From the spell check has no idea what sort of word Cimarron is department comes this 1988 Cadillac Cimarron. A junkyard hoof over the holiday weekend revealed dozens of quality automobiles ready to be picked clean, and melted down into steel poles for partially solar-powered sustainable parking meters that simultaneously confuse the public and spit out squares of recycled … [Read more...]
Sunbeam Minx DeLuxe
Some of the more interesting cars at any car show are often found at the adjacent parking lot. Recent proof is this 1967 Sunbeam Minx DeLuxe. The car is driven daily as an around town runabout by Maggie Ware, whose father picked up the sedan only slightly used in 1968. The car has remained in the family since. This Rootes Group survivor is in original condition, soldiering on … [Read more...]
Hover Dynamics RX2000
Lest the gnashing tones of bad news make us forget we must continue to forge headlong into the future of alternative and entertaining transportation, we bring you this late-eighties early-nineties vintage Hover Dynamics RX2000 personal hovercraft. This mint-condition machine was seen in the swap meet section at a recent Goodguys show, and appeared to be the ultra rare RX2000 … [Read more...]
Renault 16 Hatchwagon
From the Sahara Desert Expedition desk comes this 1971 Renault R16. Owner Ken Nelson's latest excursion was to the Concours d'Lemons event. Ken reports he's already loading the machine for its next outing - this time to the desert. The R16 is indeed a rugged automobile and features and impressive amount of cargo space for journeying from its current home base in Palo Alto, … [Read more...]
Victoire de Citrons!
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...]