by Mike - Ron Kellogg has owned many cars in his years of automobile obsession. He bought three Apollo GT bodies directly from Apollo as the company was going out of business in 1966. He sold two of the bodies to friends and he finished one … [Read more...]
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It Is Now 2014 – Happy New Year!
January 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment
by Mike - When I was a youngster reading science fiction stories and watching movies and TV in the 1960s I was sure we would be driving flying cars, have sentient robots and a colony on Mars by 2014. Instead of flying cars we have the … [Read more...]
Aston Martin DB2 Comment
December 31, 2013 By 1 Comment
by Mike - Below is a comment that was sent to me directly by Tom Price about my recent Post on the Aston Martin DB2. Text and photo by Tom Price, Aston Martin raced three DB2 Prototypes in 1949 including the first Lagonda powered 6-cylinder … [Read more...]
Aston Martin DB2 – A Racing Success
December 30, 2013 By 1 Comment
by Mike - The Aston Martin DB2 was introduced at the New York Auto Show in April 1950. The second, third, and fourth DB2 examples were raced at The 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1950 resulting in a first and second in class. Not bad for a small company … [Read more...]
A California Custom – 1939 Lincoln Zephyr – Scrape
December 27, 2013 By 8 Comments
by Mike - I took these photos at The Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, California a few years ago. The museum said this about Scrape, Scrape was designed by former Hot Rod Magazine editor Terry Cook and constructed by Ramsey … [Read more...]
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