Coming to you straight from the future! Okay, more like 1949. Here’s an idea whose time would never come: the flying car. Continue reading
Category Archives: Auto History
The Truth About Henry Ford’s Soybean Car
The Ford soybean car: Scam or hoax? Only 72 years late, Mac’s Motor City Garage rips the lid off the controversy with this probing investigative report. Continue reading
Detroit Autorama Preview: All the Ridler Award Winners 1964–2014
The Detroit Autorama is coming this weekend. To celebrate, here’s a big photo gallery with all 51 Ridler Award winners from 1964 to 2014. Continue reading
Video: Mr. Ed pitches the 1963 Studebaker Wagonaire
Set your time machines for the 1960s. We’re going to visit TV’s talking horse, Mr. Ed, and check out the new 1963 Studebaker Wagonaire. Continue reading
Video: Chrysler at the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair
This short film piece features Chrysler’s presentation at the International Century of Progress Exposition, known to all as the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair. Includes some fancy thrill driving—watch.
A V8 That Never Was: the Kaiser-Frazer 288
Think you’ve seen everything in American V8s? Here’s one that never saw the light of day: the 1951 Kaiser-Frazer 288. Continue reading
The Classic Gasser Photos of Wayne Arteaga
REVISED AND UPDATED WITH NEW, FIRST-HAND INFO AND PHOTOS — These awesome photos, snapped back in the ’60s by Wayne Arteaga at his backyard race shop, capture a priceless moment in the golden age of drag racing. Check them out.