What is that… Thing?

With responses just about evenly split on whether or not Chrysler minivans should be permitted to take part in AACA events, especially the annual biggie that’s called Hershey, another shocking vehicle was on the show field this year. It was a 1973 Volkswagen Thing, in brilliant yellow. Owned by Ron Mann of Annville, Pennsylvania, this […]

Racing History at Hershey

There’s no telling what you’ll stumble across at Hershey if you look hard enough. Some of it can be found under a stack of old car magazines, on top of a heap of rusty tools, or casually tossed in front of a stack of old racing parts. Which is exactly how we discovered this old […]

Another Hershey first: minivans on the show field

We were waiting for this to happen and it did – at Hershey, of course! Saturday is the big car show of spectacular original-type collector cars and trucks, of which some 1,320 were registered this year; but sitting quietly among the Duesenbergs, Cadillacs and Packards was this incredible 1984 Plymouth minivan. And all this time […]