Not just for gearheads... Photos and musings on the automobile in America, early 21st century. Digital photography and essays on cars, trucks, and American automotive culture.
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- “Unsafe at Any Speed” – 1962 Chevrolet CorvairLook at this adorable little car. It's kind of hard to imagine this cute little Chevy played a pivotal role, not just in automotive history, but American history. In the early ‘60s some Americans were developing a taste for small Europea...
- Bringing the Light - 1990 Ford C8000 Utility TruckThis truck has been working on a major intersection near my home all summer. I’ve noticed it dozens of times, and admired its, well… utility - as well as its softly rounded features and, of course, great patina. As you can see, it has an...
- Dan the Packer Man - 1989 "Pacura"on Sep 4, 2010NOTE: With football season upon us once again, I am re-posting one of my favorite interviews here. This piece was originally posted on November 10, 2009. I met Dan (“The Packer Man”) from Oconomowoc in a parking lot yesterday. It made my day.
- On Any Sunday - Badger Kart Club - Dousman WIMost Sunday mornings from spring through summer the grounds of the Badger Kart Club are covered with family SUVs and campers pulling boxy trailers. Inside these trailers are miniature garages and in the garages sit some serious, if very lightweight,...
- Caged Bird – 1967 Pontiac Firebird 400When I saw this Firebird staring through the chain-link fence at this storage place outside of Sterling, IL, I have to admit, I empathized with it. It’s not even a car that I have any emotional attachment to. I don’t know what it says abo...
- Pickup Patina - 1967 Ford F100 StepsideI think I might be a “patina guy”. I hadn’t even heard of the expression until it was used to describe me. But it’s the patina that makes me want this truck. Cars and trucks, especially working trucks, will accumulate wear, scr...
- Gearhead, wrench, artistAs a matter of course, I write about people I don’t know here. I see a unique vehicle; I chase it down, photograph it, and interview the owner. Today, I’m writing about a good friend.Mark and I met in art school back in the early 70s. He was stud...
- Your father’s Ferrari - Vintage racing at Road Americaon Jul 21, 2010 in "sports car racing" "sports car" "Ford Mustang" "Kohler International Challenge" "vintage racing" "Mark Donohue" "Ford GT40" Porsche "Jeffery Blackwell" "vintage racers" "Road America"To those of us old enough to recognize a carburetor, there’s a powerful attraction to cars that possess these old mixing pots for fuel and air.The cars of the post WWII era through the mid-seventies hold a spell on gearheads, especially racing cars...
- Vintage Wooden Driver – 1984 Chrysler LeBaron Town & CountryAbout the same time that serious golfers were bagging their wooden drivers and moving to metal-headed ones, Chrysler was bolting wood-like panels to its boxy K-car LeBaron, in the 50-year-old tradition they branded “Town & Country”.I caught u...
- Land Shark; flat black 2000 Ford TaurusI was meeting my friends Clay and Paul in a hip café near campus on the east side of Milwaukee. How hip? Deep fried balls of shredded turkey meat with mashed potatoes and beer gravy? Comet Café. Farwell Avenue.As I approached, I sensed the presence...
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