Michael Harrell owns two out of an estimated two thousand KV Mini 1 automobiles ever made. He occasionally drives this one to work. With those facts in mind it seems only fitting that his 1980 KV Mini 1 took top Worst of Show honors at the first annual Concours d'LeMons show in Monterey, California. The KV company manufactured scooters and other motor contraptions like the … [Read more...]
Datstun 710 Reliability Run
Arriving is good, but driving there is better. Just ask Jose Mendez, who drove this bitchin' 1975 Datsun 710 ninety miles each way from Modesto to hit a gathering of imports in Santa Clara. Jose says that besides the wheel and tire combination and a lowering treatment, the Datsun is as stock as it was when he found it wearing its original wheels and hubcaps. The SSR MKII hoops … [Read more...]
Austin Countryman Estate
From the sensibly sized station wagon department comes this 1956 Austin Countryman Estate. Kevin Kay picked up the A30 a little over a month ago from eBay and Santa Cruz by way of New Zealand. The Austin was in more or less drivable condition, so Kevin lettered up the sides of the panels with the intention of motoring about in the Austin for entertainment and promotional … [Read more...]
Dino Motorhome Sighting
There are few places on earth to see a 1971 Ferrari Dino and a 1973 GMC Canyon Lands Edition 23-foot Motorhome hanging out together in their natural habitat. The Monterey Historics is evidently one of those places. The Oldsmobile Toronado-powered GMC motors out to two race events per year, and serves as mobile living quarters for the motor racing efforts of Tom and Verna … [Read more...]
Budget Motoring Five and Dime
From the driving a work in progress department comes this 1973 Datsun 510. Dan Carney woke up the coupe from a longish and stationary nap. Over the course of a year he's enjoyed his lot as builder and test pilot of this poor man's BMW. On the way to roadworthy Dan stepped up the mechanicals beyond the usual resurrection process of swapping out rotten hydraulic hoses and spongy … [Read more...]