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 radical approach to exotic Italian car manufacture. But Lamborghini is actively remodeling…
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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, late wife Shirley, and daughter Sheri. It wasn’t originally planned as a museum, per…
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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 Autobooks-Aerobooks 2900 W. Magnolia Blvd. Burbank, CA 91106 (818)…
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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 below……
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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, Heroes, and Friends, showing photo froms four of…
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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 Arboretum celebrated the 50th anniversary of the…
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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, and I think the new car will be a…
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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, a lot of the old stores evolving into newer, trendier boutiques and…
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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 flash hardware, cars like that aren’t relevant to a lot of people.
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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 traded quips like “so, what’s your…
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