1967 Times Grand Prix at RIR
Where Bruce McLaren and Jim Hall put on quite a show. I was there.
More Studio Art, George Barbaz
All sorts of cool renderings and photos found online.
American Muscle Cars—A Full-Throttle History
Not just another book of shiny car photos.
Cyclops Royale
Personally approved by Ettore himself.
Change by Design—Ford Designers
Ford Design in 1973 as they grapple with government mandated safety guidelines. Homer LaGassey is featured in two scenes
1964 Road America 500
Cool video. Driver interviews. Racing action. And a trip around Road America in a Corvette light weight (Grand Sport) driven and narrated by Roger Penske.
Outtakes
This posts features a sampling of the hundreds of exterior shots that were not published in Chevy Tri-Five Custom Interiors and Ford Roadster Custom Interiors.
1917 Ford Plant Postcards
A fascinating set of color postcards from 1917 showing Model T production.
Cars and Cameras
Uncle Harry used to give me his hand-me-down 8mm and Super 8 movie cameras.
Corvette News, 1958–1966
Only Corvette owners could get Corvette News and I didn’t own a Corvette, or know anybody that had one.
Joe Oros, Ford Designer
Trains, Planes, and Automobiles. Larry Wood of Mattel sent me a treasure trove of slides from the late ’40s in an ancient brown metal box with a built-in slide viewer.
A Study in Steel—The Building of a Locomotive
This is way off topic but too cool not to share. From 1935.
Ford Total Performance Book Review
Ford performance history by Martyn Schorr.
Allan Flowers, NDI Designer
Allan Flowers design work from NDI and later.
David McIntosh, GM Designer
David McIntosh’s career at General Motors Design spanned nearly forty years, from 1964 to 2003.
Clark Lincoln, GM Designer
Clark Lincoln’s jaw-dropping designs and illustrations from GM.
Remembering Chuck Jordan
By Dick Ruzzin
1963 Corvette Pilot Build Photos
118 photos show how the 1963 Corvette was assembled on the pilot line at the St. Louis plant.