People say I’m horrible to shop for, and that’s true — most of the things I am looking for come from swap meets and junkyards, the places where mothers and wives usually don’t shop. Other gearheads are equally hard to shop for, but there are gift ideas available out there for the car guy...
YOM license plates could be a reality in Wisconsin Anyone who has read this blog before is probably aware that I’ve been begging for year-of-manufacture (YOM) license plates in Wisconsin for at least a decade. Now State Representative Thomas Weatherston, himself the owner of a 1966 Chevy pickup and 2001 Corvette, is trying to...
Heidi Hetzer, the 78-year-old German woman who has been driving her 1930 Hudson around the world for the last 13 months, will make a pit stop at the AACA Eastern Division National Fall Meet in Hershey, Pa., from Oct. 7-10. During the AACA meet, Hetzer will call the Hudson-Essex-Terraplane Club’s booth her home and...
2015 Fall Jefferson Swap Meet and Car Show The weather is expected to be beautiful, so head over to the 38th Annual Fall Jefferson Swap Meet and Car Show to be held Sept. 25-27 at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds in Jefferson, Wis. The swap meet and car corral are open all weekend, and the...
Regular Old Cars Weekly readers know I love to hunt down black-and-white photos to share on the pages of OCW and www.oldcarsweekly.com. Here’s one I forgot was in my collection. It shows the Second Annual Youth Safety Run in Downey, California. To be honest, I don’t know much about this event except each car in...
Unmolested ’60 Impala packs the 335hp 348 with a four-speed, Posi Long before the terms “pickers” and “flippers” were added to the American lexicon, there was Larry Fisette. For 63 years, the 75-year-old De Pere, Wis., gear head has bought and sold more than 1,000 vintage vehicles, the most famous being the highly publicized...
Our cars can have the power to heal us from behind the wheel. They can also be agents to help others heal. One such car tasked with helping the healing process is a 2002 Chevrolet Camaro coupe, a rare B4C police model said to be one of 13 built and only available to law...
Michigan museum will welcome hundreds of vintage fire trucks, police cars and EMS units at its first Emergency Vehicle Show Red lights, amber lights and spotlights will be light up the grounds of the Gilmore Car Museum in Hickory Corners, Mich., on Aug. 30 as the museum hosts its first Emergency Vehicle Show. The...
Harv Bish’s Mustang retractable was built by an original Ford Motor Co. engineer who worked on the Skyliner and Mustang retractable programs Ford’s original prototype Mustang retractable was likely scrapped, but that doesn’t mean the chance to own a drop-top pony car with the convenience of a solid roof has to be junked, too....
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — An Italian Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8A Cabriolet that once turned heads and garnered top prizes in the classic era glided to victory at the 65th Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance on Sunday, Aug. 16. The competition drew 219 cars from 16 countries and 29 states to the 18th fairway of Pebble...
