Scrappy little fella, aren’t ya?
A walk through the local Mini dealer today revealed one customer’s attitude toward big blocks! To be fair, and with apologies to the continental owner of the marque, when did the UK ever produce a V8...
View ArticleDate with a Rolls-Royce, Part 1: Life Before Photoshop
Just before I graduated from college I fell into the perfect job, as print advertising manager for the old Nationwise Auto Parts based in Columbus, Ohio. If you lived anywhere near I-75 from Ohio to...
View ArticleOn the Lot: 1967 Camaro RS/SS
Since we’re having an amazing “Indian Summer” in the Pacific Northwest, the collector cars still keep showing up at Griot’s Garage. A great customer showed up today with his 1967 Camaro RS/SS, a...
View ArticleThe Ohio-Florida Adventure
In the summer of 1941 my parents celebrated their honeymoon by driving a 1937 Buick from Dayton, Ohio to see friends in St. Petersburg, Florida. It was, of course, before the advent of Eisenhower’s...
View ArticlePorsches 2 Oxford 2011: A Casual Porsche Party
Who would guess that Oxford, Ohio (home to Miami University and a bucolic downtown setting, complete with brick streets), might become the summer “must drive” destination for all cars Porsche? With the...
View Article‘Twas the Night Before Race Day
With a tip of the crash helmet to Clement Clarke Moore… ‘Twas the night before race day, when all through the garage, not an engine was turning, not even my Dodge. The spanners where hung by the...
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