Lost AMC Dealership Update: Bellflower, California

A few months ago, buried in a post with other lost dealerships, we presented a license plate and business card for Don-A-Vee Rambler in Bellflower, California, and took a stab at guessing the location of the dealership based on the address on the business card. Looks like we were off by a little bit – […]

Besasie’s bodacious blast – the 130 MPH Excalibur kart

Quite coincidentally, given the recent SIA Flashback on Brooks Stevens, we recently heard from Dan Flanders of the Vintage Karting Archives regarding his Excalibur Formula Kart Experimental, a one-off kart designed by Stevens and built and raced by Roy Besasie Jr., the son of Stevens’s body builder. Dan wrote:
Ray Sr. formed the bodies for a […]

Hemmings Find of the Day – 1940 Ford

Where other, larger, funeral cars end up with funky profiles to fit the body style, this 1940 Ford appears to have a roofline lifted straight from its coupe and thus looks more organic than most Cadillac or Packard-based flower cars. Though, that begs the question makes one wonder: When this was new, who would have […]