The Fords want their punch bowl back. No, not Betty Ford’s family; they’re most likely off the punch for good. This would be the other Fords, the ones who make the cars. It seems that Dearborn’s first family unwittingly auctioned off the punch bowl that Henry won as a trophy in 1901 when he drove […]

Most car people familiar with the Besasie clan of Milwaukee probably know of them in connection with designer Brooks Stevens. Ray Besasie Sr. had been Stevens’ personal mechanic since 1940, Joe Besasie designed a number of concepts for Stevens – including the Excalibur – and Ray Besasie Jr. built and raced cars for Stevens (as […]

After digging up Abe Vigoda’s AMC Rebel commercial, oldmertz suggested we go looking for the AMC Ambassador commercial with Robert DeNiro in it. Twenty-seven years old at the time, DeNiro had already landed a few movie appearances, but he was still a few years away from his breakout roles in “Bang the Drum Slowly” and […]