From our Sad News department: At approximately 12:45pm last Wednesday (November 25th), the last American-built Pontiac rolled off the assembly line. According to Bangshift.com, the vehicle was a white fleet-model Pontiac G6 sedan. There was no fanfare, save for the last guy turning off the lights. Judging from the type of car, even the vehicle [...]
The Bricklin didn’t come with your choice of big Ford or AMC V8 and several bright colours for paint-the cars were built to be nothing other than the safest ride on earth. The oversized engine was meant to get out of an accident situation before rubbing sheetmetal, while the paint colour was meant to attract [...]
With the name being attached to Chrysler for so long, it’s surprising to see the fabled Jeep brand from a company who doesn’t spend as much time in bankruptcy court. The original military version was designed and built by American Bantam, back in the late ’30s. Since then, it has been produced by nearly everyone [...]
It’s not every day you see a flame job filled in with fake wood panelling. It’s actually kind of awesome, wood-n’t ya know?
Although it doesn’t look much different from the ’55 model year, the 1956 Chrysler Imperial was completely different under the sheetmetal. The brakes were new, the transmission and shifter were new, and even the electrical system ran on that new-fangled 12-volt system that all the cool cars were running.
If the person at the car show with the biggest ride wins, the owner of this International CXT Pickup and Lonestar semi truck are rumbling away with the prize. The truck on the left was inspired by the 1939 International D39 pickup truck, the most innovative machine that the International Harvester Co. had ever put [...]
Chrome on a ’58 Oldsmobile is like Cowbell in a Blue Oyster Cult song. No matter how much you have, you always need more. Photo taken at the 2009 Gimli Hot Rod Show.
No matter what parts you attach to a a car-be it transmission, suspension, aerodynamics, or fuzzy dice hanging from the rearview mirror, it is only the engine that makes the beast move. Granted, there are few unnecessary parts to a vehicle-even the New Beetle has a reason for the vase and plastic flower attached to [...]
Every fan of the Pontiac Solstice/Saturn Sky convertible sports car had a brief moment to celebrate last week, when Delorean Motor Company announced they were looking to buy the Wilmington Assembly Plant where the Solstice was built. And just when DMC fans started to feel the warmth of John Delorean’s smile beaming down from the [...]
