OCTOBER 26, 2011: PACKARD-A PBS DOCUMENTARY SHEDS LIGHT ON A TWENTIETH CENTURY ICON
PBS has always been a great source of information about history, science and current events.
Occasionally PBS will do a great rock and roll...
MSCC TIME CAPSULE-HOT ROD COMICS INSPIRED A WHOLE GENERATION OF CAR GUYS
Hot rod comics were a fixture for kids back in the 1960s and 70s.They were a gateway to a world that we could only...
OCTOBER 23, 2011: DETROIT STYLE FROM THE PAST-WHEN GOOD LOOKS CAN REALLY KILL
The bygone era of Detroit included many very stylish rides.
This fact is one of the big reasons that old iron has such incredible...
MSCC TIME CAPSULE:A COSMICALLY FAR-OUT PSYCHO-DERMIC HIPPY MUFFLER AD FROM 1970
I read this muffler ad from a 1970 car magazine and almost needed a translator for the opening line- "If your bag is...
A HEALTHY ADDICTION: ONE MAN’S COLLECTION IS THE START OF A 25 YEAR OBSESSION
This addiction started out innocently. Terry McCrindle saw a 1/18 scale model Roadrunner 25 years ago at a local Dodge dealer and the hook...
OCTOBER 19, 2011: A POINT WHERE MATH NERDS AND CAR GUYS CAN FIND SOME...
Pi is a number from the geometry world that has no final number in its sequence (3.14 etc...).
For some reason Pi has replaced...
OCTOBER 19, 2011: A CLASSIC ’57 CHEVY STARS IN A NOT-SO-CLASSIC SITUATION COMEDY
I had never seen 'Mike and Molly' until it advertised an episode that featured a story line where Mike purchased a 1957 Chevy 2-door...
OCTOBER 17, 2011: DAN WHELDON 1978-2011 THE RISK FACTOR IS OVERLOOKED FAR TOO OFTEN
DAN WHELDON 1978-2011 THE RISK FACTOR IS OVERLOOKED FAR TOO OFTEN
The loss of any driver in the pursuit of a win is tragic and...
OCTOBER 15, 2011: YOU HAVE JUST BOUGHT FOUR WHEELS, RUST AND HEARTACHE-NOW WHAT’S THE...
We are now in the autumn of well... autumn.
The leaves are definitely brown and the skies are a nice shade of gray, so...
OCTOBER 14, 2011: A NEW CYBER AGE — CAR GUYS CAN RACE VINTAGE DETROIT...
My earliest recollection of a simulated driving game was in the arcade area at the original Olympic Lanes bowling alley.
It was a primitive...
