Wagon Snippet: 1975 Le Mans Safari

If you were at Carlisle’s All-GM Nationals back on the weekend of June 25-27, then you might have had the opportunity to absorb this stunning 1975 Pontiac Le Mans Safari. Stunning because – as the owner claimed – that the car was in its original, unrestored state – complete and unabused.
The six-passenger edition, when new, […]

Buy a Bentley, get a coachbuilder free

Freestone & Webb is not a household name in America, even among cognoscenti, but in England, the London-based coachbuilding firm is of some renown. Most of their output–as many as 15 cars a year at their peak–was on Bentley and Rolls-Royce chassis, and they were stalwarts at the London Motor Show, where they won their private […]

Prospectin’ with a Datsun

We keep thinking that speculating on cars is some new event. It’s not. People have been doing it for years. But we’d forgotten that we were encouraged BY THE MANUFACTURER to do so. “Gold, Schmold. Buy a Z-Car as a hedge against inflation!” Holy cats!