Hippies—it's probably best you open the zip doors a crack when having a joint; you don't want anyone thinking you're doing yourself in by car exhaust fumes. Not that the windows will steam up on this van, mind.

Later this month, fans of the TV series "Lost" will be able to bid on more than a thousand trinkets from the show, from beer cans to Hurley's Camaro. Just reading the descriptions may trigger a few angry flash-sideways.

This VW Bus was engulfed in a relatively violent conflagration until the heat becomes too much for a compressed propane tank inside. At that point, a staggering explosion blows the van inside-out.

There are few people in this country who appreciate American hot rods more than the wonderfully inventive Johannes Rojola of Finland. A gallery of his detailed and creative builds of V8-powered 1970s muscle machines, and his philosophy, below.