Once I was done snapping photos at the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance on Sunday, Geoff Hacker enlisted my help in presenting his Bill Burke bellytank dry lakes racer (Geoff curated the Forgotten Fiberglass class at the show and was thus otherwise occupied), something I gladly did, along with Ted Kempgens, one of the builders of […]
Muscle car, plain old antique car, or both? We found this gem from 1959 – a Custom Royal Lancer two-door hardtop – which could easily stir the muscle car-or-not debate: The seller (and supporting photographs) states that the Dodge is equipped with the desirable D-500 engine package. That’s dual-quads on top of a 383-cu.in. V-8 […]
Where FoMoCo provided engines during World War II for the unique dual-engined Traco-E&L bomber parts haulers, GM engines were conscripted into a similar service after the war.
According to Crismon, around 1947, the Eisenhauser Manufacturing Company of Van Wert, Ohio, built the above five-axle straight truck as a prototype to see whether it was possible to […]