Cars your rarely see on the road

Another unusual car made in Wisconsin The Excalibur Automobile Corporation was born by the idea Milwaukee native, and world-famous designer, Brook Stevens who sketched a concept on a place mat while at a restaurant in 1964. He was asked by his then employee Studebaker to create buzz for their exhibit at the New York Auto... Continue Reading →

September 11, 2018 0

Unicorn Promo Models

How a $2 investment generates a 2,000% return One of my favorite episodes of Fast N' Loud on Discovery channel is when Richard Rawlings and his friend Dennis Collins (who is also a big Jeep guy) go look at a Shelby Mustang they are looking to buy only to find more Mustangs, one of the... Continue Reading →

February 20, 2018 0

Holy crap, I think that car might have been mine!

My one shot at a collector car Came in 1987 while living in Green Bay. I always kept an eye out in the papers, this was before that interweb thing got big, looking for, well, I wasn't sure. Then, bingo, a 1970 AMX was for sale in Milwaukee similar to the image of this model... Continue Reading →

September 10, 2017 0

Jeepless for the 1st time in 30 years and the quest for 71 inches

Jeepless in Pewaukee For those of you who have not read my posts before, I love Jeeps! My love affair began in 1970 when American Motors purchased The Jeep Corporation from Kaiser Industries. My dad worked for AMC at the time at its National Parts Distribution Center in Milwaukee, WI. so now I would receive... Continue Reading →

August 30, 2017 0

When Station Wagons roamed the plains like the buffalo

See if you can relate to this. Summer trips with the fam It's the mid 70's or 80's when the whole family piled into the family wagon to go on vacation. It could have been west like I did with my family in our 1967 Rebel Cross Country wagon. Almost identical to this one I... Continue Reading →

March 15, 2017 0

For the Rekord

Spellcheck went crazy with this Lots of red lines below my copy when I wrote this blog entry about the Open Rekord. It kept wanting to change it to "Record". You know me and odd ball cars. I was actually running through eBay looking at promo models when I came across a Record, oops, Rekord. More... Continue Reading →

February 1, 2017 2

Almost $1M for an AMC

I'm a pretty happy AMC fan this morning! That's because last night at the Gooding & Company auction in Scottsdale, AZ this AMX 3 sold for $891,000 setting a new world record price for an American Motors creation. More than other cars in the auction like a 1935 Auburn 851 SC Boattail Speedster which sold for $693,000 but... Continue Reading →

January 22, 2017 0

Cars from down under

I love Australian cars By Paul Daniel Unfortunately after next month there will no longer be anymore built after Ford closes the doors on its plant following the lead from GM who shut down its Holden plants. At one time this was a booming market cranking out just over 400,000 vehicles in 2004 but it dwindled down to... Continue Reading →

September 25, 2016 2

LeMans Ford GT40: They did more than get it back on the road

Restorations take a lot of time and cash ... By Paul Daniel .. I'm short of both right now. Getting a forgotten car back on the road is one thing but getting it back on the track it another. Watch this video where the iconic 1966 Le Mans-winning P/1046 GT40 shared by Bruce McLaren and Chris Amon... Continue Reading →

August 29, 2016 0

I’m a gear head and propeller head

The biggest roar of engines you will ever hear! And one of the few places you will hear them is where I was this week, AirVenture 2016 in Oshkosh, WI. I'm sure I'm not alone where I say that I get excited hearing a car like a new Corvette jump on the throttle as it comes... Continue Reading →