A shrine is remembered

The number of locations that can claim hallowed-ground status in two sports, particularly when one of them is racing, are few indeed. One is Hinchliffe Stadium in Paterson, New Jersey. Built in 1933, it’s one of the last surviving ballparks where the Negro Leagues played, including the Black Yankees and New York Cubans.
Hinchliffe (not “hinch-cliff,” […]

ACD Museum to display radical Di Dia 150

Received a little too late to include in the News Reports page of Hemmings Classic Car, I received word from the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum regarding legendary singer/actor Bobby Darin’s custom-made automobile: the 1960 Di Dia 150.
Also referred to as the Bobby Darin Dream Car, the Di Dia was designed by Andy Di Dia […]

SIA Flashback – The Bridge Revisited

It is because of old SIA articles like this one by Frank Bruno in SIA #75, June 1983, that I’ve started to take a stroll through the parking lots at major automotive events I go to. Sure, today I’m not apt to find any Delahayes or Duesenbergs or a Bugatti Type 57, as Frank did […]