We’re still sorting through the numbers from the Monterey auctions, putting together coverage for our various titles. While looking over the spreadsheets, I happened to notice that these seven vehicles all had one thing in common: a selling price of exactly $55,000. So, the natural question is: If you had had $55,000 to spend in […]
For all of Jesse James’s celebrity and Monster Garage shenanigans, most people forget that he was – and remains – a serious player in the SoCal hot rod and custom scene, as we can see from this 1952 Chevrolet Styleline that James built (and later sold to Tim Allen) and that evokes the glory days […]
It’s been at least a decade since I’ve seen anybody build a car with a Lenco transmission. Those were usually relegated to race-only cars, and if somebody was daring enough to try one on the street, they’d inevitably pair it up with the giant tubs and graphic-heavy pastel paints that were the hallmarks of the […]