Flawed Icons of Amer...

Years ago living in Rome in a shared house, we had horrible problems getting the heating to work in the winter. The boiler was locked away in the basement; to get the pilot light lit and the heating working, it was necessary to book an appointment with the gas board. It was only possible to...

Jun26

The Sublime and the ...

Blackhawk Museum Plaza, “Docent’s Favorite Ride” What is going on here ? Yes, that will be the Summers ’71 Camaro, disfiguring the Blackhawk’s attractive plaza, nose to nose with what I am told was a “Roundel” magazine cover car, that German Cobra,...

Sounds of Heaven ...

My suggestion is watch full screen with full volume for at least thirty minutes to achieve the proper immersive effect. For years small boys and grown men have felt the Corvettes offer a key part of the Le Mans spectacle – yes the glowing brake rotors, yes the flames out of the exhaust,...

Jun21

Kerbside San Francis...

Chevrolet, early 60s: My preferred period of postwar american car styling is the fueselage era of the early-mid sixties – the styling works very well on this era of Chevy truck: Chevrolet, late 60s Toyota: I often think that if the Model T put america on four wheels, the Toyota pick up...

Feb21

Kerbside San Francis...

One of the best things about living on the West Coast is that the mild weather means that cars survive – when I first moved here, I could not believe how many 40+ year old muscle era machines were still around, parked up against the kerb, in daily use: 1968 Dodge Dart 340 with 4 on the...