Image courtesy oldcarbrochures.com I can’t let the Class of 1985 go by without mention of my personal favorite vehicle from that year, the 1985 Chevrolet Astro and its twin, the GMC Safari. Full disclosure up front: My parents bought a 1985 Safari brand new – blue, poverty caps, and it had the Borg-Warner T-5 five-speed […]

When the Recreational Vehicle Industry Association celebrated the centennial of the motorhome earlier this year, the history they provided seemed rather thin. I would’ve rather read a history more like the one Ray I. Scroggins wrote for SIA #77, October 1983, which starts with the Model T-based conversions and ran all the way through to […]

When I was a kid, reading off-road magazines instead of doing my homework, I recall seeing ads in the back of those magazines for kits to rebody a 1973-1987 GM full-size truck into a Hummer replica. I thought it was a great idea – in Ohio (as well as in any northern clime), there were […]