Another Bricklin in the Wall
You’ve got to spend money to make money, or so says one of the most overused pieces of commonly held wisdom. But what do you do if you haven’t the Continue Reading
Yours truly, Car Crazed Candyass
For those that may care I thought I’d write a few words about who I am and why I dedicate disproportionate chunks of my life to mooning over underpowered old Continue Reading
The Playboy's Eldorado
The 1970’s have been described as the 60’s with a hangover. I subscribe to the philosophy that some clarity can come in the form of a hangover. The body and Continue Reading
In Praise of the "Hairdresser's Car"
hairdressers car A car that is most likely being driven by a homosexual – like an Audi TT “Hey look at Rob in his new Audi TT – thats definitely Continue Reading
Ephemeral Delights
Definition of ephemera plural ephemera also ephemerae play\i-ˈfe-mər-ē, -ˈfem-rē\ or ephemeras 1: something of no lasting significance —usually used in plural 2: ephemera plural : paper items (as posters, broadsides, and Continue Reading
974 Miles, Malaise Era Reliability
Amongst other things, I put in a day a week at a local antique shop. I parked my daily driver which is a 2002 Buick Park Avenue directly in front Continue Reading
Book Review: K-Car Convertibles "K" the car that saved Chrysler By Don Narus
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
Book Review: Iacocca by Lee Iacocca with William Novak
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
Book Review: The Yugo by Jason Vuic
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
Ballad of the Magnolia Belle- Part Two
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