We’ve seen these sorts of hook-and-ladder conversions – meant primarily to ferry kids around amusement parks in the 1950s and 1960s – on Crosleys before, but this is the first one we’ve seen based on a Metro. The seller of this 1960 Metropolitan hasn’t yet included a description of it, but from the photos, we […]

* In its day, Virginia International Raceway hosted many an SCCA race and even a Trans-Am race or two. It has since re-opened with more modern amenities, but Nick England of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, has done an excellent job of compiling photos, race results, programs and other information related to the history of the […]

As a neat companion to our post on the Ford GPA launching into the Detroit River from Ford’s River Rouge plant, here’s a couple photos of the plant from the landward side of things, both courtesy The Old Motor. Above, the plant in March 1932, during a hunger march, and below, in 1941. Compare and […]