The United Kingdom’s Concours of Elegance is celebrating the golden age of sports car racing with a display of highly significant vintage race cars from the 1950s. Around 60 of the world’s rarest cars will join the Main Concours display, with over 500 cars in total set to be on display across the weekend. Storied […]

The Locost is registered! I can drive it on the road legally… well, I could drive it, if it had a windshield, seatbelts, body-panels, mirrors and all that other wussy-comfort stuff. I didn’t mean to register the Locost. I took it to DMV for a VIN inspection; I thought it would get me started down […]

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Exciting times; my Locost project is on the road!  Legitimately, with registration, insurance, and most the safety requirements the state calls for. The Locost has seventy-five miles on the odometer, all from this week; I know, because I finally figured out how to program the GPS speedometer four days ago.   Yes, that’s right.&

Every once in awhile, a really good idea comes along that just makes everything easier and better. The performance industry is slowly converting the old mechanical clutch linkage to hydraulics, but this most often requires mounting a clutch master cylinder on the firewall.  While not a difficult process, it is imperative that the angle of [&he

You ever hear that old country song, “All I do is drive drive drive, try to stay alive”? That’s about how I feel nowadays, only it’s , “All I do is weld, weld, weld, try to stay alive”. Building, instead of buying, my 1932 Ford Roadster replica, has me married to the welder.  The funny […]

With a name like “Sollei,” a combination of “Sol” for the sun and “lei” for leisure, Cadillac’s latest convertible concept represents the brand’s optimistic inspiration for an open-air, leisurely lifestyle. Recently revealed on July 22nd at the Cadillac House at Vanderbilt in Warren, Michigan, the Cadillac Sollei is Cadillac’s first new hand-

A Dodge Viper, several Corvettes, five Miatas and a plethora of other sports cars passed by me at full-tilt, engines screaming and tires screeching; later, as they returned to the staging area, a few of the drivers cast curious glances out their window at the strange aberration by the side of the pit road.  That […]

The 1989-’94 Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R is a performance icon, a motorsports legend, and a hero of the Playstation generation. On paper, it’s also eerily similar to a certain German über car of the era: the Porsche 959.   That’s no coincidence. The GT-R was designed to do battle in FIA Group A Touring. To make […]

Last weekend was the 2021 All British Field Meet (ABFM) and I entered my latest project, a replica Lotus 7, often referred to as a Locost. The day was a lot of fun, and not without a few humorous stories. Coming off three graveyard shifts, I was not excited for the early morning alarm needed […]

In postwar Great Britain, the automotive industry scrambled to restart car production following several years of manufacturing dedicated to the war effort. Given the need to jumpstart the economy, regulations were enacted—or repealed—to provide support for manufacturers who prioritized export. The automobile industry was primed to make an impact an

I’m proud to say, despite the best efforts of my state’s fear worshiping ruling party, I finished the summer by filling it with unashamedly American activities, only made possible through freedom. I wound down the summer exploring new areas by motorcycle, enjoying the fruits of my labors racing my Lotus 7 replica, being greatly entertai

Not long before its official launch date, Porsche’s latest Panamera set a high bar at the Nürburgring. The new top model Panamera, driven by Porsche test driver Lars Kern, made it around the Nordschleife in a quick 7 minutes and 24.17 seconds on Friday, July 12th, making it the fastest car in the Nürburgring’s “four-door […]