| Four-Links – Checker, DM Nacional, buried A, warlord's auto dollar | | This year marks the centennial of Checker Taxi — the cab company, not the manufacturing company. It's a little confusing, but the Internet Checker Taxicab Archive lays out the history of how Checker grew from a co-op of cab drivers to a vicious and violent rivalry with Yellow taxi to a company butting up against […] | | Lees verder |
| Hemmings Find of the Day – 2005 Meyers Manx SR2 | | From the seller's description: GR Auto Gallery is pleased to present this 2005 Meyers Manx SR-2 for your consideration. Styling for the SR-2 was conceived by Bruce Meyers and Stewart Reed. He did not keep track how many were sold, but it is estimated that only 400-600 were sold. Karma Coachworks in California Kit is […] | | Lees verder |
| Car inspection sticker shock, an old car annoyance for decades | | State inspections were among my most horrible — and memorable — car experiences. Take my first inspection as a newly licensed driver. It was 95 degrees at the Livingston Drive-In Theater in June 1961. As Dad and I sat in my '51 Mercury, which anchored a 100-car line stretching to the highway, I fretted over […] | | Lees verder |
| Hemmings Find of the Day – 1953 Lincoln Capri coupe | | From the seller's description: 1953 Lincoln Capri 2 Door Coupe, This Capri was orignially owned by race car driver Duane Carter and used as his chase car for the 1953 Mexico Panamara Race. It was owned by several members of the Carter family and restored at one point for a family wedding. It's in very […] | | Lees verder |
| You won't see another at the show and shine: 1985 Tritan A2 Aero Car | | According to futurist predictions in the 1960s, flying cars would be commonplace in the 1980s. That vision never came to pass, but one company — Tritan Ventures of Ann Arbor, Michigan — did build the next best thing, an aerospace-inspired three-wheeler that was briefly seen by Dominos Pizza as the future of fast-food delivery. A […] | | Lees verder |
| Four Gold Rings: Celebrating 50 years of Audi in America | | 1971 Audi 100 LS (above); images courtesy of Audi AG and Audi USA Media. Audi has been one of the most unusual success stories in postwar imported-car history, and this German marque is celebrating its 50th year in America for 2019. The name Audi is well over 100 years old, representing the second automaker founded […] | | Lees verder |
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