Author: Harry

Like a lot of us, Julia Stallone got the addiction to mechanical things and speed as a kid, riding jet skis, four-wheelers, and dirt bikes. She tells us, “The adrenaline rush was so exciting to me, a feeling I know only other speed lovers could understand.” We fully understand, Julia! Her first automotive memory was…

You never forget your first love Most folks can only imagine being handed the keys to a 1967 Camaro at the tender age of 16. Shawn Gutterson had the good fortune to have bestowed unto him this bastion of the Bow Tie at that tender age. “The laminate on my learner’s permit was still warm,”…

Believe it or not, this kick-ass Camaro RS is the first car Jason Bottenfield ever drove. It’s also the first car he ever owned. Purchased in the spring of 1993, this 1969 Chevy Camaro was intended to be the aspiring gearhead’s daily beater in high school. But as with many long-term builds, the Camaro eventually…

This car has received a nice round of upgrades as a reward for surviving another year as a daily driver in Pennsylvania. As the year comes to an end, it’s safe to say that my ’69 Charger has survived yet another season of being used as a daily driver. But I’m dutifully chipping away at…

Bill Mitchell, born in 1912, was the son of a Buick dealer. From a young age, he demonstrated a keen ability for sketching cars. He first joined the team at General Motors in 1935 and by 1958, he became vice president over all styling at GM. Two of his most famous designs were the 1963…

One of the most important characteristics of a classic car’s design aesthetic has nothing to do with its body style or brightwork – it’s the footwear. From wide whitewalls to thin whitewalls to raised-white-letter all-terrains, tires have evolved just like vehicles themselves. One type of tire that was popular in the 1960s was the “redline”…

Ford, Chevrolet, Dodge, Plymouth, and Pontiac. What do these brands all have in common? Well, amongst other things, the overwhelming majority of muscle cars built in the 1960s and ’70s rolled out of the factories of these five marques. That’s not to say, however, that some seminal performance cars didn’t spring forth from the design…

Let’s say I posed the question to you, “what was the outright quickest factory muscle car of the ‘60s and ‘70s?” How would you answer? The 1969 Chevrolet Camaro COPO ZL1? The ’70 Chevy Chevelle SS 454 LS6? Or maybe the 1970 Buick GSX Stage 1? All very good, educated guesses of course, but you…

Forty years after its release, Smokey and the Bandit is still a spectacular fable of automotive fantasy. The portrayal of a smooth-talking southern trucker blasting across Dixieland on an escapade to deliver illegal booze is essential viewing for any connoisseur of car culture. The car, a 1977 Pontiac Trans Am LE, was such an integral…

If you want to see a truly badass American woman, look no further than Jennifer “Farm Girl” Saucier. This drop dead gorgeous 50 year old farm girl loves guns, cars, exercise, and working on the family farm. She’s no stranger to a hard day’s work and a long night of play. When she’s not shooting,…