Four-Links – De Portago, Go With Moon!, Barrmy?, Adele

* From Automobiliac comes this excellent photo of Alfonso De Portago in a Ferrari on the 1957 Mille Miglia. The color, the composition, the setting, the excitement on the spectators’ faces all give it that wonderful air of nostalgia. Then you read about the photo’s significance…

* Dean Moon’s iconic status in the hot rod and […]

Tomica Returns to America

You may remember them as “Pocket Cars,” small-scale die-cast cars sold in a blistercard that resembled a denim pocket, in the ’70s and ’80s. Made by Tomica, they were a sort of Japanese homage to Matchbox – opening features (the doors closed with a particularly firm click), sprung suspension, and fine detailing. Cars were a […]

JoepeP Strikes Again

We have to congratulate one of our favorite former HCC Auto Art profilees, graphic artist JoepeP (AKA Joe Pepitone), as he has created yet another visual masterpiece for an intriguing new Concours event. Well, the Utah Concours d’Elegance is not a new event, per se, this being its 39th annual happening, but it is new […]