Getting the (South) Bends

After a big initial splash with a line of ’50s American iron, and the inevitable musclecar follow-up, M2 has been silent with new castings lately. Only a ‘57 Chrysler 300C has surfaced as a new casting in the last year or so – in both the Driver’s 101 ($3 pricepoint, no opening features, occasionally non-stock […]

Triumph Teases New Adventure Bike

Triumph has soldiered on with the Tiger adventure model for quite some time as BMW, KTM, Ducati and even Harley-Davidson (in the form of now defunct Buell) have gone on to reinvent the dual-sport adventure bike segment. A sneaky video – that doesn’t really show anything, to be honest – currently circulating teases an upcoming […]

A storied Brickyard history

Many times, vintage racing cars go up for sale with little or no documentable history. Not this time. At its sophomore sale in Monterey, Mecum will present the restored Springfield Welding Smith’s Special, in its livery as raced by then-New Jersey resident Art Cross in the 1953 Indianapolis 500. For finishing second to Bill Vukovich, […]