Chrysler’s square-rigged little K cars, while an object of derision for some, are an endless font of fascination for me. I don’t know what it is about their Lincoln-that-shrunk-in-the-wash looks Continue Reading
Has anyone bothered to write a review of this book since it was published back during the Reagan administration ? Doubtful. But nevertheless, being a diehard devotee of the unloved, Continue Reading
The Yugo car is many things. A byword for unreliability, the punchline of a joke, and in the countries that were once Yugoslavia, it’s an icon of rose tinted nostalgia. Continue Reading
Where last we left off, your humble narrator was stricken with an incurable case of petrol lust as a result of a brief encounter with a 1989 Lincoln Town Car. Continue Reading
I gracefully thread the chiseled prow of a creamy 1989 Lincoln Town Car down a narrow serpentine California foothill lane, barely wide enough to contain the width of even a Continue Reading
The Animal, Part II: After extricating ourselves from da UP peat, we decided to make a run down to Gould City. Gould City is remarkable as it’s on US 2 Continue Reading
Let’s pretend that you are the massive corporate fiefdom that was General Motors in the 1970’s. Hitherto you could do largely as you wished, but then something called CAFE happened, Continue Reading
In the annals of automotive history there have been some Italian-American hybrids of eye watering beauty and astounding performance. In the 1950’s the likes of Frank Sinatra and Desi Arnaz Continue Reading
It’s time to introduce you to…The Animal. Part I: The Animal was a friend of mine through jr. high, high school and college. He received his nickname as he was Continue Reading
Summer of ’83. I was working as a greeter a the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village in Dearborn Michigan, getting paid to say hello and goodbye. I had a Continue Reading
