Hail to the Badman

Seeing Dick Pelkey’s high-riding 1955 Chevrolet gasser at Musclepalooza on Memorial Day weekend conjured sepia-toned memories of the Badman model kit. As a kid, I thought the Badman would be the perfect automobile for all-around daily use: big-block Chevy, open headers, straight front axle, and “Adios Mother” painted across the trunk lid – a phrase […]

Driveable Dream Daytona

I’ve been traveling lately, including to the May auction-fest in Indiana, which is why I haven’t gone digital with this interesting report so far. Among the big sales that Mecum Auctions rang up three weeks ago at the Indiana State Fairgrounds was this 1973 Ferrari 365 GTB/4, which cracked the top 10 lots in dollar […]