In the world of custom cars, there are “custom” cars, and then there are “CUSTOM” cars. Today’s next feature looks like a modified circle track racer that got heavy into thelifting for gains scene…and maybe some anabolic steroids. Much protein powder was consumed. It is expensive, but with a 602 horsepower V8 and 1920 lb […]
Roughly the size of a city bus and twice as dignified, this 1948 Packard Super Eight Limousine is the kind of factory-built formal cruiser that once ferried VIPs, wedding parties, or possibly low-level mobsters. With a 141-inch wheelbase, rear jump seats, and a functioning divider window, it’s the sort of car you’d expect to see […]
If you are going to drive an old car from the 1940s, it better be something with a straight 8. Don’t you dare swap in an 80s vintage carburetor fed small block Chevy V8, no matter how much more efficient, reliable, powerful, and better it is. Keep it straight. Straight-8. Find this 1948 Buick Roadmaster […]
If you’re going to be a time-machine building physicist, we figured, why not drive a car with some style? No, not the time machine itself; nevermind that now, nevermind that now. Doc Brown’s personal ride in the 1950s was a 1948 Packard Custom 8 Victoria Convertible. Turns out those are hard to find, as just […]
The Super 8 film format was released in the 1960s by Eastman Kodak as a higher definition option for home movie cameras. Today you can see jittery movies at Super 8 geekfests or an occasional glimpse in a movie trying to capture the past. The Super 8 name however had already been used, on a […]