Mar 23, 2016 | Uncategorized
It was again my honor to serve as a judge at the 2016 Amelia Island Concours e’Elegance in Florida, and it continues to rank as among the world’s great concours. This was the 21st edition of this fabulous show and week full of wonderful automotive and...
Mar 10, 2016 | Uncategorized
Here’s yet another great local car show I’ve been too lazy a sloth to post up and share with you. Nice location, nice sized show, some nice cars, and free entry. Plus great Kirk Gerbracht photos. Enjoy. ...
Mar 7, 2016 | Uncategorized
As I’ve probably told you, I love small local car shows. The kind put on by local clubs and local people at a park with local cars. Easy run what you brung kind of days and events, often benefitting local charities. So here’s my calendar alert for what...
Mar 3, 2016 | Uncategorized
Every car guy has two fantasy lists of cars/trucks/racers/bikes we want to own if we had unlimited space and an even more unlimited budget. The first is the conventional roster, containing the usual suspects: perhaps a Ferrari 250 GTO, the world’s rarest Corvette,...
Feb 23, 2016 | Uncategorized
Here’s another local show that I really enjoyed, and slothfully waited far to long to post up these great Kirk Gerbracht photos of it. Great cars, great locale, and great fun day. I’m hoping you agree that late truly is still better than never…...
Feb 12, 2016 | Uncategorized
Chino Hills, CA: Automotive aficionados needn’t pull off a bank heist, or go on the lam to appreciate a getaway to the 2016 Friends of Steve McQueen Car and Motorcycle Show at Boys Republic in Chino Hills, CA. The theme of the 2016 event will revolve around the...
Feb 9, 2016 | Uncategorized
Modern automotive diesel engines are fabulous. Put aside for the moment all the noise about VW scamming the emissions testing process; today’s oilburners perform marvelously and get fabulous mileage. I had a trip from LA to Vegas planned, so a car with great...
Feb 5, 2016 | Uncategorized
As you may remember, I’m deeply involved with the annual Friends of Steve McQueen Car and Motorcycle show held each June in Chino, California, to benefit the Boys Republic schools. The financial needs of the school are great, and the fundraising goals for this...
Feb 2, 2016 | Uncategorized
I generally love Mazdas. Mazdas are generally more sporty and more expressive cars than the models by other carmakers with which they compete. And the Zoom-zoom brand has also given us great sports cars such as th RX-7, RX-8, and the best compact British sports car...
Jan 26, 2016 | Uncategorized
News from my friends at Shelby American that I thought you might enjoy knowing about…MS Only 75 total (50 for the USA and 25 international) Shelby Terlingua Mustangs will be built 750+ supercharged V8 offered for the first time in a Shelby Terlingua Mustang Each...
Jan 22, 2016 | Uncategorized
For reasons I won’t bore you with, I ended up with this ’79 El Camino and don’t need it in my fleet. So its for sale. I’d call it a good driver quality piece, better than a beater or a parts car but nobody’s show car. Runs and drives...
Jan 20, 2016 | Uncategorized
I love vans. Always have, both in the custom, surf wagon, shag carpet and 8-track sense, and because of their inherent practicality. I owned an old Econoline back in the day, and would own another van if I had need (or room) for one. My general preference is for...
Jan 12, 2016 | Uncategorized
This show took place nearly six months ago, so I’m almost embarrassed to finally be putting up these photos now. But its such a great show, and I didn’t want to waste Kirk Gerbracht’s great photos, and this can also serve as a calendar alert for the...
Jan 4, 2016 | Uncategorized
Last September 30 marked the 60th Anniversary (September 30, 1955) of the death of actor James Dean, as he and his mechanic were involved in a tragic, fatal accident as they were driving from Los Angeles to Monterey for an SCCA sports car race. Along with the...
Dec 26, 2015 | Uncategorized
I love big, sturdy pickup trucks. Of course pickups are built in many parts of the world, and serve many global markets. My favorites are what I’ll call, for lack of a better term, American style pickups. Large, capable, sturdy, long lived, powerful. And up...
Dec 9, 2015 | Uncategorized
America’s best car museum reopens after a year on hiatus and a near $100 Million reinvention. photography by me, and courtesy the Petersen Automotive Museum Los Angeles California’s Petersen Automotive Museum had been closed to the public for a little over a...
Nov 25, 2015 | Uncategorized
I’ve liked the Nissan Altima ever since, in 2002, Nissan threw away the old Stanza based Altima, and restyled and really grew the car up to the segment. In 2002 came new styling, new underpinnings, finally a V-6 engine option, all in a segment appropriate size...
Nov 19, 2015 | Uncategorized
Lamborghini is working hard to become a real grown up car company. That doesn’t mean that it’ll begin producing little econobox cars by the tens of thousands, and I don’t expect the company will lose its sense of humor, whimsy, or slightly...
Nov 16, 2015 | Uncategorized
Let me clue you in to the coolest little hot rod collection / museum that you’ve probably never heard of, and I’ll bet you’ve never seen. It’s called Nostalgia Street Rods. It’s all been assembled by The Goldstrom family, husband Art,...
Nov 9, 2015 | Uncategorized
I’m sorry to be bombing you with so much news about upcoming book signing events, but when we release a new title, that’s what happens. So please come out, say hello, get your book and get it autographed and personalized if you wish. I’ll be at...
Nov 5, 2015 | Uncategorized
Hope I’ll see you in Danville on Saturday morning. Even if you have no interest in my or any books, I promise you’ll love this museum. Details just...
Oct 30, 2015 | books, Uncategorized
Just a quick reminder that if you live or are going to be near the San Francisco Bay area next weekend, I’d love to meet you at the justifiably famous Black Collection museum in Danville. I’ll be giving a brief talk and slide show entitled Legends,...
Oct 25, 2015 | Uncategorized
Commentary and photos by Kirk Gerbracht Ultimately, it’s great cars that make a great car show. But sometimes the venue can add a little something extra to create the perfect event. Such was the case with Serpents in the Garden. A little more than a year after the...
Oct 19, 2015 | Uncategorized
As you know, a much revised Camaro is on its way for 2016; the car moves from its previous Australian Holden based chassis architecture to another global GM platform which will make it easier to produce and offer more flexibility in terms of options and technology,...
Oct 12, 2015 | Uncategorized
Every year, my local area merchant’s village in Montrose, California puts on a summer car show. Montrose is often referred to as “Mayberry RFD” due to its clean, homespun personna. The village has become a kind of trendy happening place as of late,...
Oct 5, 2015 | Uncategorized
As an automotive writer, road tester, and studier of the business, I’ve always found cost effective, economical transportation as important a subject as all the fast and dangerous stuff. As much as I love Porsches, Ferraris, AMG Mercedes, and all that fast and...
Sep 30, 2015 | Uncategorized
As I’ve mentioned to you several times, my new Exotic Barn Finds book has just been published, so I pay a lot of attention to these stories and books in this category. When Tom Cotter and I visited a few months back at the Amelia Island Concours, we...
Sep 23, 2015 | Uncategorized
Thank you for continuing to visit my site. I hope you’ve noticed that we’ve freshened things up here a bit lately. The site functions much as it did before, but has been mildly redesigned in order to be more attractive, a little easier to use, and...
