Everyone enjoys the Monterey car week (or some would say its now car Month) a bid differently. Here are some of my personal highlights, which I hope you also enjoy. It dawns on me that, somewhat like the “swallows returning to Capistrano” every year, I’ve been participating in the Monterey Historic Auto Races (Now called…
Read more
The Really Big Show for this year is now consigned to history. This was about my 35th or so Pebble Beach, and 21st as a judge. So here’s Pebble Beach’s official press announcement with a complete list of all the class and special award winners.–MS PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (August 21, 2016) — The 2016 Pebble…
Read more
Initially, this will sound like a plug for a friend’s business, which it sort of kind of is, but I promise you there’s a free and easy payoff for you next time you’re in SoCal. Besides being a terribly high quality guy, Corky Coker is a consumate businessman of the first order. He recognizes need,…
Read more
I love to detail my own cars. It’s a way of really connecting with them, touching nearly every square inch of them with my own hand, great exercise, and you get a beautiful shiny car when you’re done. What’s much better? Here’s an update on some new products I’m playing with. Some cars I do…
Read more
The Jeep Grand Cherokee is a bit of a phenom, maybe a little bit of an American Range Rover. The GC was a runaway sales success from its first day, and Jeep (and its various owners) have aimed to continuously improve it. I have long felt this vehicle would be ideally suited for a high…
Read more
Richard Peieruska is a friend, a formally trained automotive designer, and one of the world’s great automotive artists, particular in the forms of sculpture. He’s a complete enthusiast, a classy guy and a nice man. Plus he owns a DeTomaso Mangusta, IMHO along with the Lamborghini Miura, among the most beautiful and fabulous mid-engined exotic…
Read more
I’ve never owned or built a classic hot rod. But I sure want to. You may dig this scene or not, but as an LA native car guy, I suspect there’s a taste of it in my DNA somewhere. Personally I like traditionally styled and powered hot rods, not the Coddington style billet and big-block…
Read more
I couldn’t be more proud of my friends Evan and Thomas, who now for the third year, have organized, promoted, and pulled off a wonderful, casually irreverent car show that celebrates the notion of “run what you brung.” Highway Earth is a one day event held at historic Franklin Canyon Lake in the Hollywood…
Read more
I’m absolutely honored to have been asked by my friend Wayne Carini, and the folks at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance to participate as a panelist in their Classic Car Forum during Monterey car week. Pebble Beach Classic Car Forum Highlights Automotive Heroes Here’s the news as released by Pebble Beach… Famous GT40s Drivers Will…
Read more
The current VW Beetle (reborn in 1999 as the New Beetle, you may recall) is a bit of a phenom in that it is the only surviving member of that era’s class of retro cars. The Chrysler PT Cruiser? Cute but gone. The reborn two-seater Thunderbird. Also cute and also gone. The Chevrolet SSR? Equally…
Read more