* Japanese Nostalgic Car recently featured several excellent photos of a unique kind of place in Japan: a used car lot that only sells classic J-tin (and assorted other collectibles, like the Europa in the photo above). The black-and-whites of the place give it sort of a south-of-the-border vibe, which is almost diametrically opposed to […]
In a recent discussion with Bob Austin, the former head of PR for Volvo Cars, I learned the history behind the unique and very special Volvo Saved My Life Club. I, and some of my family members, have been protected from serious injury because of the safety that was engineered into the Volvos that we were driving, so I […]
Our friend David Greenlees recently posted this photo over on the H.A.M.B.’s excellent thread of pre-WWII photos, noting that it depicts the salvage yards at 15th and South Main in Los Angeles, circa 1930. “Wouldn’t shopping be fun there today?” he asked. If indeed that’s the location, I’ve yet to find a trace left from […]