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, […]

Certainly, no car is universally admired. There will always be somebody out there who will turn his nose up at any car you offer him. That said, there aren’t that many collector-car enthusiasts out there who would turn their nose up at a Packard Caribbean, and this particular 1953 Packard Caribbean looks like a beaut. […]