vintage
Vintage vehicles including antique cars, classic cars, muscle cars, and collector cars.
How to judge Classic cars: A lesson in Car Artistry
What is a car if not the the iconic way of living with one, that idea that ingenuity and a vestid interest in high speed travel, could end up producing something so magnificent that is changes the way the industry of mechanics see artwork in motion. Cars may not be the flowery essense of a rose or the blooming of a rose bush against the backdrop of a deep red sunset, but the subtle details and macho machine dynamics make the inner essence of a car seem more like muscle built from steel, torque and octane. CArs are the functioning mechanic in total aspect of how one has the ability to see the rest of the world, as a working car means more than just an expanded sensibility, but the ability to expand ones own point of view. Back in the day, it was common practice to judge someone by how they maintain their cars, as their cars where seens as icons more important than ones ability to actually socialize. Having a car meant you where well educated, respectful, strong, smart, brave- but now with the current sigma placed on travelers and adventurers and machinists alike who try to break away from some of the terrible stories given about men smart with cars, it is hard to imagine what the humble aspect of owning a car can make some seem like a social poison. As most serial killers, gang members, reign spies and the likes of a more detrimental point of low society, value vehicles in their ability to carry out crime, some people still try to put the effort towards keeping a more presentable and approachable aspect to being a brooding mechanic, trying to perfect the art of the car. Those people work tirelessly to make cars and the memories of better times last, as we all keep ourselves ever attentive to the ticking digital clock of a quickly approaching future of things to technological for any of us to afford within a reasonable budget. These cars represent a great of time and place, and their monument to times that kept many people sane and safe on the road, is what they really mean to a great deal of car appreciators who know little about how the west was won over with horsepower and heavy metal.
By Epitome Publishing4 years ago in Wheel
My Only Real Car Wreck
I was 17 years old and a junior in high school. I was a typical reclusive teenager for the early 2000's and I mostly kept to myself, save for a small circle of friends that I hung out with due to similar interests. I did not get into trouble very often except for speeding which I did a lot of.
By Gray Beard Nerd4 years ago in Wheel
The "Other" Bugatti
Most of us are familiar with the Bugatti Brand-- and the legacy of the unparalleled French luxury automobile manufacturer based in Molsheim that has delivered models from the Veyron to the Chiron to La Voiture Noire. After all, Bugatti is famously responsible for designs almost overwhelming in their aesthetic lushness. These are cars that exalt in striking colors and elegant lines-- the price attached is par for the course when one considers an engine that's subtle purr conceals its true power.
By Katie Alafdal4 years ago in Wheel
Big Block Love
I was a little over a year old when I first drove a car. My parents tell me that they left me in my dad’s 1968 Dodge Coronet at that tender age in the front seat, parked at my grandfather’s farm in Michigan while they popped into the house to grab something. In that short span of time, I put the car into “D”, and it immediately blasted into a nearby haybale.
By Michael Peter Conine5 years ago in Wheel
Discontinued Cars That Are Worth the Most
You’re searching for a new model to buy — you narrow your search down to a select few motors that have caught your eye, they meet the specifications you’re looking for, they have powerful engines and fantastic handling — the reviews are superb. And then you find that they’ve been discontinued by their manufacturer, dubbing it a ‘zombie car’.
By James Patefield5 years ago in Wheel
Vintage Muscle cars are Iconic!
I grew up watching Fast and Furious movies. Watching those beautiful and fast cars, made me fall in love. The first vintage car I saw was the 1970 Dodge Charger - which Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) had built with his father. With this, I was introduced to vintage muscle cars.
By Zameer Hussain5 years ago in Wheel
The Special Banana with a factory bench seat.
When I was 14 or so my parents drove out west to pick up a car my uncle had bought for my cousin who was about 6 months older than me. They had bought it through some family in Texas and my Dad was going to bring the car home to Mississippi for my uncle. My Dad was pulling a trailer behind his diesel ford to haul the car home on since when my uncle test drove it, he said it ran at very high rpm’s and was overheating. He bought it anyway despite these apparent flaws because the car honestly was kind of special. It was a 1956 Mustang Gt A-Code with a factory bench front seat (say that five times fast.) Springtime yellow was the color and the car looked and felt special to drive. I say that because while it was technically my cousin’s car, I have a surprising number of memories attached to it.
By Gray Beard Nerd5 years ago in Wheel
Family Stealth Fighter Convertible
The Year was 2012 and I needed a new car. Having recently sold my daily driver I had bought GMC Sonoma pick-up truck and I hated it. It rode like an ox cart and was incredibly tiny. Of course, I bought it because I thought I would like it but after only a few weeks driving it around I could not take it anymore. The truck was not new by any means, but it was incredibly low mileage and had been sitting in a barn for most of its life. Buying it felt like the deal of the century but considering how much driving I was doing at the time for work on not the smoothest roads in the world it was just not working out.
By Gray Beard Nerd5 years ago in Wheel
$1000 Mini
2013 was a difficult year for me and my family. We had moved back home after being away for work three years and I was kind of in between jobs. My Dad's cancer was also back, and he was looking ahead at another round of radiation treatments. All these afflictions were temporary, within a few weeks I had found work and after a year of treatments my Dad's cancer was in remission. But despite my families’ circumstances improving, we were still financially drained from the whole experience. To make ends meet I sold my car.
By Gray Beard Nerd5 years ago in Wheel
68 Shelby GT 350. Top Story - April 2021.
Growing up, my family had a special connection with cars that extends even to today. As such I got to drive some amazing and strange vehicles during my youth. But the one that stands above the rest vehicles was my dad's 1968 Shelby Mustang GT 350.
By Gray Beard Nerd5 years ago in Wheel
Heavy Chevy
In 1998 as the century was about to turn, I was enjoying the ultimate expression of freedom available to a member of my generation, having a car. Yes, I indeed come from a simpler time. I did not yet have a cell phone and my computer looked like a man in a space suit sitting on the floor of my room and desk. The Hewlett-Packard tower had 1.5 GB of storage and I could manage with my “highspeed connection to download four songs every night while I slept over a period of six hours. So yes, in my day the ultimate expression of who you were was the vehicle that you drove and well for me I was struggling to find something that fit me personally. I had been through a couple of vehicles, an old Chevrolet and then a Ford Ranger Splash but I was still not quite complacent. That all changed in May of that year.
By Gray Beard Nerd5 years ago in Wheel
