Taking the castaways of the automotive world and transforming them into race cars through ingenuity and steel tubing is nothing new in America. This sixties-built dragster was at one time a thirties-built Austin. Opportunity Washington's Duke Cornell first constructed this Bantam bodied drag coupe 1961. Duke claims he ran 10-second quarters at the drag strip with alarming … [Read more...]
Crosley Car and the Mighty Tin
From the cars you don't see parked on public roads everyday department comes this 1949 Crosley car in red. The Crosely was manufactured by the Crosley Corporation, which to this day makes appliances and portable traveling turntables. 1949 was a pivotal year for the runabout, as the brazed aluminum and steel engine block that served with valor in World War II was upgraded to … [Read more...]
Confluence of Gremlins, now with more Porsche
Communications from operatives over the last day have produced not one but three AMC Gremlins. Two are evidently in the wild. One is for sale, and has a Porsche engine swapped in under the hood in place of the AMC peanut grinder. First was Jim, seeing and snapping a few Gremlins in the states to the north west. One Gremlin appears mostly stock, while the other is somewhat more … [Read more...]
Seeing Double Morrissey
There are simply not enough cars in your driveway. You like your automobiles in pairs. You want nothing more for Christmas than an English runabout with a transmission in the trunk. Better still, is you're the one who has been longing for a duet of Morris Minors since Morrissey and Marr were together on stage in Manchester. There has never been a better time then now. Alan … [Read more...]
Mid-Engine V8 Beetle
What began life as a stock 1963 Volkswagen Beetle convertible is now nearly everything but. We walked past the Bug a few times at the SEMA show before finally stopping to peer inside and see a stonking Ford V8 mounted amidships! The legend goes that Paul Newman had Jerry Eisert take some time out from constructing INDY race cars and engineer this mid-engine monster Bug to toy … [Read more...]