Why Did it Fail?
The original 1964 Pontiac GTO was a huge success. Pontiac's attempt to bring the GTO back in 2003 was a massive fail.
Why? How could the same car not succeed, again?
Well, because...
Barchetta Musings
Imagine if you had to use a scan tool to figure out why your toilet won't stop running. You don't have to do that, of course, because it's a purely mechanical...
Interesting Cars . . .
To see what we're in the process of losing it's helpful to go and see it.
We did exactly that yesterday. By going to see the cars at the Duncan Car Museum...
What Corvette Was – and Should Be, Again . . .
A 2023 Corvette costs almost twice as much - in real terms - as a 1969 Corvette cost. The latter listed for $4,781 when it was new - a sum equivalent...
The Entirety of What Once Was
I like carburetors, chiefly because I like mechanical things - which I like because you can see their workings and adjust/fix them, by hand. As opposed to electronic things - more...
A Glance in the Rearview . . .
Here's a story for those under 40 - of what it was like to be seventeen 40 years ago.
We got our licenses at sixteen. Not a restricted license. A license just...
What You Can’t Buy for $2,700 Anymore
I have a model of a '71 Dodge Demon 340 Wedge - which is all I can afford these day. A real '71 Demon 340 - today - costs more than...
A Look Back for a Company With no Future
For the second year in a row, GM is selling nostalgia about the cars it used to make and hoping that will translate into sales of the cars it makes now.
Last...
What Happened to Pop-Ups?
Before there were pop-up ads, there were pop-up headlights. When they weren't on, you couldn't see them - because when they were off, they retracted or rolled over so that all...
Re-Fixing It . . .
I sometimes wish I'd gotten the V6 engine that was optional when my 2002 Nissan Frontier pick-up was built, because then I could use my truck to pull a small (4,000)...