Classic cars and trucks.
If you can’t get the tune out of your head, does that mean you’ll end up buying the car – or even liking it at all? Rich, corinthian leather will only take you so far. It usually comes down to whether the car or truck in question lives up to the background music and...
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There are manly cars and there are not-so-manly cars. And then there are cars that Liberace would have loved. Back in the ’80s, such cars included the VW Rabbit cabriolet – in all white, ideally. But what about more recently? Check out these testosterone-deficient examples of estrogen engineering: * Acura CL 1997-2003 If Chaz...
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In order to comply with federal requirements that key emissions control components on new cars such as catalytic converters work (and can be warranted to work) for at least 120,000 miles (previously, it was 100,000 miles) automakers have been pushing for reductions in an oil additive known as zinc dialkyl dithio phosphate (ZDDP), which...
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If you own a ’60s or ’70s-era muscle car, you’ve probably become aware of an ironic problem: It is virtually impossible to find high-performance tires for your high-performance classic. The BF Goodrich Radial T/A is about as good as it gets – and though it’s a good-looking tire, available with period-correct raised white lettering,...
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I’m probably gonna get bagfuls of hate mail for this one – but the truth is that most of the muscle cars of the 1960s and 1970s were slow. At least, compared with what’s considered quick today. Very few ’60s and ’70s muscle cars could do 0-60 in less than seven seconds. Most were...
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Maybe you are thinking about doing some of the upkeep your car needs yourself. It’s a great way to save some money – and can be very satisfying, too. But it’s important to know what you’re doing – and do the job the right way, with proper tools and proper procedures. Hurting yourself –...
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Time machines do exist. If you want to remember what was really quick – and state of the art – circa 1999, take a drive in a 2008 Honda S2000. It hadn’t changed much since then – which had its good points as well as its bad points. It all depended on your perspective....
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I’ve begun to notice a fair number of old (Mark I) Beetles on the road. The original ones. Last sold here (new) in the late ’70s. Not at car shows (or on their way to/from one). But in traffic, being used as everyday drivers. My survey is far from scientific, but my eyes are...
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On warm summer weekends, in neighborhoods all over the country, the sounds of the past burble to life: hemi-head 1950s-era V-8 Chrysler letter cars, Pontiac GTOs and Chevy Camaros – maybe even the gattling gun idle of a 1930s-era V-16 Cadillac. Chrome, fins, carburetors and BFGoodrich Radial T/As roll out of garages, heading for...
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Pontiac’s Tempest-based GTO had been on the market for two years when Dodge finally fired back in mid-1966 with an intermediate-sized, big-engined intimidator of its own – the Charger. Though it wasn’t first on the field and so can’t claim credit for igniting the frenzy, the Charger would become every bit the muscle car...
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