Is it not the dream of toy car nerds everywhere to be able to shop in a new place – to travel, to see new things? In 1996, fresh out of New Jersey and never having seen a Wal-Mart, I thought I discovered the Promised Land as I made my way across I-40. A decade […]

It’s easy to assume that any stake-bed pickup nowadays uses a homebuilt or aftermarket bed, but look closer at this 1937 Ford 1/2-ton stakebed, and you’ll see that the platform is actually incorporated into the fenders. That’s because, starting that year, Ford did indeed offer stake and platform-bed pickups from the factory, with the platforms […]

Image via oldcarbrochures.com You knew this was coming, especially after the Jeep ad insert scan I posted last month. Yes, SUVs have been with us in highway-clogging numbers for a quarter-century now, and the model that many auto historians hold responsible for popularizing the compact SUV is the Jeep Cherokee, known to its fans as […]