When you’re a little kid it’s easy to lay claim to things as yours without really owning them. Calling dibs and whatnot. Saying that you have something when in reality it’s just your parents’, brother’s, or friend’s. We’ve all done it. It’s a sense of ownership that we feel, but that sense is also that …
Chasing My White Whale: Buying My 1958 Edsel Bermuda After 15 Years Read More »
Consider me old fashioned, but what in the heck happened to us? We used to make cars that meant something to the consumer. These old cars would take us across the country and back giving us stories of epic road trips that couldn’t possibly have been true. Like that one time when we went to …
1989 Honda Accord LXi Sedan: When You’re Here, You’re Family Read More »
With night falling gracefully on the skyline like oxblood red curtains in a theatre, the 1969 Imperial LeBaron sits alongside the road looking as if it were sculpted by Michelangelo. Its dramatic fuselage highlights curves that practically melt down the side of the body, largely concealing the rear wheels. The Imperial is adorned tastefully, with …
1969 Imperial LeBaron Review: Driving the Distinguished Read More »
If you’ve been a follower of Out Motorsports for any duration of time then I’m sure you’ve read an article or two of hilariously dilapidated derelicts chugging merrily long past their expiration date. They’re the true work horses of our fleets, the unsung heroes, and cheap thrills. This marks the beginning of a series dedicated …
Hooptie Highlights: “The Pennsylvania Crapwagon” 1993 Chevrolet Caprice Estate Read More »
As car people, we’ve each cultivated an imaginary list of dream cars. They usually vary wildly, from a Ford Centurion to a 1903 Olds Runabout. Whatever your mind can think of, it’s somewhere on this infinite list of cars. For me, there has always been a permanent top three on my list. They’ll slide from …
Throughout the production of the “W123” Mercedes-Benz 300-series, there was hardly a shortage of wagons available for sale from other marques. Yet, Mercedes-Benz knew they had hit a thirsty niche fairly early on. The North American wagon market was plush with offerings from nearly every manufacturer with the exception of two – Cadillac and Lincoln. …
1983 Mercedes-Benz 300TD Estate Review: The Energizer Bunny of Wagons Read More »
The seventies were a wild time. You had Disco balls shining so bright your retinas would melt with just a glance. Powder blue polyester leisure suits were running rampant. Gentlemen wore high heels, ‘fro’s were jiving, Nixon was lying, cats and dogs living in harmony, it was pure chaos. It was the seventies, where in …
Prowling the streets of small-town Braselton, Georgia, low, burbling exhaust notes are heard resonating off of buildings and passing cars. With the windows down and the glass T-tops removed, I get a sense of open top motoring and freedom. Freedom from distractions, blinking lights and buzzers. Just a steering wheel, a couple of pedals and …
For an eternity Pontiac had begged GM for a sports car of their own. Chevrolet had the Corvette, why couldn’t they have their own sports car? And before me sits their Frankenstein’s Monster, the Pontiac Fiero SE V6, Pontiac’s one and only sports car. All of my life, I have been told that the Pontiac …
1986 Pontiac Fiero SE V6: The Hero We Didn’t Deserve Read More »
Say what you will, I never stood a chance. The idea of a white picket fence, a pencil pushing desk job, and golf games was never going to happen for me. If I didn’t know better, I’d think Vroom was my first word. At the time of this writing I am 28 years of age …
