What timing! With the renewed Great Race upon us, we’ve come to the account of Hemmings Motor News’s first participation in the Great American Race in SIA #96, December 1986. Of note here: The format of the time-speed-distance race has remained the same these last 25 years, and article author David Brownell did an excellent […]

There’s just one problem with this 1947 Willys CJ-2A for sale on Hemmings.com: It’s not nearly dirty enough. From the seller’s description: 1947 Willys CJ2A, This jeep is a frame off restoration. Everything on this jeep is either new or rebuilt, Everything! An absolutely excellent running engine that was rebuilt by Jasper. Steering has minimum […]

* Speedhunters this week posted a great collection of photos of Holman-Moody-modified V-8 Ford Falcons used in European rallies in the mid-1960s. * No, that’s not yet another pic of a tornado-ravaged town in the Midwest. Instead, it comes from The Detroit Bureau’s report on the demolishing of the DeSoto plant on Wyoming Avenue between […]