HUDSON HORNET—NASCAR CHAMP, MOVIE STAR, GOODING AUCTION OFFERING
HERE’S A car that ruled early NASCAR the way Ferrari dominated F1 during the Schumacher era. A car decades ahead of its time, to the extent that sales were hampered. … Continue reading
F-SERIES: FIRST TO ALUMINUM
LET’S CELEBRATE one of the most successful vehicles in the world, the Ford F-Series pickup. The timing seems right: At the recent North American International Auto Show in Detroit, the … Continue reading
PANHARD DYNA X, DEUTSCH-BONNET AND MONOPOLE
FRENCH CARS have always been quirky fun, and Panhards are among the quirkiest. The Panhard Dyna X, introduced in post-World-War II, bristled with innovative features. It spawned a passel of … Continue reading
CHRYSLER FIVE-PACK
I CONFESS that this title sounds like Chrysler getting into the brewery business with a cost-cutting move. But, in fact, the Chrysler Five-Pack is one of World War II’s success stories. … Continue reading
BLACK BEAUTY = PHANTOM CORSAIR?
I BELIEVE I’ve identified Black Beauty, the car used by the Green Hornet—the real old-time-radio Green Hornet, not some latter-day phony-schmony counterpart in a rudely customized Chrysler, for goodness sake. … Continue reading
BMW M1 AT GOODING’S SCOTTSDALE
THERE ARE those who consider the Honda/Acura NSX to be the world’s first practical exotic. But my vote goes to another car introduced more than a decade before the NSX—the … Continue reading
LECO MK 2—MY NON-TOJEIRO RIDE
WHEN ALEX Quattlebaum, Jr., went hunting for an English sports racing car, he struck lucky in a Suffolk farmer’s barn and a car identified as a Tojeiro. By the time … Continue reading
LECo—ENGLISH BACK-GARDEN SPECIALS
THE ENGLISH had a knack for producing racing cars in their proverbial back gardens. To wit, H.F.S. Morgan’s trike (www.wp.me/p2ETap-14b), Delingpole and Lowe’s Dellow (www.wp.me/p2ETap-6B), the Bolster Bros.’ “Bloody Mary” … Continue reading
McLAREN F1
PRESS INTRODUCTIONS of exotic cars are, by their very nature, special events. And, without a doubt, the most exciting one I ever attended was the 1992 introduction of the McLaren … Continue reading
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