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Twofer Tuesday strikes with a rural Mercedes duo nestled amidst other faded...
BEEK'S BENZES AND MOREIn the spirit of summer vacations I'm featuring a unique garage in the shadow of the Shawangunk Mountains. Halfway between New Paltz and the rural home of some friends of mine is...
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Show Car Sunday returns with an original paint beast!
THE LOST CITY OF GOLDJust a block away from my shop is a combination flat-fix and place to buy some fancy rims for your ride. Every once in a while they have a classic parked out front. Check it...
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Long winded breakdown of full size GM offerings from '66 through '75
FIVE OF A KINDThe dog days of summer have me relaxing as opposed to posting so I figured I'd drop a whole handful of rides that are close siblings. Without further ado;What we have here is a 1967...
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Big Brooklyn Buick
CATFISH SPECIALI was riding the old bike out in Bed Stuy recently when this I came upon this mighty vision:Sweet! Here we've got a 1955 Buick Special convertible in Temple Gray. To find a 60 year old...
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3 legged pony
3 LEGGED PONYSomething caught my eye while I was riding past a little side street the other day:Aww look at this hobbled punk! This is a 1965 Ford Galaxie 500 LTD in Caspian Blue Poly. She's certainly...
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Pontiac Nova
IDENTITY CRISISOn one of the hottest days of the year I decided to walk to Coney Island with a friend from Park Slope. As idiotic as it was to walk 7 miles in 95 degree humid heat I did encounter a few...
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Multi Colored Mopar with Badges of Steel!
DUSTEDWay up north in the hinterlands of Queens I ran across this multi colored beast:This is a 1973 Plymouth Duster that seems to have originally been Autumn Bronze Metallic. Primer has started taking...
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Show Car Sunday returns with The Classiest Roadster You Will See All Day
DROP DEAD GORGEOUS DROP TOPYou really never know what you're going to get in this city. Somewhere out on the warehousey edge of Greenpoint and Queens sat this stunning little lady right here:This is a...
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Seventy-One Ninety-Eight
MIGHTY IN EVERY WAYOut somewhere between the Canarsie and Flatlands neighborhoods of Brooklyn where street parking is plentiful I passed by this gargantuan slab:Keep in mind that this rolling building...
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Pregnant Chad by Buick
TERRIBLE, AWFUL, NO GOOD, VERY BAD CARHave all the campaign politics and mud slinging been getting you down? Me too. Lucky for us the General Motors Corporation distilled all the anguish of a...
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Zero to Sixty in NINETEEN SECONDS? Let's call it the Dasher!
WE JAM ECONOOn a nice block in the South Slope area of Brooklyn I recently ran across this little lunchbox:Yes! This is a 1979 Volkswagen Dasher Station Wagon in either Malaga Red or Indiana Red. In...
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Show Car Sunday/Monday returns with 2 natty Brits!
BRITAINS FAVOURITE SONSLast year I was spending a week out in Riverhead when I encountered this smart looking pair: A couple of serious British sports cars in the purest sense! Both are honest 2 seater...
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Enter the Space Age in your Rocket 88!
VERY DYNAMIC RIDEA few blocks from my store in Gowanus there's a body shop that's constantly working on amazing old rides. Occasionally they'll have one parked nearby that they're most likely...
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Show Car Sunday returns with the Corvallis Comet!
WELL DRESSED MAVERICKI was visiting my sister in Oregon last year when we drove past this astonishing little anomaly:This is a 1972 Mercury Comet in White. The reason I call it an anomaly is that it is...
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L.A. Rob returns with a Venetian delicacy
BLUEBIRD BEATERUsually if I get a series of pics from L.A. Rob they consist of the worlds greatest classic cars in museum condition. Not this time! Behold this surfers hooptie from the streets of...
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Twofer Thursday (?) comes through with a Grand Prix Fixe
LAST MUSCLE DAYS AND THE DAWN OF MALAISEWell it's been a beautiful spring week here in Brooklyn and the cars are starting to roll out of their winter hiding spots, rubbing their eyes and shaking off...
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Shiny 62 from 62
Flashy Wrapper Got His Eye Knocked OutFor those of you who haven't seen it, that is my wine shop with the burgundy awning on the corner behind this ride. After seeing this shiny beast parked a mile...
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Show Car Sunday - Proof that you can polish a turd
CHEVETTE!Well whaddaya know? I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw this mint condition little punk roosting in Gowanus. When was the last time you saw one? (people in the West please keep your smug...
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Upstate blacked-out droptop ready to scare children
UNBELIEVABLE UPSTATE FIND!I was driving around upstate with a friend of mine last year when we passed this angry beast sulking in a driveway. Making an immediate u-turn was a no brainer!This evil...
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2 American Specialty Cars (though one is Japanese and they're both American...
ASC MCLAREN vs ASC NISSANToday is all about featuring 2 cars you might walk by 100 times without realizing there's anything special about them. Both were parked in a soulless cul-de-sac around 63rd and...
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