Rare Mille Miglia Race Car in Palermo, Italy
Visiting Palermo, Sicily, a few years ago, while I was nosing round the old harbor area, I hit the jackpot stumbling across a specialty garage. Outside that garage, when I told the garage owner that
Author: Ken Altes
Drive Yourself Happy with this Nash Metropolitan
Built 1954 to 1962, Nash got an English manufacturer, Austin Motor Company, to make it. Nash Metropolitan wiki here. Visit Mosing Motorcars where Drive Yourself Happy is their moto!
1956 GMC NAPCO 4×4 Truck in NW Austin, Texas
1956 GMC truck in NW Austin, Texas, modified with Napco’s 4×4 Power-Pak system, installed to new trucks by the dealer in about three hours. It wasn’t until 1960 that Chevrolet/GMC offered their own 4×4 system.
1961 Cadillac Eldorado convertible in S. Austin
I used to live around the corner from Dave’s Perfection Automotive garage, where classic American classics and hot rods were serviced and modified. I got many great pictures there, including this very lovely 1961 Cadillac
American Excess: 70s Cadillac Eldorado Convertible with 500 ci V8
The previous model was very handsome and innovative as a front wheel driver (along with the Olds Toronado), but this fat, sloppy car in S. Austin, Texas, weighs over 5000 lbs and is a parody.
1957 Cadillac Coupe de Ville in a Texas Field
I found this 1957 Cadillac Coupe de Ville in Lockhart, Texas, at Hot Rod Jim’s.
Steve Wertheimer’s 1957 Cadillac Coupe de Ville
Steve Wertheimer is a central figure in Austin’s blues venues and custom car scene. Long-time owner of the venerable Continental Club and C-Boy’s Heart & Soul club, both on historic S. Congress Ave. Steve is
Handsome 1974 Datsun 260Z in N. Austin, Texas
Best looking one I’ve seen in a long while. This Datsun 260Z has a fully independent suspension, rack and pinion steering, a strong 162 hp overhead cam straight six and about 3000 lbs. Truly a classic.
1946 Ford Custom 4×4 Truck in NW Austin
Don’t know anything about this truck although I imagine it rides on a modern truck chassis. I particularly like it because I learned to drive in a 1946 Ford flatbed in Pittsburg, Texas, on the
1956 Ford Customline Tudor Sedan in the Brush
Found this two-tone 1956 Ford Customline Tudor Sedan behind, way behind, a BMW mechanic’s garage in NW Austin. As a new car, it was advertised touting its “big jet-tube tail lights, big new wrap-around parking
