Weekends represents the best time to gather if you have a group of mostly working individuals. Any excuse will do, like national Frappe day, or […]
A Chance Encounter
So there I was sitting in my local airport, waiting to board a flight to visit family for Thanksgiving. Waiting around in airports has often […]
Shaping an Icon
There are a few shapes in the last 100+ years of automobile design that can be reproduced in the form of a silhouette and yet […]
Vintage Racing Economics
Vintage Racer : Once I explain this to you, I’m sure you’ll agree that it’s pretty simple to understand. It is a very lucrative pursuit. […]
Starting Engine
As much as I would like to say that it was some fantastic German engine that started my fascination with the engine bay, it was […]
Bookend Mclarens
McLaren has been racing in Formula One since 1966. New Zealander Bruce McLaren was discovered by Australian Jack Brabham in the late 1950s and went […]
Getting It Right Part A
I have only ever entered a Concours D’Elegance once. At a show about 7 years ago, I paid to park in what i thought was […]
NSU R080
As postwar Europe was beginning to hit its stride in the early 1960s, NSU was thinking that it needed a larger sedan. It began developing […]
Visiting Volo
I had tried to get to the Volo Auto Museum once before a few years ago, but the logistics simply did not work out. In […]
The Undiscovered Bounty
It started with an email from fellow BMW 2 and 4 wheel friend Bill. An open house event at a shop in the area and […]
German Immersion 2
The Deutsche Classic has been around for a while and has been covered here before (see German Immersion). It started out a a predominantly VW […]
Cool Flow Air Conditioning
I have only had two types of air conditioning in vintage vehicles; not present, and not working. Well actually, that is not entirely accurate. The […]
Britalia Weekend
Not far away from me is a place where the regional MG club has held an annual car show for years (see The British are […]
Proper Procrastination
I had been planning to go for a few years now, but I was not planning to go anywhere. It was a long weekend and […]
Carlisle Import 2012
The beautiful thing about the Carlisle Import event is that it’s very eclectic. If you are a regular reader, then you know it always has […]
Volkswagen Fastback
In 1961, Volkswagen introduced the Type 3 line with the Notchback (See VW Notchback), and the Type 34 Karmann Ghia. The cars were also known […]
Confronting Your Parts
Patient: Doc, it happened again. Doctor: Relax on the couch and tell me all about it. Patient: Well, first I had a few restless nights […]
NYIAS 2012
I am not sure why the New York International Auto Show (NYIAS) has the word “International” included. There is no New York Domestic Auto Show, […]
Classic Velocity News April 2012
Ferdinand Porsche 1935-2012 Ferdinand Alexander Porsche died yesterday at age 76, which officially ends another great era for Porsche. F.A., or Butzi, as he was […]
Audi F103
The German automotive landscape of the 1960s was an interesting place to be. It seems as if everyone was almost part of, or owner of […]