When you are stuck in a coronavirus quarantine you start to appreciate the little things in life. Such as choices. Do you eat bologna or cotto salami in your white bread sandwich? Do you walk clockwise around your block or counter clockwise? Do you walk in the street to avoid the oncoming neighbor or step […]
Happy Halloween DT readers, we here in the DT HQ hope you are enjoying the festival of All-Hallows’-Eve. Today is the day when kids dress up as their favorite super hero, young adults dress down in sexy fill-in-the-blank costumes, and all people subsidize the candy, dental, and insulin industries — basically a win-win-win for everybody! […]
The Auto Union 1000 was a front-wheel drive oddity that predated the Auto Union & NSU marriage that became what we know today as Audi..but its spirit is still uniquely German and Audiesque. Find this 1957 Auto Union 1000 Estate here on eBay bidding for $2,000 in Boulevard, CA with 4 days to go. A few words from […]
Up until 1967, you could be the proud owner of a brand-new 15-year-old car procured from a stateside importer. But back in mid-60’s, most English cars still looked like 2/3 scale 1950’s American cars. In the land of planned obsolescence and free gas, that sales pitch went over like a rolling unsynchronized first gear downshift. […]
Check out this 1959 Morris Minor 1000 Saloon here on eBay bidding for $7,250 reserve-not-met with auction ending Monday at 7:00PM PST. From eBay listing: Vehicle Details Year: 1959 Make: Other Makes Model: All Models VIN: 679182 Mileage: 43812 Transmission: Manual Engine: 4 Cylinder, 948 CC Inline 4 L Exterior Color: […]
The Bertone designed and built Fiat 850 Spider was a small 2-sear roadster that sourced its rear engine setup and mechanical parts from the higher volume Fiat 850 sedan. The nuts at Abarth created a hopped up version with a bigger engine and called it the Fiat Abarth OT 1000 Spider. Don’t ask me what […]
The Pontiac T1000 (later renamed 1000) was introduced to an awestruck public in 1981, but it was no terminator. The little Pontiac shared all body stampings with the ice racing king Chevrolet Chevette, but it cost a few bucks more with the Pontiac badges. The 1000 may have been badge engineering turned up to 11, […]