Here’s some awesome newsreel-style footage of the world’s greatest hot rodder, Mickey Thompson, and his 400 mph adventure at the Bonneville Salt Flats in 1960 with his four-engined streamliner. Don’t miss this. Continue reading
Category Archives: Auto History
Video: How To Start And Drive a Model T Ford
Here’s a great digital tutorial on a rare but simple skill every gearhead should possess: How to start and run a Model T Ford. It’s easy—watch! Continue reading
The Car Streets of the Motor City
In the Motor City suburb of Warren, just north of Detroit, there’s a neighborhood where the streets are named after historic automobile marques. Mac’s Motor City Garage pays a visit. Continue reading
Bookshelf: Best Damn Garage in Town by Smokey Yunick
Even though it might not be entirely non-fiction, Mac’s Motor City Garage can highly recommend Best Damn Garage in Town. Here’s one of the most entertaining car books you’ll ever read. Continue reading
Video: Introducing the 1963 Studebaker Avanti!
Here’s a great little promotional film introducing the Studebaker Avanti—everything you want to know! Features loads of neat car details and period charm, check it out. Continue reading
The Year in Cars: 1942
In this edition of The Year in Cars we look at 1942, the shortest year in Motor City auto production but an interesting and important one. Continue reading
More early NASCAR: the cars
The early years of NASCAR featured at least one kind of diversity: an astonishing variety of cars on the track. Here’s a big photo essay celebrating the colorful weekly car show that was NASCAR. –Photo above by John Lacko Photography