Five and Dime

My latest obsession is with the 1970s Datsun 510s. They are all hot shit from the sedan to the wagon and my personal favorite the 2 door coupe. TheĀ  Datsun 510s often called Five and Dimes came to the USA as a direct challenge to the BMW 2002. These cars were light, quick, rear wheel […]

Are Ferrari’s Causing the War in Iraq?

This is one of the best commercials you will ever see for gasoline. It also covers 60 years of Ferrari history which could inspire even the most most green of my tree hugger friends to agree that gasoline may have been created for the sole purpose of powering race cars. Is it wrong that […]

All Hail the Detomaso

This car is represents all my boyhood car lust. My pop a true “car guy” used to take me to all our local auto shows in upstate NY. While it was far from a car mecca the local shows had none of the pretentiousness of the big national shows, and only at such a mis […]

My Most Favorite Car Ever!

This car is is one of my favorites of all time. Purpose built as a hard edged track ready car embodying the best mechanical engineering in the business. This car makes 415hp out of a naturally aspirated flat 3.6 liter at 7600RPM and is stripped down to 3,238 pounds. Over 100hp per liter of high […]