I know, the Iowa Department of Transportation has to be about the unlikeliest source of entertainment, and much of their Vimeo video stream looks like a snooze fest, but we did enjoy their “Highway Relocations,” if not for the thrilling narrative, then for the views of cars and trucks as they were in middle America […]
* Wes Kibble recently pointed out that Ben Carlin wasn’t the only guy who tried to take a Ford GPA around the world. Inspired by Carlin, Lionel Forge made his own plans for a GPA round-the-world trip, using a salvaged craft (GPA #4545) fitted with the top half of a 1949 Dodge station wagon. Forge […]
Ford’s Pinto really wasn’t a miserable car to drive, thanks to its responsive rack-and-pinion steering and a gutsy overhead cam engine, but it became the poster car for Detroit’s arrogance after Mother Jones published the story “Pinto Madness,” which accused Ford of knowingly selling a car that could explode in a rear-impact accident. Under pressure, […]