I have to admit to being sucked in by this Lincoln press release promoting the 50-year-old AC 225 welder and Lincoln’s request for pics of owners’ old machines. I paid $35 for my AC 225 used, and I’ve actually done some decent work with it. It’s two days older than dirt, but has no hours […]

There are plenty of shows with traditionally huge car counts scheduled throughout the 2011 season. Among them is the 21st Annual Car d’Lane Classic Car Show and Cruise, held in downtown Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Scheduled for June 17-18, the whole pre-1972 affair kicks off with an expected 1,000-car cruise lining the streets on Friday night, […]

Longtime GM executive Bob Stempel, who rose to the rank of GM CEO in the Nineties, died Monday at his home in Florida at the age of 77. Most of the obituaries note that Stempel was ousted as GM’s chairman following a stormy two-year tenure that ended in 1992. The boardroom coup that ended in […]