March Military Campaign – double the stovebolt fun

Where FoMoCo provided engines during World War II for the unique dual-engined Traco-E&L bomber parts haulers, GM engines were conscripted into a similar service after the war.
According to Crismon, around 1947, the Eisenhauser Manufacturing Company of Van Wert, Ohio, built the above five-axle straight truck as a prototype to see whether it was possible to […]

Old meets new at Amelia Island 2010

I was rather excited to finally have the opportunity to see Amelia Island this past weekend: With two auctions, a very prestigious concours, automotive personality sightings galore, and plenty of cars to ogle (plus sun and warm weather to soak up), the weekend almost approaches sensory overload. After a quick glance through my photos from […]

Ad(s) of the Week: Ah, Performance!

No, not performance as in the kind you could buy right off the dealer lot in 1969. Nor the kind of performance that was found on quarter-mile strips of pavement if you knew somebody within the dealer network. None of that.
We’re talking about the kind of performance that you could buy off the shelf (in […]