Calling this Jeep a CJ-5 might be a little misleading. Aside from the grille, windshield, and most likely the chassis, there’s not much Jeep actually left in this mishmash. But the Philippine license plate tells us that it’s instead something more than a garden-variety bitsa; instead, it’s a Jeepney, a staple of public transportation in […]

It’s not the most obvious place to hold a premium car show,  but’s it’s still fantastic. New Bern, North Carolina, was the location of last weekend’s sensational AACA Grand National, which I’m telling you is the flat-out best gathering of historic vehicles you’ll ever see, anywhere. More than 500 ultimate restored and unrestored examples were on […]

Assembly complete, now for some numbers
After completing reassembly of the flathead, we had Allied Engine check the Speedster’s powerplant on their dynamometer. Not that we thought it would blow up or anything, but we wanted it running like a pocket watch while we had the chance to play with it out of the chassis.

Some PVC pipe […]