Banditos, burros, and bellavistas: A trip on the pan-American Highway in 1946

Staying Alive on the Longest Road with Arlington FryBarger

Posted by Daniel Strohl - Prologue Dallas Times Herald, January 1946: Down The Pan-American Highway: With approach of the first peace-time vacation period since 1941, many motorists who like to hit the long, open highways are thinking of going "down Mexico way" via the Pan-American Highway. In order to give tourists some idea of what travel might be like on the highway and also to give them a word picture of what they might see on the tour, Arlington FryBarger, reporter for the Times Herald, and Bill Alderman, engineer with the State H... Read More

Hemmings Find of the Day - 1968 Zink Formula Vee racer

Posted by Daniel Strohl - Restored 1968 Zink Formula Vee racer for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller's description: Turn key and ready to race, very good to excellent condition, rebuilt motor Oct 2015 (Autowerks), one race weekend at PBIR (55 minutes total) History Last owned and driven by Paul Buttrose from 2007 to 2015, Have SCCA and Vintage Sports Car Drivers Association log books. Plus, owner's logs of all races. Other owner and driver: Frank Newton, built the car and raced from '97-01 Recent Competition History June 2015...Read More

Four-Links - Chuck Berry, 637 cubic inches, Mustang RSX, Ada Sayonara

Posted by Daniel Strohl - We had expected to see a lot more automotive tributes to Chuck Berry following his death last weekend; after all, cars were an integral part to the mixture of influences he used to conjure up rock and roll. The Jalopy Journal came through with its reflection on Berry's "hot rod poetry." * What's the biggest gasoline V-8 GM ever installed from the factory? In those terms, the 454 doesn't hold a candle to the massive 637-cu.in. V-8 that Mac's Motor City Garage profiled this week. * Could the four-eyed Mu...Read More

Hemmings Find of the Day - 1955 Cadillac Series 62 Coupe de Ville

Posted by Kurt Ernst - 1955 Cadillac Series 62 Coupe de Ville for sale From the seller's description: Cadillac DeVille 62. Original interior. One repaint. Runs and drives well. Great chrome. Radial tires. Odometer reads 33,000 miles. Original owner's tag on radiator support. Some older service history and paperwork. Has been serviced and driven routinely over the past few years. 12v conversion with alternator. Factory air conditioning is intact, but not functioning. The car is a very solid, rust-free example. Find more Cadill...Read More

LAST WEEK'S MOST READ

Gypsy Rose lowrider heads up trio of modified cars to appear on the National Mall

Posted by Daniel Strohl - Photos courtesy Historic Vehicle Association. Aside from a few cars built for racing, the National Historic Vehicle Register has yet to include any modified cars, an omission that the Historic Vehicle Association will reverse next month when, ahead of joining the register, three of the most widely recognized lowriders, hot rods and customs will go on display on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. "The register celebrates automotive heritage as well as automotive culture, and modified vehicles are a distinct ...Read More

LAST WEEK'S BEST DISCUSSION

Multiple state, federal bills introduced to stop the spread of E15

Posted by Daniel Strohl - Photo by Kurt Haubrich. Despite the ongoing rollout of E15 fuel nationwide, a handful of bills introduced in legislatures in D.C. and elsewhere aim to put a halt to sale of the fuel blamed for causing damage to older vehicles. The most extreme of those bills, H.R. 1314, which Virginia Representative Robert Goodlatte introduced, calls for the elimination of the Renewable Fuel Standard, the portion of the Clean Air Act enacted in 2005 that provides for minimum volumes of renewable fuels - everything from corn-ba...Read More