September 26, 2010 – Nearly four years have passed since the first post I wrote for Jalopnik. It's been a good run, but I need a break. So now I'm sitting at a Formica desk in a North Carolina airport motel, trying to shake off my post-LeMons-race exhaustion enough to write a farewell that can stand up next to
Murilee Hops Into The Hooptie, Heads On Outta Here
Junkyard Build Quality Challenge, Speedometer Edition: Japan
September 26, 2010 – The '93 BMW E36 did pretty well in the Speedometer Edition of the Junkyard Build Quality Challenge, with excellent marks for component quality, but the Germans are vulnerable in the areas of complexity and general pain-in-assness. More »
Junkyard Build Quality Challenge, Speedometer Edition: Germany
September 26, 2010 – When we did the Junkyard Build Quality challenge with door panels, the Audi 80 won handily, with top-shelf fasteners, few hidden corners cut, and well-thought-out design. More »
Junkyard Build Quality Challenge, Speedometer Edition: USA vs Germany vs Japan!
September 26, 2010 – Many of our readers were shocked by Germany's big win in the Door Panel Edition of the Junkyard Build Quality challenge, with an Audi 80 beating a Lexus ES250 and a Buick LeSabre. More »
Junkyard Build Quality Challenge, Speedometer Edition: USA
September 26, 2010 – OK, the Germans and Japanese have had their turns. Now it's time to see if the United States can grab the Junkyard Nightmare Build Quality Challenge trophy back from the Germans! After Buick's very disappointing performance in the Door Panel Edition of the Junkyard Nightmare Build Quality... More »
Jackie Stewart Drives Hell Out Of ‘84 Tempo, Calls It "Driver’s Car"
September 26, 2010 – Ford_Tempo_Fanatic may never forgive me for what I did to a free Tempo at Infineon last spring, but at least I've managed to find a vintage ad showing the Tempo on the race track! I would have taken Mr. More »
1963 Ford Country Sedan
September 26, 2010 – Welcome to Down On The Mile High Street, where we admire old vehicles parked on the streets of the City That Rust Sorta Ignored: Denver, Colorado. What better way to follow up a Breezeway than with a mid-60s Ford wagon? The Country Sedan was the base trim level for Ford's big wagons in 1963. More »
Does The Fiat Brand Have a Hope In Hell Of Succeeding In North America?
September 25, 2010 – So the new masters of Chrysler will be bringing their sporty little European machine to these shores... but can they overcome the terrible "Fix It Again, Tony" image the 124, 128, Strada, and X1/9 established a generation ago? Even those Americans and Canadians too young to remember brand-new... More »
Out With The Bad Engine…
September 25, 2010 – After getting my Project Van Hell '66 Dodge A100 last weekend, I was a bit apprehensive about removing its rod-knockitty engine through the doors. I've done plenty of engine swaps, but never out of a mid-engined van. More »
Trade In Your Burro For a ‘67 Fury!
September 25, 2010 – We can probably thank the Spaghetti Western craze of the mid-1960s for this bewildering Fury ad. This vaquero is out riding his burro in what appears to be eastern Riverside County when he discovers a brand-new '67 Fury convertible with the keys in the ignition! More »
1965 Mercury Park Lane Breezeway
September 25, 2010 – Welcome to Down On The Mile High Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the City That Rust Sorta Ignored: Denver, Colorado. More »
What’s The Greatest Engine of All Time, Period?
September 19, 2010 – You saw this coming, right? We argued over the merits of the best four-cylinder, the best inline six, and the best V8, and we'll get to the V6s, V12s, radials, and everything else... More »
The Forgotten MG
September 19, 2010 – "It seems that the MGC's biggest problem was that it was the answer to a question no one was really asking," according to Ate Up With Motor's Aaron Severson in his latest article. That's right, Mr. More »
Pounding Out a One-Way Ticket To Jolly Land: The 1969 AMX
September 19, 2010 – These vintage Car & Track reviews are addictive, so let's follow up an econobox AMC review with an AMC muscle car review. Unlike just about all of the previous C&T review cars we've seen, the AMX doesn't inspire feelings of seasickness as it negotiates turns; More »
Junkyard Hazards, Part XXVII: Bee Careful!
September 19, 2010 – When I lived in Georgia, I learned that sticking your hand into a junkyard car's trunk is a good way to get a trip to the emergency room with multiple cottonmouth bites. More »
Adventures In Free Beaters: Oh Lord, Stuck In The Lodi Volvo Again
September 19, 2010 – I've got plenty of tales of the wretched heaps I've owned over the years, but I lack sufficient photographic evidence of my Free Beater Era. Now, however, I've unearthed this old shot of the legendary Free '68 Volvo 144. Yes, that fine Swedish sedan, with its four-wheel disc brakes and... More »
1970 Volvo 142
September 19, 2010 – Welcome to Down On The Mile High Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the City That Rust Sorta Ignored: Denver, Colorado. More »
