This is Riverside Park in Ypsilanti, Michigan, where the Orphan Car Show annually takes place. See that gazebo? It’s ordinarily on dry land. The problem was that the night before last Sunday’s scheduled show, lower Michigan was slashed by both thunderstorms and tornadoes, including one that passed through southern Washtenaw County before causing awful damage […]

At the mere mention of Pegaso in yesterday’s blog post, I’m sure many of you turned to your favorite reference books to fill in some of the blanks that Maxwell Innes left in his too-short article on the marque’s sports cars. For example, what’s up with the transmission behind the rear axle? And why in […]

“Women, children and some eccentric males love it,” John Fitch told me of his Consulier GTP. “I think it’s ugly. But it goes like hell.” Endorsement enough, I’d say, especially for a Bush41-era sports/supercar. This 1990 Consulier GTP for sale on Hemmings.com appears very similar to John’s, save for the wheels and a few other […]