Martin Aircraft Company was well known for their China Clip­­pers, and for their successful World War II bombers, but their entry into automotive production is generally not known at all. Yet, here is a one-off “Aerodynamic Auto” that they built in 1928 for the famous flyer, Billy Mitchell. The exact reasons for its being built […]

The 2024 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion is an event that has solidified its place on any gear head”s bucket list. Like Trans Am, Can Am, or formula cars? How about spirited Brittish sports cars and properly magnificent sounding high-winding exotics? Throw in a paddock’s worth of pre-war hardware just for good measure. Any and all [&

1991-1997 FJ80/FZ80 Brake Repair and Replacement The 1991 FJ80 replaced the aging FJ60 as the 4×4 wagon in Toyota’s luxury line of trucks. Although the then new trucks were more comfortable and featured EFI and coil spring suspension, the brakes were rated as marginal by offroad enthusiasts with trail experience. We agree that the brakes [&hel

  From my Roadster Project Hammer wielder, it is I, your creation.  Please send Igor for more junk, I need body parts; I seem to be missing many. And, please, tell Igor to stop bringing home the parts with the holes in them. This“flathead” of mine…. did anyone look inside? Will I be firing on […]

Holy hypercar, Batman! Italian car design firm and coachbuilder Pininfarina Automobil, in partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery, recently revealed an all-electric hypercar inspired by Bruce Wayne and the Batman character.  Dubbed the “B95 Gotham,” this is the first of four bespoke hypercars to carry the Batman theme. The Pininfarina B95 Goth

A New Year; a time to contemplate, look back, and celebrate my poor choices. In 2019: I bought a tow company’s problem motorcycle, failed at business endeavors, and moved slothfully forward with my project car. You even could say, with photographic evidence, my automotive experiences were a little nuts. I’d been looking for another motorcycle [&hel

Chevrolet introduced the Camaro as a response to the Ford Mustang and it was wildly successful from day one. The General Motors F-body platform gave the Bowtie brigade another high-performance option in the already powerful 1960’s lineup. Now, nearly 60 years later, Camaro enthusiasts are passionate about their cars and enjoy them in a variety [&he

This 1956 Austin-Healey 100M BN2 roadster is one of 640 factory-built 100M “Le Mans” examples produced over a 10-month span and was completed on April 24, 1956, destined for the US market. It remained with one owner in California for 50 years and wears an older refurbishment that was performed prior to being acquired by […]

 I LOVE famous Hollywood movie and tv car compilations!  This is titled Driving Machines Enjoying Pizza Scott C seems to often get a theme going, and do many characters and variations on that theme, one result was James Dean and his Porsche Another theme was the Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore scene in Ghost, where they […]

Tired of waiting for Covid to pass while you finally read those classic novels? Ah, an intellectual. Then you won’t be able to relate to this; for your sake, stop reading this now and return to War and Peace, you’ll find it more interesting and with better grammar.   You’ll be able to relate to this […]

Back in the early Aughts, Cadillac was in the midst of a paradigm shift. While iconic GM brand had earned its stripes with opulent personal luxury cars like the Coupe de Ville and Eldorado in the 1950s and 60s, the onslaught of sportier rivals from Europe in subsequent decades had made Cadillac’s lineup look geriatric […]

The unmistakable smell of fall is in the air, the hues of yellow are triggering reflection, and the mornings are gathering that brisk bite of chill. Something about the changing seasons makes me want to write, and back when Summer began my keyboard imagined it would take me six months to get my Locost car […]

Nearly every car made since the mid-1980s has plastic headlight lenses, which changed front end design, as designers could get away from the large blocky front grill style to the sleek designs that we have today. While this looks great, over time, the plastic lenses haze up and get cloudy through oxidation, which seriously degrades […]