Tomorrow marks the fifth consecutive year of the Japanese Classic Car Show. Owners and fans of old school Japanese cars will descend into Hidden Valley park in Irvine, California to bask in four hundred or more examples of classic Japanese car goodness. The show promises the always unique mix of museum quality survivors and legendary vintage race cars along with daily driven … [Read more...]
Old Schools at Treasure Island
The man-made island that sits between the two sections of the bay bridge will be the site of an old school and vintage import gathering tomorrow, July 18th. The event will run from from 10AM until whenever the BBQ coals cool off, and the last set of Panasports are sold. All old school cars are welcome. The gathering seems to be a combined effort of numerous clubs, forums, and … [Read more...]
Dream Machines Roundup
The convergence of great stuff automotive, aeronautic, and agricultural that is the Pacific Coast Dream Machines show is a wrap until next year. Hanging out directly under the dulcet thrum and doppler effect of World War II piston engine airplanes was worth the price of admission alone. Also present at the Half Moon Bay were dune buggies, streamliners, and numerous examples of … [Read more...]
Buck a Lap Fast Track
Dateline 1971. Malcom Bricklin had just left Subaru. The question was what to do with a heap of leftover Subaru 360s, unwanted in part thanks to a Consumer Reports article that blurbed the diminutive runabout as the most unsafe car in America. If you were Malcolm Bricklin, you got on the horn with Bruce Meyers of Meyers Manx dune buggy fame and had him fab up some racy-looking … [Read more...]