Automotive American – Classic Vintage & Modern
Tag: Reblog
Here’s a taste of the late Clinton years and most of the Bush Junior years, the 1997-2007 Buick Park Avenue. 1997-2005 Buick Park Avenue, Savannah, Georgia. I have to say I jumped a small jump of joy when I sighted this car last autumn on a short sojourn in Savannah, Georgia. The lighting is terrible […]
I Say We All Sit Down and Discuss This, Shall We? — Driven To Write
Think you know the Ford Maverick? Think again. Image: onlineredlineguide.com The Ford Motor Company has historically been expert at extracting maximum utility from its engineering, often repackaging old (and sometimes outdated) mechanical components into shiny new bodywork and cheekily presenting the result as ‘all-new’. The vehicles engineered in this manner might have been far from […]
Unbranded Steers (Part One) — Driven To Write
Really really horrible thing to have happen, and then not having the moral fibre to hold up their hands 🙁
Hopefully someone may have seen this happen?
There is nothing more heartbreaking than seeing your pride and joy getting wrecked by some plank who don’t care. Contrary to what people may think, we don’t think pound notes when we see things like this, we feel the pain of the customer as we understand. This week we have dropped what we were doing […]
This Makes Us Mad! — Mustang Maniac
Sometimes hot rodding takes a good deal of patience and a little bit of horse trading. That is certainly the case for Lamar Taylor’s 1992 Mustang LX coupe. “I always wanted a coupe,” Lamar told me, “but never could find one I could afford that wasn’t a total project.” So a few years ago, Lamar […]
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Lamar Taylor’s ‘92 Mustang LX Coupe — Garage Hot Rods
Eighteen-year-old Jeffrey Wirl is a better hot rodder than I was when I was at that age. Back then, I was psyched that I managed to install a set of Accel spark plug wires on my Duster. Jeffrey, on the other hand, is doing an almost complete rebuild of a 1981 Monte Carlo – making […]
Jeffrey Wirl’s ’81 Monte Carlo — Garage Hot Rods
Hailed as “the car of the century,” the first Model T Ford rolled off the assembly line in Detroit, Michigan, on this day, October 1, 1908. One of the leading executives behind the project, Charles E. Sorensen, was to describe later the eventful day when Henry Ford announced the idea. In his book, “My Forty […]
October 1, 1908: Ford Motor Company unveils the Model T, the “car of the century“ — RANDOM Times •
When the GM streamliners first made their appearance in 1941, they looked like the most advanced cars on the road. But the futuristic shape didn’t age well, lasting barely a decade.
GM’s Fleeting Fastback Phase: The 1941-52 Streamliners — Mac’s Motor City Garage
This impressive Gulf Oil Company service station located in an unknown area of Philadelphia, PA, was designed in the manner of the then-popular Streamline Moderne architecture. This form of building construction was fashionable from the mid-1930s to the ’50s, both here in the US and around the world. The “Good Gulf Nonox” neon sign out…
via Streamline Moderne Postwar Good Gulf Service Station — The Old Motor
We went racing! The Mustang Owners Club Of Great Britain organised a private meeting at the UK’s premium drag strip – Santa Pod on 31st July 2020. Mustang Maniac and friends attended and the event was at max capacity. The only way to social distance here was to put as much space between your car […]
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Today is my car’s birthday. This day fifty four years ago on the 11th July 1966 my car rolled off the Ford production line at Dearborn, Michigan. USA. Speaking of things being built, I was bought a model kit a while ago which was the LEGO GT500 kit, which I reviewed here. I thoroughly enjoyed […]
