It’s been a while since we dug into the archive box that is a veritable cornucopia of photographic treasures, and the latest batch come from the June 1978 issue of Hemmings Motor News. To start with, even though it looks at first blush like one of the Ghia concept cars for Chrysler, and Ghia did indeed design and build the body, the car above is actually the 1956 Ferrari 510 Super America coupe, advertised with 7,600 miles for $65,000 out of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Weep for that price, ye...
It’s been a while since we dug into the archive box that is a veritable cornucopia of photographic treasures, and the latest batch come from the June 1978 issue of Hemmings Motor News. To start with, even though it looks at first blush like one of the Ghia concept cars for Chrysler, and Ghia did indeed design and build the body, the car above is actually the 1956 Ferrari 510 Super America coupe, advertised with 7,600 miles for $65,000 out of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Weep for that price, ye...
It’s been a while since we dug into the archive box that is a veritable cornucopia of photographic treasures, and the latest batch come from the June 1978 issue of Hemmings Motor News. To start with, even though it looks at first blush like one of the Ghia concept cars for Chrysler, and Ghia did indeed design and build the body, the car above is actually the 1956 Ferrari 510 Super America coupe, advertised with 7,600 miles for $65,000 out of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Weep for that price, ye...
It’s been a while since we dug into the archive box that is a veritable cornucopia of photographic treasures, and the latest batch come from the June 1978 issue of Hemmings Motor News. To start with, even though it looks at first blush like one of the Ghia concept cars for Chrysler, and Ghia did indeed design and build the body, the car above is actually the 1956 Ferrari 510 Super America coupe, advertised with 7,600 miles for $65,000 out of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Weep for that price, ye...
It’s been a while since we dug into the archive box that is a veritable cornucopia of photographic treasures, and the latest batch come from the June 1978 issue of Hemmings Motor News. To start with, even though it looks at first blush like one of the Ghia concept cars for Chrysler, and Ghia did indeed design and build the body, the car above is actually the 1956 Ferrari 510 Super America coupe, advertised with 7,600 miles for $65,000 out of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Weep for that price, ye...
My fingers are slowly turning into hamburger. I shouldn’t be trusted with scissors and razor blades in the first place, but when you cut Dynamat, you’re left with a very sharp edge that’ll slice ya if you’re not careful. Oh, and if you really want this stuff to stick - especially to irregularly shaped areas or areas that aren’t perfectly smooth - you have to heat it to the point where you’re burning your fingertips every time you’re applying a...
Every once in a while, something just lands on your desk, some new bit of information comes across the transom, and it just sucks.
Here’s a ferinstance. The new issue of Hemmings Sports and Exotics has a six-page driveReport on an original-owner Datsun 280Z. That is not the sucky part. I met the owner, Bill Lutz, a little over a year ago, at the ‘07 JCCS extravaganza. He was a strapping, strong-jawed, firm-handshake kind of guy who looked you in the eye when you spoke; he had the...
Dave LaChance and I spent last Sunday, November 16, down on Massachusetts’ Cape Cod, where we were meeting up with members of the Cape Cod British Car Club at the Heritage Museum and Gardens in Sandwich. We were taking advantage of their annual charity run, “Freezin’ Fun Run for Kids,” which includes raffles that benefit the Independence House program for women and families; Dave and I were photographing a handful of sports cars that represented the two major families of...
I was watching The Enforcer on TV the other night when I saw in the opening scene an odd-looking utility truck. I was fairly certain it was your standard Grumman-bodied Chevy but later in the scene, the driver walked in front of the grille (just before he was stabbed to death) and I recognized from the grille emblem that the truck was actually a Boyertown.
The company built special application vehicles for more than a century at their plant in Eastern PA. From horse wagons to milk trucks to...
Hey, if Dan can use the blog to try and push his crappy old GMC, (“If someone doesn’t buy it, I’m just going to wreck it or part it out…”) I can use it to suck up to the boss, right?
Well then, if there are no objections, I’ll let the suction commence… This morning I got my first look at, It’s Only Original Once: Unrestored Classic Cars by Hemmings Editor-in-Chief Richard Lentinello and published by Motorbooks.
The subject matter is an eclectic mix of never-before-molested collectible...
Note: I write up driving impressions of virtually every car I photograph, within a couple of days of the drive, so everything is fresh in my memory. Occasionally, because of the constraints of format (ie, buyers’ guide) the prepared text doesn’t run. Now, thanks to the joys of the blogosphere, it can.
The wide full-frame door invites you inside; it’s surprisingly light to pull shut considering its size, and concludes with a light thunk and a vacuum seal. The seats appear deeply bolstered but...
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It’s been a while since we dug into the archive box that is a veritable cornucopia of photographic treasures, and the latest batch come from the June 1978 issue of Hemmings Motor News. To start with, even though it looks at first blush like one of the Ghia concept cars for 
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My fingers are slowly turning into hamburger. I shouldn’t be trusted with scissors and razor blades in the first place, but when you cut Dynamat, you’re left with a very sharp edge that’ll slice ya if you’re not careful. Oh, and if you really want this stuff to stick - especially to irregularly shaped areas or areas that aren’t perfectly smooth - you have to heat it to the point where you’re burning your fingertips every time you’re applying a...
Every once in a while, something just lands on your desk, some new bit of information comes across the transom, and it just sucks.
Here’s a ferinstance. The new issue of Hemmings Sports and Exotics has a six-page driveReport on an original-owner Datsun 280Z. That is not the sucky part. I met the owner, Bill Lutz, a little over a year ago, at the ‘07 JCCS extravaganza. He was a strapping, strong-jawed, firm-handshake kind of guy who looked you in the eye when you spoke; he had the...
Dave LaChance and I spent last Sunday, November 16, down on Massachusetts’ Cape Cod, where we were meeting up with members of the Cape Cod British Car Club at the Heritage Museum and Gardens in Sandwich. We were taking advantage of their annual charity run, “Freezin’ Fun Run for Kids,” which includes raffles that benefit the Independence House program for women and families; Dave and I were photographing a handful of sports cars that represented the two major families of...
I was watching The Enforcer on TV the other night when I saw in the opening scene an odd-looking utility truck. I was fairly certain it was your standard Grumman-bodied Chevy but later in the scene, the driver walked in front of the grille (just before he was stabbed to death) and I recognized from the grille emblem that the truck was actually a Boyertown.
The company built special application vehicles for more than a century at their plant in Eastern PA. From horse wagons to milk trucks to...
Hey, if Dan can use the blog to try and push his crappy old GMC, (“If someone doesn’t buy it, I’m just going to wreck it or part it out…”) I can use it to suck up to the boss, right?
Well then, if there are no objections, I’ll let the suction commence… This morning I got my first look at, It’s Only Original Once: Unrestored Classic Cars by Hemmings Editor-in-Chief Richard Lentinello and published by Motorbooks.
The subject matter is an eclectic mix of never-before-molested collectible...
Note: I write up driving impressions of virtually every car I photograph, within a couple of days of the drive, so everything is fresh in my memory. Occasionally, because of the constraints of format (ie, buyers’ guide) the prepared text doesn’t run. Now, thanks to the joys of the blogosphere, it can.
The wide full-frame door invites you inside; it’s surprisingly light to pull shut considering its size, and concludes with a light thunk and a vacuum seal. The seats appear deeply bolstered but...