Car Shows

  • Top Gear America – TG in the USA

    Last weekend I watched the premier episode of the BBC’s production of the US version of Top Gear.  The History Channel is the host network and its basic form and format is familiar to anyone who has followed the original… Continue reading

  • Italian Day in Raleigh, NC

    The first Saturday of the month Raleigh has an informal car show at Briar Creek. Legend has it that it started as a get-together for owners of Italian cars – hence the name.  Lamborghini, Ferrari, Fiat, etc. car owners would… Continue reading

  • Top Gear at VIR

    The Top Gear crew from the UK was at VIR today getting ready to film another segment from the USA.  I was at the track early today and had a chance to watch the film crew prepare and the talent… Continue reading

  • Eye Candy from Germany

    A good friend of mine returned from some vacation time in Germany and sent me these fantastic photos of just a few of the cars he got to see up close: Continue reading

  • Raleigh’s Informal Car Show

    Every first weekend of the month a local bunch of Italian car owners have a breakfast at a shopping center in Raleigh, NC.  They bring their Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Alpha Romero’s, etc. and allow people to gawk at cars that you… Continue reading

  • Farewell to Boyd Coddington

      Boyd Coddington died at the age of 63 Wednesday. Many of us watched the Discovery Channel’s show American Hot Rod as his dysfunctional crew produced fantastic vehicles that Boyd designed and always in less time than humanly possible. As… Continue reading

  • Mitsubishi RA – Rah, rah , rah!

    Mitsubishi has given us a peek behind the curtain with their concept car the RA.  Is RA a name based on the ancient Egyptian sun god, or is it an acronym for RalliArt?  The first guess might mean that it… Continue reading

  • A Collection of Enthusiasts

    While I was on Cape Cod I went to a car show that is held every Tuesday afternoon in the summer in the town of Bourne.  It is held in the parking lot of a technical school located on a… Continue reading

  • On the Road – Back to the Future 1957

    Today started out as a very rainy and wet day.  Not the sort of day that you want to have if you are planning on pulling a car out of a concrete coffin after it has been buried for fifty… Continue reading

  • On the Road – its OK

    Leaving Arkansas was accomplished this morning.  It was not too far to get to Tulsa.  It took about four hours.  I checked in to my hotel and headed to downtown Tulsa to see what the situation was. I found my… Continue reading