Ever since I bought my 1987 Jeep Grand Wagoneer and began to modernize it, I’ve wanted to use the vintage Jeep as a tow rig for my 1978 Datsun 280Z on track days. Unfortunately, I overlooked a crucial area of my project—suspension—which put a serious damper on my towing plans. More… read more »
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Despite the massive popularity of car culture in America—including the post-war hot-rod craze, the golden age of muscle cars that followed, the import tuner scene, and the current horsepower wars—the country’s comic books have rarely paid more than passing attention to topic.’ It turns out that if you want to… read more »
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Some car companies just weren’t meant to survive past their best-before date, but of those that straggled on into an uncertain future, were there any last-minute sales champions lurking behind the curtain that could have saved them from the chopping block had they debuted in time? In this Hagerty piece,… read more »
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This past year I got in touch with Jeremy’s Radio Emporium about refurbishing the factory tape deck in my 1987 Jeep Grand Wagoneer. Although I swapped out the original driveline for a more modern LS V8 engine, I’ve worked hard to keep everything else about the Jeep as stock-appearing as… read more »
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Detroit’s modus operandi for much of its early existence was not so much to listen to what the customer wanted, but rather tell them what they needed. Naturally, there were times when this prescriptive perspective fell dramatically out of step with the market at large, which resulted in some very… read more »
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Imagine taking 96 days to drive 250 miles – that’s how treacherous the Darién Gap was when Land Rover decided to cross it as part of the British Trans-Americas Expedition, by far the craziest off-road adventure of the 1970s. Only six other four-wheeled adventurers have made it through before or… read more »
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“We’ve been confronted with actors trying to sing, singers trying to act, and comedians doing both, so why not musicians trying to design, engineer, and produce their own cars? “ That’s how I lead off this piece for Hagerty that focuses on four cars designed, engineered, or otherwise brought to life by musicians. Whether it’s… read more »
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Every once in a while I get to dip back into the past and have fun with a subject that I remember from my childhood. The International Race of Champions was something that I can recall being occasionally on TV on the weekends in between the NASCAR and NHRA that… read more »
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Combining cars and music – two of my passions – isn’t an opportunity I often get as a writer, so I was very pleased with the opportunity to dive deep into both with this piece for Hagerty that examines the themes arising again and again when rock and roll hits… read more »
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I’ll be honest – even though my current track car is itself a classic, I’ve been harboring the secret desire to pilot an 80s-era NASCAR at my local HPDE for quite a while. read more »
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