LOS ANGELES — It used to be that the Detroit and Los Angeles auto shows took place at the same time early each New Year. While that may not seem a problem for show goers living in either the Motor City or the home of American car culture, it was a huge headache for the … Continue Reading →
LOS ANGELES — Southern California may be the hotbed of American car culture, but it needed Detroit to supply the raw materials — four-wheeled variety — that it turned into custom cars for movie stars and into hot rods for racing on dry lakes and drag strips. Among those car crazy Southern Californians was Robert … Continue Reading →
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — There were a few more than 2,900 cars on display at the Goodguys Rod & Custom Association’s 15th annual Southwest Nationals at the WestWorld show grounds. Each of them drove into the site carrying not only a driver and perhaps a passenger or two, but a story as well. Here’s just one … Continue Reading →
LAS VEGAS — Racers don’t have time to waste, so they tend to get right to the point. When asked why Ford Motor Company and other auto automakers spend time and money on an event that isn’t even open to the car-buying public, Ford’s director of racing Jamie Allison hit the bull’s-eye. The event in … Continue Reading →
Google “Orphan car show” and the first five links that pop up on your computer screen are for the big event staged annually for the last 16 years in conjunction with the Ypsilanti Automotive Heritage Museum just west of Detroit in Michigan. Scroll a little further down the page and you’ll find other shows for … Continue Reading →
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — Set the GPS in your car for Florida and it will route you right down I-75, through Toledo and Cincinnati, Chattanooga and Atlanta on your way to the Sunshine State’s tourist attractions. But allow us to suggest an alternate route, or at least a detour well worth taking. Consider I-69 and … Continue Reading →
CANTON, Ohio — Bob Lichty has proven that you can, indeed, go home again. And not only has Lichty come home, but he’s done much to make it a prominent stop for classic car collectors, including those who attended his Grande Salon classic car auction held here on the eve of the annual Glenmoor Gathering … Continue Reading →
DEARBORN — Today, people traveling in motor homes can park for the night at most Walmart stores. But what about those who hit the roads a century or so ago, back before big box stores, in fact, before there were formal campgrounds? “It’s perfectly fitting that we’re parked here next to Scotch Settlement School,” said … Continue Reading →
AUBURN, Ind. — Once upon a time, if you had any interest in classic cars, in seeing them and especially in buying or selling them, this northeastern Indiana town was the place to be each Labor Day weekend. In town, there was the annual Auburn-Cord-Duesenberg Festival, a celebration of Indiana’s — and three of America’s … Continue Reading →
PLYMOUTH, Mich. — There are concours d’elegance, ultra fancy gatherings of ultra fancy classic automobiles, held at exclusive venues from coast to coast. The most famous in the United States is staged each August at Pebble Beach on the California coastline of the Monterey Peninsula. Detroit has its own concours, the immodestly named Concours d’Elegance … Continue Reading →