The origins of many automotive terms often seem lost in the shrouds of history. For example, nobody yet knows for sure when and where the term “hot rod” came about, and there has always been speculation about the phrase “drag race.” After all, racers are not literally dragging anything when they line up side-by-side on […]
Albert “Shrimp” Burns
If you want an outstanding history of early motorcycle racing in America, you can spend the next few days with Pioneers of American Motorcycle Racing: Exclusive internet publication about the men who built and rode the first American racing motorcycles between 1900 – 1933, by Daniel K. Statnekov (including a chapter on Shrimp Burns).
If you actually […]
You bet your sweet bippy that today’s HFOD will not only be an AMC, but one painted in the company’s red, white and blue paint scheme. Done up as a dragstrip-destined AMX/SS (though I didn’t think that SSs got anything other than charcoal interiors), this 1969 AMX for sale on Hemmings.com will definitely get you […]