Nowadays, when somebody decides they want to tackle some world land-speed record or another, they usually arrive at the Bonneville Salt Flats with a giant enclosed trailer towed by equally giant trucks, with an entire entourage of mechanics, aerodynamics experts, videographers and money men in their wake. In August 1959, Mickey Thompson towed his Challenger […]

So my buddy Jeff down in Georgia is all bummed that he’s stuck in the house with eight inches of snow on the ground. I tol’ him to get out and have some fun like these hoodlums. The footage is remixed from the longer video below, which sho…

As anybody who visited the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance last year will recognize, this 1928 Graham-Paige limousine is no typical product of a visionary’s one-off fantasies. Instead, it’s one of the 15 or 16 trackless trains (also called “sound trains”) that Hoosier Harry McGee built for various companies to promote their wares. From the seller’s […]