* Reader Larry Stookey sent us this story from the Toledo Blade last month regarding Jerry Brummett and the 1940 Packard Super Eight formal sedan he bought in the early 1960s. What makes the story remarkable is that Brummett got the Packard running, used it to haul around his motorcycles for a couple years, then […]

While looking around for a Dodge pickup TV commercial to go along with this morning’s Class of ’86 selection, we came across the above TV commercial for the 1971 Dodge Tradesman “Strongbox” cargo van featuring Don Knotts. Quality isn’t great, so we dug a little further and came up with the below spot for the […]

The collector-car hobby lost another significant supporter when, on May 23, Gerry Durnell lost his courageous battle with cancer. Gerry was the owner and publisher of Automobile Quarterly, and Pizza Today magazine. He was also a great American – Gerry was a U.S. Army captain, who flew more than 180 reconnaissance missions during the Vietnam […]