We found members of the fire department in Billings, Montana, engaged in a fascinating project that they’re documenting through a photo page on Facebook. International Association of Fire Fighters Local 521 is restoring this nicely complete 1949 Seagrave canopy-cab pumper, a great-looking fire truck if there ever was one. Seagrave first introduced the all-steel open […]

Let’s say you were a twentysomething mullet-head just when Ronald Reagan was getting comfortable in the White House. You therefore have to remember the big kaboom that resulted when Chevrolet unveiled its third-generation Camaro. The aftermarket for body add-ons swelled to the proportions of a Baltic GDP. So we know a lot of people will […]

Ford’s Pinto really wasn’t a miserable car to drive, thanks to its responsive rack-and-pinion steering and a gutsy overhead cam engine, but it became the poster car for Detroit’s arrogance after Mother Jones published the story “Pinto Madness,” which accused Ford of knowingly selling a car that could explode in a rear-impact accident. Under pressure, […]