If you find that a bumpy road broke off the end of one of your old spark plugs, you should probably call a tow truck. Just don't try to MacGyver your car like I did.

Move aside, whippersnapper.

Why am I pointing the wrong way on a freeway, in the middle of Snowstorm Nemo, in a car with no heat, no defroster, no snow tires, and no four-wheel drive? Why am I laughing? Because sometimes the worst drives are the best.

Unless you carry a flamethrower, there is no perfect way to get your car out of the snow. I managed to figure out pretty much the worst way.

The Baja, a press ATS, the wide open spaces of the Meadowlands. The snow was still falling. More to come.

I have had the pleasure of driving two road-legal cars with exposed engines: Alex Roy's Morgan Three-Wheeler and my own Baja Bug, but what other exposed engine cars are there?

We love when cars get down in some tug-of-war action. It's stupid and dangerous, but it looks cool. However, even watching a tug-of-war in person can be surprisingly dangerous.

Welcome to Found Off The Street, our look at cars found on the cape that rust liked so much it decided to summer there; Cape Cod, MA. Today we have a 1968 Volkswagen Baja Bug.

If you were into hot-rodded Beetles during the Late Malaise Era, as I most certainly was, you probably remember the small-print ads for the "Pinto Beans" adapter kit from the back pages of your favorite VW magazines.

Here's a story I've been meaning to tell since I started writing for Jalopnik: how it came to be that I love junkyard-built, low-budget, primered-out heaps so much. You can blame this '58 Volkswagen!