With the nation’s eyes turned toward Indianapolis this month for the centennial of the Indy 500, it’s also worth pointing out that the state of Indiana at one point rivaled Michigan as the largest state in the nascent automotive industry. Companies like Stutz, Cord, Auburn, Duesenberg, Haynes, Marmon and Studebaker all called the Hoosier State […]

Over at The Old Motor, David Greenlees recently posted this mystery engine, unique in so many ways. First, it’s a three-cylinder, air-cooled engine, one that looks rather experimental, judging from its heavy pipe exhaust tubes. Notice also the finned chambers that seem to be separate from the fined cylinders. We can only offer haphazard guesses […]

Prius, schmius. There are plenty of other ways to save on gas, and they don’t all require stepping out of a collector car. Take, for instance, this 1955 Willys Custom for sale on Hemmings.com. Looking like a 7/8-scale conglomeration of half a dozen different mid-1950s favorites, it has a certain charm all its own and […]