We can’t mention all the great trucking noir films like “Sorcerer,” “Hell Drivers,” or “Thieves’ Highway” without also mentioning “They Drive By Night,” the 1940 Bogart film based on “The Long Haul,” a 1938 novel by A.I. Bezzerides. Bezzerides also wrote the 1949 novel “Thieves’ Market” and adapted it for the screen that same year […]

Where George Barris can point to the Batmobile as his chef d’oeuvre, his contemporary, Frank DeRosa, can claim this 1960 Cadillac for sale on Hemmings.com as his own masterpiece. In fact, Pittsburg, California-based DeRosa, who has since been inducted into the Oakland Roadsters Hall of Fame, has said that this car was specifically built as […]

Sometime late last week, the breathless e-mails started rolling in. The gist: Senator Chuck Schumer thinks you’re rich and wants to levy a special tax on all collector cars! This will destroy the hobby and must be stopped! Included was the text of an authentic-looking press release.: Washington, D.C. – AP. Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) […]