MARCH 2017: DAWN OF A NEW ERA: THE 1939 DODGE PICKUP...

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  Vehicles from the Dirty Thirties have a defined look in many ways.   'The headlights still rode on top of the front fenders for most of...

GOODBYE EDD—THE MAN WITH TOO MUCH STYLE AND CLASS FOR REALITY...

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  MSCC has a love-hate relationship with reality TV car shows.   The upside to these grease and oil soap operas is the exposure the car hobby...

DOES EVERYTHING LOOK WORSE IN BLACK AND WHITE?

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    Paul Simon wrote a song called Kodachrome back in 1973.   It was a cynical look at his personal past and ended one line with the...

MARCH 2017 ’29 PONTIAC: BUILT AND DRIVEN—IT’S A CAR GUY THING...

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  Car guys have a few unofficial rules.   One is the blood and guts rule—they have the utmost respect for bloody knuckles, grease under the skin...

MSCC MARCH 19 STAR OF THE WEEK: LATE JULY—PERFECT WEATHER FOR...

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MSCC MARCH 19 STAR OF THE WEEK: LATE JULY—PERFECT WEATHER FOR CLASSIC MUSCLE Classic muscle cars were always a little temperamental. The amped up cams, higher...

WE NEED TO BRING BACK THE SUNDAY DRIVE

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 I grew up during a time when we had events that were a regular part of our family routine. One was Sunday dinners and the...

SMOKE SHOWS—WHY WE LOVE THEM

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  I’ve loved smoke shows ever since I was a kid.   We used to live in the country and there was a well-oiled gravel road in...

MARCH 2017: ’67 NOVA—27 MILES PER GALLON AND A 12.5 SECOND...

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  Car guys are, by nature, traditionalists because tradition is the essence of the car hobby.   Despite this commitment to “things that were”, car guys also...

WHY YOU NEED TO TAKE A KID TO A CAR SHOW

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  We live in the most connected world in the history of mankind and it comes with a big price.   The new age cyber-universe is a...

MARCH 2017: ’56 PLYMOUTH FURY—A GREAT EXAMPLE OF EARLY MOPAR MUSCLE

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  The debate has raged for decades about the first muscle car.   Many take the easy way out and assign the title to the 1964 Pontiac...