Hemmings Find of the Day – 1957 Ford Custom

There’s long been an appreciation among drag racers for the stripper look: That is, get a two-door post car and denude it of excess trim or gadgets, slap a set of blackwalls on steelies with pie plates, all in the “go, don’t show” philosophy. Indeed, this 1957 Ford Custom would have been one of the […]

U-R What You (dreamed that you’d) Drive

While reorganizing the bookshelves at home, I pulled out an old favorite title that I hadn’t read in some years – Tom Couch’s U-R What You Drive. I got this book when it was brand new, in 1987, and although I have no memory of what else I may have received that year, this gift definitely became one of my […]