* Is it a shame to have used NOS Econoline sheetmetal to form this custom bar in a vanner’s basement? Where’s the soul to it then? Where are the stories that start, “This was once my daily driver”? Then again, as Cap’n Scurvy himself notes, no vans were harmed in the making of this bar. […]
Who knew that Orange Crush has been around for so long? I’m quickly realizing that I receive way more submissions for Lost and Found in Hemmings Classic Car than I can possibly run, so I’ll place some of them here in hopes that I’ll get some sort of identification to go with the submissions.
This picture […]
I mean, really geddon it?
When the US Army goes racing, they pay Tony Schumacher to slather brown and yellow stickers all over himself. When the Australian Department of Defense went racing, they hired Starr Performance (warning: mostly really crummy build pics) to take a vehicle iconic of Anglo armies worldwide, in this case a Land […]
Any Crosley devotee knows that the CoBra four-cylinder engine that powered the post-war Crosleys was essentially repurposed from its use in generators that provided many an Allied war unit with necessary electricity. But Powel Crosley tried to offer plenty more assistance in the war effort.
For example, Crosley built at least a couple different three-wheeled prototypes, […]
Better believe it - them Canucks aren’t as innocent as they seem. First, they build the awesomest four-wheeled military conveyance this side of the Unimog, the CMP, and now we see even more Canadian military kung fu.
Kit Foster sent along two additions to our military March campaign. First, above, the Iltis, a Volkswagen design built […]
Okay, it’s a little late in coming, but I hereby declare this month to be military March. Or at least this week.
Tom Wilson, of the Davis Registry, after perusing the military vehicles category, emailed to remind me that we hadn’t yet mentioned the Davis military vehicle, serial 494X1, that he and friends are restoring up […]
Filed under: Diesel, Ethanol, Hybrid, Nissan, Volvo
The world’s second-largest truck company, Volvo AB, has agreed to buy Nissan Diesel Motor Co. for $1.1 billion in a bid to gain a greater foothold in the booming Asian market. Asia has been a weak spot for Volvo thus far, comprising just seven percent of its sales in 2006. By buying Japan’s fourth largest truck producer, Volvo should be able to establish a far more secure position through Nissan’s regional brand name and production capabilities.
Shares were up slightly in Volvo and hugely in Nissan Diesel indicating the market’s largely positive acceptance of the news. The purchase will also give Volvo access to technology Nissan Diesel has developed to reduce engine emissions, a fact that is likely to gain importance as more countries implement stringent clean air legislation. Other synergies are likely to follow with Nissan Diesel having said that it should be able to bring down purchasing costs by as much as 20 percent per annum by joint purchasing parts with Volvo. On the drawing board for the combined companies is a jointly developed diesel-electric hybrid powertrain and research into alternative fuels including ethanol.
Analysis: This type of consolidation is increasingly likely over the coming years as the cost of R&D on next-generation powertrain technologies increases. Good to see plans to bring more diesel-electric hybrid trucks to market.
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[Source: Bloomberg]
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BOLD MOVES: THE FUTURE OF FORD Step behind the curtain at Ford Motor. Experience the documentary first-hand.
Unlike most yards nowadays, Texas Exports doesn’t seem intent on crushing what they don’t sell, though they have closed their yard to the public. Nevertheless, they are liquidating, and now’s the time to pick up one of their cars for a project. I’m thinking the ‘54 Chevy pickup would be a good replacement for my […]
What’s more fun than a sunny day, a few inches of fresh snow, an iced-over lake and a bunch of Model T snowmobiles? How about doing donuts on said lake with one of the said Ts? About a dozen of the snowmobiles showing up for the annual Model T Snowmobile Club meet at Lake George […]
Dana Parsons wrote in Saturday’s edition of the L.A. Times, regarding the conviction of motorcross founder Michael Goodwin in the shooting deaths of Mickey and Trudy Thompson:
“I don’t hate Collene (Campbell, Mickey’s sister), I pray for her every day. Nobody can believe that, but I do. I probably should hate her, but I don’t. I’m […]
Received word that All-American Metals in Bertram, Texas, will soon start crushing its inventory of old cars. If it seems like we’ve heard about a lot of these lately (northern Connecticut; Sturbridge, Massachusetts; Columbia, South Carolina), it’s because we have. Developers across the country are constantly expanding out away from urban areas, into the natural […]
Apparently, the jury in the trial of Michael Goodwin, the man convicted of murdering Mickey and Trudy Thompson in 1988, very nearly did not reach a unanimous decision. According to an L.A. Times article on the case that ran over the weekend, nine jurors considered Goodwin guilty partway into deliberations, but one didn’t and […]
Buried, at the very end of the L.A. Times update story on yesterday’s guilty verdict against Michael Goodwin, was an interesting tidbit: Collene Campbell, Mickey Thompson’s sister and the former mayor of San Juan Capistrano who pushed for resolution in Thompson’s murder case, is going after the two men who actually shot Thompson and his […]
These awesome trucks have been made on a Mercedes platform and are the sexiest trucks on the planet. A Swiss-German industrial designer named Luigi Colani has crafted them.
Check out some more pictures after the break:
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Who doesn’t like Formula Off-Road? Well, for one, Americans who have no idea about the killer Icelandic/Scandinavian sport. If you ever thought rockcrawling was too slow, mudbogging too lame or tough trucking not tough enough, then maybe Formula Off-Road is the ticket for you. The Internet home for the sport seems to be at www.4×4.is, […]
Now it’s getting to be a train wreck. Do we really want to see a 1979 AMX (AMXtreme, as it says on the stepbar) mounted to a lifted Jeep chassis? Only as much as we wanted to see the other jacked-up classic cars, I suppose. AMX spotted at this year’s AMO Nationals in Dayton. This […]
This is what I’m talking about! In the General Lee 4×4 post, I asked for more cars on big-tired truck chassis, and Motorpasion already came through - twice! Though my one semester of Spanish isn’t quite enough to figure out what’s going on, I can appreciate such sights as the above Rolls Royce Tough Truckin’ […]
Closing arguments began Monday in the trial of Michael Goodwin, the former business partner of Mickey Thompson accused of planning the murders of Thompson and his wife Trudy. The prosecution focused on the fact that Mickey was forced to watch Trudy die before he himself was killed, which they argued points to a vengeful motive […]