Automotive Alphabet – B

With such a healthy response to yesterday’s A-for-Austin introduction to the Automotive Alphabet, let’s move right along to our next letter. John Robins hinted at my first selection for the standalone B, off a Bentley, but that’s rather obvious (though identifying the host vehicle might not be). So how about a second standalone B, also […]

Automotive Alphabet – A

While walking around Amelia Island, I noticed several stylized letters, such as the flying A above, and wondered if I could make an entire alphabet using only standalone automotive ornaments and emblems. I actually was able to gather about half a dozen at Amelia, and I think I may already have another half a dozen […]

SIA Flashback – Model Race Cars

We’ve taken a look at tether cars (“tethered cars,” spindizzies, whatever you’d like to call them) before, and as it turns out, so did Special Interest Autos, nearly 30 years ago, when Stan Grayson chronicled the renewed interest in such cars for SIA #65, October 1981. I wonder how many of those collectors mentioned in […]