There is something about classic vehicles that for many is a strange contradiction. On the one hand, a 40 or 50 or 60 year old […]
2 Wheels 2 Work
There are very few positive aspects to $4 per gallon gas, but one of them is the fact that it puts more motorcycles on the […]
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. […]
Classic Velocity Laws #2
The more gear you have, the more likely you are to have the wrong gear for any given situation. #@%&! Should have worn my light […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
12 Days of Classicus
Regardless of whether you celebrate Kwanzaa, Chanukah, Christmas, or Festivus, tis the season of giving and receiving. If you like vintage iron, then you are […]
There’s A Tool For That
Working on machines over time inevitably leads to the acquisition of needed tools. At first, it is general tools that have a wide variety of […]
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 […]
When Small Was Big
They say that everything is relative. That you can’t actually judge or compare anything without a reference point. For so many of us our first […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
Quebec Quickly
Late summer provided an opportunity to make a quick run up to Quebec Canada for a few days and another opportunity to see a slightly […]
Replacing Place Names
Regular readers will note that I have mentioned a pet peeve with place names in a number of posts, and again recently in Iron Butter. […]