2014 Camaro Hot Wheels edition Every may Mark and I head up to Road America (our favorite place) to the Midwest Automotive Writer Association event. There are cars from just about every manufacturer with the cars they want us to write about. Sure there are "family" cars but sprinkled in are lots of fun cars.... Continue Reading →
Chasing Classic Cars in the woods
Sometimes you never know where you will find them If you're like me out on the road, your head turns if you see even a slight view of a piece of metal resembling a potential classic car. My neck gets sore on many trips and if I want to stop, it drives my wife nuts.... Continue Reading →
Chasing Classic Bond Cars
How can a car guy not like James Bond movies? The cars in the movies could almost be listed as co-stars with all the gadgets and those chase scenes. But it didn't start that way. James Bond's first car was the modest '62 Sunbeam Alpine Series II, in lake blue appearing in Dr. No (1962).... Continue Reading →
Audi R8 races two superbikes
The need for speed!!! I've seen a lot of car vs. motorcycle videos over the years but this one really caught my eye. Entertaining yet stupid. Not because of a spectacular accident or anything like that, but because the people involved race like they're playing a harmless video game. The video comes from the interior... Continue Reading →
Chasing Classic Cars: What five would you own?
Your chance to dream big I daydream a lot about "if money was no object" and I had a place to store them (like Jay Leno's Garage) what five cars would I own. Of course I'd want more but in this blog entry decided to stick with five. So here you go. 1970 AMX I... Continue Reading →
Chasing Classic Cars: There’s an app for that
For those who like me love going to the app store and classic cars Let's face it, we're all car junkies! If we don't already have our classic car, our baby, we lust for it. Well.....there's always the promo models but they're not interactive. Relax followers, I found a couple of apps that might interest... Continue Reading →
Chasing Classic Cars: A Ford that is out of this world
In the 60's the space race was hot Because of that the auto manufactures took cues from the space race whether it was in the design or the name. Ford is a good example, specifically their Galaxie. Yes the word is spelled Galaxy but maybe Ford didn't want to just rip off the word. The... Continue Reading →
Chasing Classic Cars: A rare Vette
Looking for classic cars That's my modus operandi whenever I'm out on my bike. Heck I've even been known to see an oncoming classic car and turn around to catch up with it and see if I can talk with the owner. Well one day I saw this 50th Anniversary Corvette, did the turn around... Continue Reading →
Chasing Classic Cars: An AMC family reunion
One big happy family of car guys No mater what car(s) you collect you probably belong to an owners group. It's a great place for the owners to get together and show off their pride and joy, swap stories, or maybe event parts. But unless your group is located near where your car was built,... Continue Reading →
Chasing Classic Cars: Lambrecht Chevrolet auction
Some are calling it the field of dreams Hundreds of low mileage went on the auction block this past weekend in the historic Lambrecht Chevy Sale. Click here to see an update from AutoWeek.