* While researching the post from earlier this week on the unearthed Tucker in Brazil, I came across this interesting bit of info: Apparently, Rob Ida – he of the Tucker replica and street-rodding fame – is working on a full-scale version of the Carioca, the project Preston Tucker was working on when he died. […]
I first met Paul Howard in, I think, 2005, when he and a couple other hot rodders stopped by Hemmings HQ on their way back from the Rolling Bones open house to his house in Massachusetts. He noted me ogling his Model A with a flathead V-8, sitting tall, black, and fenderless, clean and straight, […]
Hmmm… the press release we received this week from (German-owned) British luxury carmaker Bentley was very intriguing, but unfortunately, left us with as many questions as answers. According to the release, four-time World Rally champion Juha Kankkunen of Finland piloted a Bentley Continental Supersports convertible to a record setting 205.48 MPH — while driving on […]