The image above is an old engraving of a scene at one of the most important places in American history, the McCormick reaper works in Chicago, in the early second half of the 19th century. It was there that the building of complicated products with interchangeable components on a very big scale got underway, establishing […]

We’ve recently noticed quite a few more vintage off-roaders kept in stock (or close to stock) condition, eschewing the lifts and big knobby tires so common to four-bys in the last few decades. We don’t imagine Interco’s fretting about losing its Super Swamper business, but just as with hot rods, it’s always nice to see […]

Malcolm Bricklin’s dream of building a gullwing, fiberglass-bodied sports car came to a sorry end, with less than 3,000 built before his company went bankrupt. Now the Bricklin story has become a musical, which will take to the stage in the Canadian province of New Brunswick where the cars were built.
Fredericton Playhouse and Theatre New […]