Car Spotting: A rare Porsche

And one found its way to Wisconsin It was an off-road capable off-road capable supercar. The 959 was produced from 1986 to 1993 and only 345 were built. The Porsche 959 was the most technologically advanced car in the 1980s and it took years for other cars to share similar technologies. Just like the fabled... Continue Reading →

December 31, 2021 0

Car Spotting: An under appreciated Mustang

A Mustang fully loaded Most of us think of the performance-based Mustangs targeted towards the youth market yet there was one that took a different direction, the upscale Grande. Produced from 1969 to 1973 it was only available as a hardtop. It had tons of options, 45 to be exact, which was a lot at... Continue Reading →

December 24, 2021 0

Car spotting: America’s other two-seat sports car

This one I know well The AMX was produced by American Motors from 1968 to 1970 as a two-seat sports car. Its short wheelbase, one inch shorter than the Corvette, and big engines, 290 to 390, V8's made it a hit for AMC who was a late arrival at the muscle car party. To show... Continue Reading →

December 17, 2021 0

The Edsel that Ford never built

Cars potting an unusual car My neck is on a constant swivel when I'm out on the county roads here in Wisconsin. It drives my wife and daughter nuts because sometimes I ignore the road. We were up in Door County which is about two and a half hours north of Milwaukee. Since water surrounds... Continue Reading →