by Mike Gulett - In the long history of the automobile, few things are as expressive—or as interesting—as rear end design. From the tailfins of postwar America to the cool looking fastbacks of the '60s and the flying buttresses of the '70s and '80s, … [Read more...]
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Alfas at the Glen Motorsport Celebration 2025
September 30, 2025 By 1 Comment
Text and photos by Derek Meluzio - Frank Griswold drove his Alfa Romeo 8C to victory ahead of names such as Briggs Cunningham, Sam and Miles Collier, and Cameron Argetsinger in the first ever Watkins Glen Grand Prix in 1948. Seventy-seven years … [Read more...]
Ahead of its Time – The Stout Scarab
September 20, 2025 By 2 Comments
by Mike Gulett - The Stout Scarab was a vehicle way ahead of its time in both design and concept. Conceived by aircraft engineer William Bushnell Stout, the Scarab stands as an expression of early 20th-century futurism and an important milestone in … [Read more...]
Thoughts on the Lamborghini Miura and De Tomaso Mangusta Designs
September 15, 2025 By 10 Comments
by Dick Ruzzin - Nuccio Bertone A car design is rarely done completely by one person. He or she might have artistic control but who they work for, the client and others that will execute the design, will have influence and suggestions when … [Read more...]
Restomod Culture and California
September 12, 2025 By 3 Comments
by Mike Gulett - In California—where surfing, startups, hot rods, custom cars, movie stars and supercars coexist—it’s no surprise that restomod culture has taken root and flourished. Nowhere else is the spirit of retro-modern engineering more fully … [Read more...]
Fiction: Dinner in Elko
September 9, 2025 By 1 Comment
by Wallace Wyss He'd been sickly and worried about whether he'd be up to making the party. Now he admitted it was hard to think of a guy 6' 2" tall, energetic as all hell, runnin' a race program or two, sitting around in bed with a … [Read more...]
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