We’ve mentioned time and again how excellent Shorpy is for old car spotting, and one of the recent photos that blog posted proves that. The above image is a detail from a much larger photograph of Broadway in 1905 and shows two interesting vehicles: the sightseeing bus on the left and the cab on the […]

Who says only American cars can be hot rodded? This 1958 BMW Isetta incorporates several conventions of a typical hot rod: flames, loud paint and a bigger engine. Of course, when you’re talking about an Isetta, even a Geo Metro would have a bigger engine. From the seller’s description:
This car has a newer Yamaha 660cc […]

Our friend Geoff Hacker has been living it up in the Los Angeles area the last few days, in part to help celebrate Fiberglass Day at the Petersen Automotive Museum, an event that Geoff helped plan to showcase what creative gearheads were doing with fiberglass in the 1950s and 1960s. Though Fiberglass Day has passed, […]