle cool vintage stuff. This year […]
Rolex vs Timex
Sometimes, the blending of new and old makes for an impressive event. And so it was with the Grand-Am Rolex Series event at Limerock Park […]
The Substitute
Every single vintage car and motorcycle I’ve ever owned has had something which attracted me to it. It might have been styling or engineering or […]
The Porsche Parts Palace
Porsche North America decided that it needed to add a distribution center in the northeast to complement Atlanta GA, and Ontario CA. Citing good access […]
Carlisle is for Crazies
The Carlisle Import and Kit Replicar Show is for certified automotive crazies, and you can count me among them. If you have stuffed a big […]