We haven’t gone shopping for World War II-era military vehicles lately, but it seems to us that this 1942 GMC CCKW for sale on Hemmings.com seems to be priced particularly reasonable, especially considering it comes with a matching Checker-built trailer. Perfect for a camping trek far far away from any roads. From the seller’s description: […]

* Fans of “Man From U.N.C.L.E.” will no doubt recall the Piranha, a car that Gene Winfield built for the show. It appears that the exact car from filming has now turned up and is headed for a restoration. UPDATE (13.June 2011): Geoff Hacker’s Forgotten Fiberglass has more on the Piranha. * Speaking of Gene […]

We’ll revisit the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s Flickr stream – the same one on which we found the pictures of the Lear-built steam-powered buses – one more time this week for a Technicolor street scene, snapped April 1966 in Hermosa Beach, California. The LACMTA would like us to focus on the bus, but […]