With an established reputation and a (finally) profitable product line, the guys in the Corvette design and engineering team got down to the business of building a second generation of “the poor man’s sports car.” Japanese-American designer Larry Shinoda had already conceived a prototype, dubbed the “Mako Shark” after the deadly sea creature that inspired [...]
This week not only kicks off a new web address–SundayCruiseFever.com–it also kicks off our 7-part series on the Chevy Corvette, from C1 to C6 and beyond. Name a car that has the lasting power of the Corvette-that is, name a single model of car that’s been produced continuously for 55 years. One that’s kept the [...]
No, it’s not a Barney the Dinosaur re-run. This purple hunk of Detroit sculpture is Clarence Zabolotny’s ’51 Ford “Custom.” Clarence’s car was originally built by Bill Chartier, near Selkirk, Manitoba. The car itself started out as a 1951 Ford Coupe, but has since been transformed into the beautiful machine you see here. It’s received [...]
In 1950′s Southern California, something big was emerging. A combination of fast cars, slick-haired hot rodders, youthful spirit, and a new sound called “rock & roll” came together to create an entire lifestyle that spread around the world. This “Something Big” is now a car culture that permeates the entire world, inducting more and more [...]
Camping as we know it today consists of being old, buying an RV/small house on wheels, and putting more gasoline through it than the average Petro-Canada refinery. Somewhere along the line, you give up all your driving skills and become this guy: But for Grant McKay, camping with the family meant shining up his ’69 [...]
For all of you regular readers, I’d like to take this opportunity to thank you for coming back to the site every week to read the articles. Knowing that people read and enjoy what I put up on this site makes it worth the extra time and effort, not to mention making car shows just [...]
