Robin Hartford of Izmir, Turkey, recently sent us this photo taken from his days sailing the Mediterranean aboard the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga CV-60. He notes the photo was taken in Izmir, Turkey, in 1974 or 1975, and he describes the scene:
At the time, downtown Izmir’s vehicles appeared to be right off the streets of […]

High-end watch (I’m sorry, “timepieces”) companies like to advertise to car guys, especially those car guys interested in high-end cars. There’s even quite a bit of crossover with timepieces branded to reflect a customer’s high-end automotive preference. Other than the mechanical aspect, I don’t get it. But if I had $25,000 to splurge on a […]

* Our friend Geoff Hacker over at Forgotten Fiberglass has a deep interest in more than just the FRP-bodied mid-century homebuilts; really, any homebuilt sports cars appeal to him, including this mysterious aluminum-bodied, Kaiser-chassised Gisler that he recently featured, owned by Scott Perrott. Almost nothing is known about the car, and all that is – […]