No front fender, no shirt and an open-face helmet – that’s how Steve McQueen rolled on the August 23, 1971, cover of Sports Illustrated, wheelie-ing the legendary Husqvarna 400 Cross. On Any Sunday, Malcom Smith and, of course, McQueen did for the red-tanked Swedish-built Huskys here in the U.S. what Rebel Without a Cause did […]
Hmmm… the press release we received this week from (German-owned) British luxury carmaker Bentley was very intriguing, but unfortunately, left us with as many questions as answers. According to the release, four-time World Rally champion Juha Kankkunen of Finland piloted a Bentley Continental Supersports convertible to a record setting 205.48 MPH — while driving on […]
Through a grant from the Iowa Historic Preservation, and sponsored by the Iowa Transportation Museum, restoration has begun on the only Spaulding automobile known to exist. The 1913 Roadster – one of approximately 300 Spauldings built during the model year across two model lines – was literally in pieces when the project began. The ITM […]