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Monthly Archives: August 2008
A DRIVEN COBRA
Saturday, August 23, 2008
1965 AC Cobra 289.
A tach, a wheel, a lighter, and three pedals. That’s really all you need to motate a Cobra. And the lighter’s an option.
The AC (or Shelby, depending upon your loyalties) Cobra came about in the early 1960s when racer, ostrich farmer, chili magnate, tough guy, and all-around gritty old bastard Carroll Shelby [...]
PRETTY LITTLE BULL
Thursday, August 21, 2008
1967 Lamborghini Miura.
I’m not alone in ranking it at the top of a very exclusive list of beautiful cars. A very young Marcello Gandini is credited with the Miura’s lines—the very same Gandini who would go on to style five other Lambos, the iconic Lancia Stratos, various Maseratis, etc., etc. The man knows a curve.
The [...]
THE DEETS
Monday, August 11, 2008
No car embodies the image of hot rodding more than the ’32 Ford. I don’t claim to be a hot rodder, nor a particular fan of the hot rod, so I can’t honestly say why such a car is so representative of rodding culture.
If I had to guess, I’d say it’s because they’re cheap. Cheap [...]
PROPPA
Sunday, August 10, 2008
There are snooty auto aficionados among us who wouldn’t be caught defecating in anything less than “a proper motor car.” Their choices are fairly limited then to Rolls-Royce and Bentley, each of which has enjoyed a cultural if not honest to goodness automotive resurgence in the last decade. We have “bling” to thank for that [...]
SUPERLIGHT
Saturday, August 9, 2008
“Superleggera” is a term coined in the 1930s by the Italian coachbuilder Carrozzeria Touring. Simply put, it means “super light.” More importantly, it was and is Touring’s design philosophy of lightweight body panels like aluminum fitted over a tube-frame chassis.
You’ll find the Superleggera script on everything from Alfa Romeo’s prewar 8C 2900 MM to postwar [...]
ASS ENDS
Friday, August 8, 2008
Monte Shelton is a racer of serious cars, even well into his white hair, and for a long time he’s had a Jag and Porsche dealership downtown. Today, drivers and their machinery gathered on the closed street behind it for staging and scrutineering before the 20th Northwest Classic Rallye, which begins tomorrow morning, early. The [...]