Racing school instructors all roll out the old adage that fast is slow. Famous racing drivers talk about being in the zone where speed turns […]
Ten Dollar Disablers
How many items on your vintage car or bike cost less than $10, but could leave you stranded someplace? It turns out that there are […]
A Gathering of Nortons 2010
About 7 years ago, I owned a Norton and became aware of an annual meeting of Nortons not too far away in Washington Crossing, PA. The […]
Back In A Minute…
The thing about being connected to a web of vintage car and bike guys is that on any given day you can get a call […]
Who Framed Norton?
Norton is in stiff competition with Indian for the brand that has died and been resuscitated most often. While they are both back among the […]
The $800 CV Boot
The project started innocently enough. One of the CV boots on the Porsche 911T was torn and had sent grease all over the heat exchanger […]
BMW 700, Heart of a Bike, Body of a Car
For a long time at the turn of the 20th century, Cars and carriages shared a great deal. Indeed, the first cars were truly horseless […]
Discovering Mars
On a recent visit to the Solvang Motorcycle Museum, the machine that was the most impressive, in a field of very impressive motorcycles, was a […]
BMW 507 – The Halo and the Hail Mary
In the past 6 months I have been up close and personal with 3 different BMW 507s. One was in the Simeone Foundation Museum written […]
Rallying The Cult Car
Back in the 60s and 70s, almost every performance sedan was turned into a rally car by someone. Many were just experiments to prove that […]
Healing the Healey
A Guest Post by Roy Chaleff The Austin Healey 3000 is not a nimble car. With a big 3 liter straight six cast-iron engine, a […]