By Dan Strohl

Hemmings

Thanks to Kevin Gibbs, I recently got to pen one of the most interesting stories I’ve written lately. Certainly the strangest. See, Kevin wrote in asking us whether we’d heard of a fiberglass three-wheeled car from 1974-1975 called the Dale – he keeps a scrapbook of such oddities, but had yet to collect photos of one for his scrapbook.

We not only found photos for him, but also a long and sordid story involving scams, men on the run from the feds, and a transsexual. You can read the whole story in the March 2010 issue of Hemmings Motor News, out on newsstands now, but in the meantime, thanks to our friend Geoff Hacker, we have a set of scans from the original Dale brochure. Continue reading at Hemmings

By Speedhunters

Car Culture At Large

‘Concours’ is a word not often discussed on these very pages. Although it literally translates to ‘contest’, the word connotes cleanliness, originality and even a certain level of perfection. We’ve become obsessed with modifications as a reflection of our own personalities. We all all want to be identified as unique, as our own selves which is of course is perfectly natural. But when we begin to choose our modifications from catalogs which feature mass produced products, that countless others can also choose from and buy, does that not contradict what we’re setting out to achieve ? I’m only playing devils advocate here but is the only way to originality to remain original? Continue reading at Speedhuners

By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

I love the Shelby Cobra, but have always preferred the original slabside cars to the big 427 cars that dominate the kit car market. I was very excited when I heard that Factory Five was going to do a slabside, but I guess that plan got shelved when the economy went south. But now it looks like ERA is gonna offer a slabside kit. These are quite a bit more expensive than the Factory Five kits, but the quality is superb. So I guess I’m just gonna have to save up a bit longer! Learn more about this new slabside Cobra kit at erareplicas.com.

By Michael Berenis

Tampa Sports Car Examiner

Performing a rolling burnout, this ’68 Camaro broke it’s axle and was sent flying into some parked cars. Read more about the wreck at Tampa Sports Car Examiner.