(October 18, 2010) The Goodguys/Hemmings Muscle Machines Muscle Car of the Year for 2010 is a Mopar. The 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T of Ken Mosier has taken the prize, chosen by staff from Goodguys and Hemmings Muscle Machines  magazine.

SPENCER, N.C. — Southern Railway's ‘Spencer Shops’ was a major steam locomotive repair facility between Atlanta and Washington, D.C.; once its largest center. The period of greatest prosperity and productivity for the facility was in the first half of the 20th Century.

(October 8, 2010) The 1954 Cadillacs were among the first to establish Harley Earl’s new “make it big” design credo for GM’s mid to late Fifties cars. Incorporating a tasteful slab-sided look while taking full advantage of the ’53 Eldorado’s “Panoramic” view, the new 1954 models were largely the work of chief designer Ed Glowake and assistant Bob Scheelk.

By Casey Williams
MyCarData

The first car I ever drove was my grandfather’s Chevy Chevette. I wasn’t even ten when he took me into his field and moved to the passenger seat. I thought I was really something romping around the “bottom 10” in that little beige two-door ‘Vette with vinyl seats, automatic transmission, and AM radio. It didn’t have power steering or brakes.

Dick's Classic Garage opened in July 2009, a collection of 60 cars in a new, modern building in San Marcos, Texas, about halfway between Austin and San Antonio near Interstate 35.
 
Dick Burdick, an 80-year-old Texas businessman and car collector, opened the 43,000 square-foot building to house such gems as a 1948 Tucker, a 1929 Dusenberg and a 1931 Packard roadster. Most of the exhibits are displayed in chronological order from 1929 through 1959.

Queensland Australia artist James Corbett began making sculptures from old car parts in 1999 while running an auto recycling business in Brisbane. A year and a half later, he turned to sculpting full time.

Corbett does not bend any of the parts into shape so the unique integrity of each car part is maintained. “The parts themselves are often interesting, some are as much as 80 years old," Corbett says.

These billboards have reportedly appeared over the route of the Woodard Dream Cruise in Detroit over the past few years. They remind us of the glory days of the U.S. automotive industry and specifically General Motors.

Perhaps not all of the billboards actually appeared on the street, but you must admit some creative folks did a great job designing them.

By Al Vinikour
MotorwayAmerica.com

Remember how diverse and attention-grabbing hub caps used to be? This was during all those decades prior to the broad availability of alloy and magnesium stylistic wheels.

The Recreation Vehicle Industry Association (RVIA) led an industry-wide, year-long celebration during 2010 to recognize the 100th anniversary of the RV industry with an array of centennial events and promotions.

The roots of RVing are as old as covered wagons and camping itself, but 1910 is the year that three prominent RV historians — renowned RV collector David Woodworth, RV/MH Hall of Fame and Museum archivist Al Hesselbart, and Smithsonian Institution curator Roger White — cite as the beginning of this uniquely American industry.

Graeme Thickins of Bloomington, Minn., was owner of a rare 1937 Ford House Car for a short time before he sold it in California at the Wavecrest 2001 Woodie Show.

Thickins took possession of the truck after it had been stored for years in a garage in Minnesota. Reportedly only about six a year were built in the mid '30s.