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 […]
Vintage Proving Grounds
Automobile magazines and message boards are famous for spy shots of the latest models undergoing secret testing in the Arctic Circle, or in Death Valley […]
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 […]
On Resisting Restoration
The BMW R50 US“Wait till you see this thing, it is an absolutely fantastic buy. You are going to want it for yourself.” Winston (name […]
Four Cylinders, First
Just in case we think that horsepower wars and the quest for more power is a modern concept, let’s go back to the turn of […]
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 […]
A Herculean Effort
In the late 1980s, Norton introduced and sold a rotary-engined motorcycle called the Classic. This was followed by the Commander, and existed alongside the Interpol […]
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 […]
The Other 2-Wheeled Boxer
Although several motorcycle companies experimented with horizontally opposed engines, only a few stuck with the layout for any length of time. BMW is the obvious […]
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 […]
The British Are Coming…Again
History tells us that we rejected the British approach to things centuries ago and established an independent nation to do our own thing. Exhibit A, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Oil Pool
Dave squatted to look at the small pool of oil left by the old car he had just backed out of the garage. It was […]