Author Archive: Craig Fitzgerald
VIDEO: Watch this cool Italian cat blow donuts in a $750,000 Iso Grifo Competizione
A few years back, I wrote a piece for another website about my personal issues with “Concours D’Elegance” in America. What started life as an opportunity to see a bunch of cool cars...
Back In The 1950s Through 1970s, The Sears Catalog Was Jammed Full Of Cool Car Stuff, Check It Out Here
When I was a kid in the 1970s, I learned a lot from car magazines like everybody else. The Fitzgeralds weren’t the Rockefellers, though, and we didn’t have fancy things like...
Tuesday Shopper: 1973 Chevrolet C20 Camper Special
Eff it, I’m calling this Tuesday Shopper now, because I can never get the research done to do it on Monday. There’s kind of a lull in big auctions this time of year, so we looked all the...
Johnny Depp’s “Black Mass” Has To Choose The Right Cars To Be Authentic. Did They?
Next year, Johnny Depp, Benedict Cumberbatch and a cast of dozens will be starring in a film called Black Mass, a dramatization of the book of the same name by Boston Globe writers Dick Lehr and...
Check out these great vintage photos from New England Dragway on the H.A.M.B.
As you probably know, Lohnes is announcing at the New England Nationals at New England Dragway on RRRRRRRoute 27, EPPING, New Hampshire this weekend. I started digging around trying to find some cool...
Monday Shopper: 1971 Ford Ranger XLT
Yeah, yeah, yeah, it’s Tuesday. Pipe down. And yes, we know that Mecum sold a Hemi ‘Cuda Convertible at this very auction for an absurd $3.5 million. The whole point of this feature,...
History: Steve McQueen’s dunebuggy in The Thomas Crown Affair
We’ve mentioned The Thomas Crown Affair in a few other posts here. Let’s just say this: There is no other movie that ever made me want a dune buggy more. McQueen’s dune buggy was no...
Craigslist Catastrophes: The horror you witness on a rainy Friday
It’s raining cats and dogs this morning, so instead of goofing around outside, I’m power-surfing through Craigslist. For all the cool cars and great deals out there, you sure have to wade...
The Littlefield Collection Auction in Portola Valley, California is a survivalist’s wet dream
Next month, Auctions America is holding in auction in California featuring The Jacques M. Littlefield Collection, which they’ve billed as “perhaps the largest and most historically...
NASCAR reporter Dustin Long earned his keep this week
Sometimes the life of a journalist can be difficult. Why just look at the photo above, which was taken at the Ohio Mile the moment Lohnes realized they ran out of the chilled Perrier and fresh lemons...
GM got mileage around the world from its “Baseball, Hot Dogs, Apple Pie and Chevrolet” ad
Back in 1974 Chevrolet launched the “Baseball, Hot Dogs, Apple Pie and Chevrolet” campaign, and those ads have been recognized by none other than Car and Driver as the best automobile...
Craigslist Find: Super-cool, one-year-only 1969 Pontiac Custom S
There will doubtlessly be debate about whether a 1969 Pontiac A-body in brown is worth $18k, but set that aside for a moment and consider this car: The Custom S replaced the 1968 Pontiac Tempest...
How to do stunts like Mad Max 2 – Step 1: Be prepared to hurt yourself
I’ve been influenced by a lot of movies over the years, but every single frame of Mad Max 2 — or The Road Warrior, as it was billed in the United States — is burned indelibly in my...
This 1929 Model A Phaeton is the coolest thing ever
Model As in any shape or form are cool, but this thing is just incredible. Owned by a fella named Leonard Ouammen, it was modified in the early 1940s for use in delivering mail to rural Montana....