Wendler’s woeful Maico 500 Sport prototype

Earlier this year, we investigated a rather good-looking car that appeared in a photo submitted to us by Greg Steinmayer and discovered that it was a Beutler-bodied Maico 500 Sport prototype that unfortunately never made its way into production. Peter Svilians, who provided the answer, also made mention of a Wendler-bodied Maico 500 Sport prototype […]

Whitey Thuesen and the Crosley V-8

Photo courtesy Ron Cummings Ever since the mention of a mysterious Crosley V-8 engine a few years ago sent me off in search of the elusive wee beast, I’ve come up with information on exactly one such configured Crosley-based engine, and it wasn’t the one I’ve been looking for. Then, a few months ago, Ron […]