Break out your donut pillows, Minuteman 1000 Rally returns for 2011

Image courtesy Triumph Motor Company The 2011 installment of the Minuteman 1000 Rally takes place from May 20 to 22 and is presented by Northeast LD Riders and Yankee Beemers and sponsored by Max BMW. Originating from the Clarion Conference Center in Northampton, Massachusetts, and stretching across five states, the Minuteman 1000 Rally involves completing […]

RIP, Mac McKellar

The Pontiac hobby as well as America’s automotive heritage lost one of its greatest engineers when noted Pontiac engine designer Malcolm “Mac” McKellar passed away on April 9, 2011. Mac was the lead engineer and driving force behind Pontiac’s highly successful Super Duty racing program, which put Pontiac on the performance chart, where it quickly […]

Work, work, work: GMCs on the job

Over on the H.A.M.B.’s excellent pre-WWII photos thread, MrFire recently posted a couple links to the New York Public Library’s Flickr page, which contains some excellent automotive photography collections, including one of GMC trucks, divided roughly between the division’s early products and its art deco/streamline moderne trucks from the 1930s. We grabbed a selection of […]