MSCC MARCH 26 STAR OF THE WEEK: ’58 PACKARD HAWK SPORT COUPE—NOT EVERYTHING WAS...
MSCC MARCH 26 STAR OF THE WEEK: ’58 PACKARD HAWK SPORT COUPE—NOT EVERYTHING WAS A VETTE
1958 was a big year for fast cars.
There were...
JIM ROCKFORD’S DAD WAS A PIONEER IN THE SQUARE BODY MOVEMENT
1973 was a year of big change for the General when it came to trucks. One of the most popular pickup truck production runs...
MARCH 2017: DAWN OF A NEW ERA: THE 1939 DODGE PICKUP TRUCK
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 TV
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?
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 AND A FAMILY...
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 CLASSIC MUSCLE
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
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
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 QUARTER MILE.
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...
