Life and Cars

  • The Mystery of Traffic Snarls

    You are traveling along the interstate and the traffic slows down.  People change lanes in a desperate attempt to find a faster path.  The traffic speed comes down to a crawl.  More desperate lane changing.  The clot reaches its maximum… Continue reading

  • The Memory of a Dodge Omni

    It was late in the summer of 1981 and I was down on the Cape enjoying some time off from work and cruising Osterville in my turbocharged Ford Fiesta.  I was living and working just outside of Boston then so… Continue reading

  • Thoughts on a Road Trip

    Here in North Carolina spring is right around the corner.  I feel sorry for those stuck in the northern climes, but not so sorry that I am going to ignore the fact that daffodils have already come up and bloomed. … Continue reading

  • An Amazing Find

    We have all heard the stories of finding a lost Ferrari in a barn out in the middle of a corn field.  They make for a great fantasy. This one is real.  A guy in Portugal finds and buys a… Continue reading

  • The New Front Door

    There was a time when the front door was the way people would enter and leave the house.  The back door was usually off the kitchen and used as easy access to the outhouse or perhaps the barn or carriage… Continue reading

  • Miniature Ferrari

    This link was sent to me by a good friend.  It shows this guy who built a minature Ferrari that actually runs! Continue reading

  • Back to the Future – 1957

    In June of 1957, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, a brand new 1957 Plymouth Belevedere was buried in a concrete coffin as a time capsule.  In June of this year the court house lawn is going to be dug up and the concrete time capsule… Continue reading

  • Life With No Left Turns

    This is a wonderful piece by Michael Gartner, editor of newspapers large and small and president of NBC News. In 1997, he won the Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing. Well worth reading. And a few good laughs are guaranteed.    … Continue reading

  • Factory Five

      I knew it was always just on the other side of the canal, but once I was on the Cape for vacation it was so hard to cross over the bridge until I was leaving for home.  Then I realised… Continue reading

  • The Grose Jet

    It was a classified add in the Competition Press, the newspaper that became Autoweek, that I first saw it.  “2 Balls do the Trick” was the tag line.  It was an inventor’s replacement for the troublesome needle and seat used in… Continue reading