SOLD: The Le Mans Special

I really dropped the ball.

The Este 500

Regular readers of this blog will know that I love one-off Crosley-based cars, small sports racers and mysteries. The Este 500 is all three.

Hell Drivers Promo Film from the '80s

Tip of the hat to my buddy Al who sent me the link to this 1980s promo film for Jack Kochman's Hell Drivers, featuring "Jumpin' Johnny" Wisner.

High Times Dragster for Sale Again

I've been following the saga of the High Times Dragster since before it even acquired the name... it's all hazy now, but I think Chuck Koehler may have been involved initially, and then a guy in Wisconsin named Arnie acquired it and gave it the moniker that has stuck.

Just (14 Years Ago) Married

Fourteen years ago, Liv and I loaded the Crosley up with our wedding presents (they barely fit) and drove away from the Masonic Hall, man and wife. It was a pretty fun day.

Layout Man

I've been plugging away at the new issue of the Tin Block Times (newsletter of the West Coast Crosley Club) and am just about done. I've been the editor of the TBT for over a decade, but I also started doing the layout a few issues back. I worked as a commercial artist for many years, so I have experience - but that was all back in the pre-computer era. Figuring out how to do in InDesign what I would be doing with cut-and-paste has been a project.

The Coolest Crosley-Powered Object on Earth

Raffi Minassian is on a ROLL. Last week he publishes an article about the Hot Shot his dad bought when he was 10, and now he drops THIS article on Bring a Trailer about his 1953 Giaur, which is very probably the coolest Crosley-powered anything on this planet.