My mother has always referred to Karmann Ghias as “pickles.” I have no idea how that nickname ever came about, but in honor of her birthday today, let’s take a look at this pickle 1974 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia out of Claremont, California. From the seller’s description: This car has been with only two owners for […]

* We were saddened to hear this week about the passing of Leighton Irwin, a pioneer of Canadian motorsport and contributor over on the Garage Blog. Gary at the Garage Blog has an excellent photo gallery and remembrance of Leighton. * Johnny tipped us off to this one: Apparently, there’s some sort of French subculture […]

It probably won’t go viral, but there’re plenty of excellent Truck Norris jokes in derf’s thread about his J10 on the IFSJA.org forums. My favorite so far: Truck Norris doesn’t need oil. It just drives back in time and eats dinosaurs. UPDATE (7.February 2011): Silly me. Truck Norris will go viral if Truck Norris wants […]