Gunner’s Garage

In the good old days the OCW staff lined up the theme cars for the Iola Old Car Show. When the 100th year of the automobile was celebrated, the goal was to get a car for every year. We wound … More »

Back in the ’60s I worked as a salesman for a food outfit. I lived in Staten Island, N.Y. and covered territories in New Jersey. Many of my first experiences in the hobby took place in the Garden State where … More »

My last two blogs talked about the MG TD and ’57 Olds convertible that I drove when National Rental Car was renting classic cars in California. A few years after that a new company tried to start a new auction … More »

A J-2 that is. The gang from Spectrum Auctions had invited me to one of their sales in LA. They were a good advertiser and LA was nice and warm in the early spring, so I went. I got back … More »

I had always wanted an MG TD. When I was about 10 my dad took me to a Firestone store and bought me a toy MG TD. (Do you remember when Firestone stores sold toys, and tools and bicycles?) I … More »

Over the years Krause Publications had many successes with hobby publications and management usually felt what worked in one hobby would work in every hobby. I argued that the old car hobby was different. In other hobbies people went to … More »

When Domino’s Pizza owner Tom Monaghan got interested in old cars he tried to do it in a big way. Early one fall, in a very short period of time, he purchased two Duesenbergs for $1 million each, which was … More »

I never thought much about this, but the other day I was internet chatting with John Slusar of Milwaukee after he sent an email with pictures of Jay Leno’s garage. This made me think about the three times I had … More »

When I look back on my OLD CARS WEEKLY career, that trip to the Gene Storm’s auction that Christie’s ran in 1983 stands out in many ways. Ken and I met Brian Jackson’s wife on the plane, visited with Don … More »