Automotive Alphabet – Q

There’s a collector up in New Hampshire, John Muir, who’s put together an A-Z collection – that is, a collection of cars with model names starting with every letter of the alphabet. I’m sure I’m not the first person who, upon hearing him describe the collection, immediately asked what he did for Q, X and […]

Hemmings Find of the Day – 1948 Packard

Every now and then, I think I’d like to get a tattoo. Sure, everybody and their grandmother has one nowadays, so they don’t carry the sailor-on-shore-leave stigma they used to, but a tattoo is more than a social statement. It’s an expression of commitment to whatever that tattoo stands for. While they look good on […]

Best. Car. Show. Addendum.

Wow, we got a lot of commentary about the stunning 1959 Chrysler New Yorker wagon that in the AACA Grand National Show two weekends ago in New Bern, North Carolina. Much of the comment asked about the Chrysler’s engine, which points up the fact that I forgot to post a photo of it. Hope this […]