Car grills, I thought as I spotted stacks of them on a counter in the box-lot room at an auction house recently. Now that was unusual. I’ve seen cars put up for auction. I’ve seen…
Are those plastic car grills?
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1957 Chevy and the allure of vintage cars
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When I saw the model 1957 Chevy and the other vintage cars on the auction table, a memory flashed through my mind. I was a child, sitting on the porch with my cousins in a…
The car was a hideous turquoise. But the garish color did compel me to look at the 1965 Volkswagen Beetle parked there in the middle of the auction-house floor – surrounded by some of its parts.…
It’s been a couple years since I’ve been to the Philadelphia Auto Show. It was in the city over the last week and closed yesterday amid the 28 inches of snow that trounced the place.…