Car-guy’s paradise: Los Angeles, CA

Hot Wheels display at the Petersen. Yes, they're mounted on that awesome orange plastic track!

Of course, Los Angeles is a car-guy’s paradise.  The weather’s friendly to old vehicles, and there are twisty mountain roads and speedy freeways and slow-n-low cruising spots within an hour of one another.  The streets are filled with equal numbers [...]

Car spotting in Las Vegas

This mid-1950s Internationl "Metro" van was so cute and charming I wanted to find the owner and see if I could buy it.

The Southwest is a car-spotter’s paradise.  Not only does the dry climate preserve old autos, but because they last longer, there are more old cars to see just running around.  Las Vegas [...]

Dead Presidents, graffiti and (yay!) old cars: Rapid City, SD

The historic part of downtown Rapid City is home to one obvious sight, and two you’ll have to go looking for.

As soon as you enter downtown, with its strip of antique stores and coffee shops lining Main and St. Joseph streets, you’ll see the “City of Presidents” exhibit, or at least some of it.  Life-size [...]

Hill City & Keystone, SD: 1880 Train Photo post

Photo post: old cars in Ely, NV

Holy crap, is that a Kaiser? Yes, it is, and it’s from 1947 or ‘48. You know these guys were built in Willow Run, Michigan, right?