The Hemmings Speedster almost didn’t get on course this morning when the throttle linkage on our new Stromberg 97 popped off on the way to the morning tire/speedometer test. Luckily it was only two miles down the road and we were able to catch up to them and reattach it in time for them to […]

With Hemmings Motor News conducting the VCRA Hemmings Challenge Rally, our own Speedster and its support crew has to be one of the first crews to arrive, so we got an early start on the almost 1,000-mile drive from headquarters in Bennington by leaving early Tuesday morning. Publisher and Driver Jim Menneto piloted our car hauler […]

… or a Studillac. That’s what we’re looking for. We are specifically referring here to cars that received an engine transplant from a truly fabled shop, Frick-Tappett Motors, which was located along Sunrise Highway on New York’s Long Island. This shop deserves to be as well known as any hot rod shop in post-war Southern California, except that […]