In this neck of the woods, winter cannot leave soon enough. It has a habit in many years of throwing some kind of last gasp […]
Classic Vehicle Math: Calculating Shipping
It is not unusual in the realm of vintage iron for the best deal, the killer deal, to be far away from wherever you are. […]
Birth of the Bavarian Sports Sedan
Depending on who you believe, the BMW 1500 was simultaneously the father of the performance sedan, the father of the New Classe cars, the father […]
Of Silver Dolphins and Blue Whales
wikimediaIn the early 1950s, a number of German marques were battling it out both in the showroom, and on the racetrack. The one brand that […]
Opel Kadett B
Although Adam Opel started by manufacturing sewing machines in the latter half of the 19th century, like many others the firm was dabbling in automobiles […]
Classic Winter Break
With the unrelenting miserable winter weather that has hit the northeast this year, it was looking like a decent day with decent roads was in […]
DKW 350
Dampf Kraff Wagen (DKW) has roots that go back to 1906 in Zschopau, Germany where its founder Jorgen Rassmussen had moved from his native Denmark. […]
Chasing The Deal
It was 4:23am and I was driving the pickup at a steady 79MPH as if that 1 MPH short of 80 would eliminate the possibility […]
The Theory of Eminent Domain
Even though it was completely covered by a silver tarp, I could see that it was a Porsche. The unmistakable shape of the 911 cannot […]
Karl Duffner – Man, Myth, Legend
The following is a guest post by Todd Trumbore who has been mentioned a few times as the organizer of the Guiness Book attempt for […]
Flight Of The Adler
Adler (German for eagle) is yet another of the German marques that produced both Cars and Motorcycles with a proud history on both fronts. The […]
Moonbathing
It was January 1992, and I was driving my 1978 BMW 320i. The 320i was not a very good car (IMHO). It was the replacement […]
Happy 125th Benz
On January 29th, 1886 Karl Benz filed the patent for what is arguably the first automobile. It came to be referred to as the Motorwagen. […]
If You Have To Ask…
A friend of mine not into old vehicles had an interesting debate with me while looking at my BMW R50/2. Although lots of people probably […]
VW Notchback
In the late 1950s, Volkswagen thought that they needed another model to complement the wildly successful Beetle designed by Ferdinand Porsche, and to appeal to […]
Gearhead Gifts
Over the years, I have gotten some great holiday gifts of the gearhead variety. A number of these were great because I got them for […]
Chasing Claude
250SL Engine BayMy friend Ron just bought a Mercedes 380SL, and it brought back memories of the SL that I had owned some years ago, […]
Horex Motorcycles
The latest in what seems like a never-ending line of old Marques brought back to life is Horex Motorcycles. The Rex Glassware company was located […]
Fragrance of Castrol
There is nothing like an event to get you motivated to sort out a few things. In this case, the Early 911 breakfast club was […]
Single Cab Sighting
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 […]