Fairhaven Bruiser

A friend of mine came across this 4,000 pound beast recently in Fairhaven, MA. It's in extremely nice shape for a coastal new england location. The third generation 67' Grand Prix featured an all new front end with disappearing headlights and parking lamps hidden above in the fender tips.

Shorty's

I have long been a fan of big Detroit iron... particularly mid-sixties Buicks. Reader Mike from CT sent me some photos recently of of his 1965 Buick Electra 225 Custom Coupe. Custom refers to the all vinyl interior and the black on black really sets off the crisp styling on this runner. All factory except wheels, offenhauser valve covers, and factory correct black repaint. It features the 401 Nailhead 4bbl and is one of the few coupes with rare cornering lights.

Mike says he drove the car from Connecticut to Detroit in 2008 for the Woodward Dream Cruise... 1,600 trouble free miles in one week. He found Shorty's off of Woodward Ave... a perfect backdrop for this black beauty.

Solitude

Tiny Cars, Big Ideas

This is one of those shape-shifters... looks really cool from certain angles while from others, well... not so much. I do think it could give the Smart Car (ugly as sin to my eyes) a run for its money. Myers Motors could be on to something.

Spanking a 59'

In an effort to show how dramatically automobile safety has improved in the past fifty years, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety recently crash-tested a 2009 Malibu with a 1959 Bel Air. Let's just say I would never want to be driving a Bel Air (or any other late fifties era automobile for that matter) and be involved in a head-on collision. You can read more at the New York Times auto blog.