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
The Ballad of the Magnolia Belle
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
Part II of III of the Pinto Saga – or – Surf's Up!
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