By Jen Dunnaway

Editor

Culturemap is running a lovely photo essay on the DMC headquarters in Houson, where DeLoreans from around the country are maintained and refurbished, and where “new” DeLoreans are assembled from the NOS and reproduction parts and panels that are stockpiled there. Hit the jump for the pics, and view the full article here.

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By Karan Singh

StreetFire.net

The Smoking Tire hits Supercar Sunday and the canyons with the Art Morrison 1955 Bel Air, one of the best handling hot rods around. Check it out!

Art Morrison 1955 Chevy Bel Air – Faster Than a Ferrari?

By Jen Dunnaway

Editor

I’ve subjected my Eagle to some pretty rough-service towing for a 30-year-old midsize wagon, including a U-Haul trailer across the country, and a loaded tow dolly through the mountains, including taking off from a clutch-roasting dead stop on a straight-up-and-down incline. But since Eagles are unkillable, it has survived its towing ordeals just fine. Not sure I could say the same for this poor overloaded Miata, squatted down like a lowrider under an overweight and precarious payload. Good thing an airplane fuselage and lumber aren’t the heaviest things one can haul, but it looks like they’re taking a toll nonetheless. Via ThereIFixedIt.

Ever towed or hauled anything sketchy in your ride? How did it hold up?

By Dan Strohl

Hemmings

That Hugo90 has done wonders for the Hemmings Nation Flickr pool, bringing us all sorts of weird and exotic cars we’ve never heard of, that I thought it time we repay him, just as Mack and the boys on Cannery Row always feel the need to repay Doc for his generosity. The opportunity recently arose when Hugo90 posted a few photos of a Ghia-looking mystery car that he photographed nearly 30 years ago in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Fortunately, we have an answer for him. Read on…

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By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

A few lessons here: don’t drink and drive, don’t street race, and wear your seatbelt. Full story at nydailynews.com

By Jen Dunnaway

Editor

The question is simple, but the answer is potentially infinitely variable: how long do you have to own a car before it becomes permanently yours? Rob figures that ten is the magic number–once you’ve had a car for a decade or more, it becomes pretty unlikely that you’ll ever sell it. I realize I’m an extreme case, but I find myself in it for the long haul with a car in a matter of a few months–I had to strip even my diesel Escort parts car as fast as I could and get rid of the shell promptly, because if a vehicle is in my possession for more than 90 days, it tends to “stick” whether I want it to or not. The pic is of me with my AMC Concord on the day I got it, and I’m coming up on two years with that car this month–and although I acquired it pretty much by accident, I’m having a hard time ever seeing it anywhere else but with me.

How about you? At what point does a vehicle become yours for keeps?

By Michael Berenis

Tampa Sports Car Examiner

Trying to drift the corner and show off for the Cars and Coffee audience, this C6 Corvette nearly pins a few bystanders to the wall. Not only did he destroy his reputation, he soiled a few pairs of pants and then didn’t even stick around to pay for the dry cleaning! Read more about the crazy C6 at Tampa Sports Car Examiner.

By Jen Dunnaway

Editor

What I love is how neatly the big GM mill fits under the Datsun’s long pointy hood. Makes it look like the LS2 was made for this car! See more of this beautiful 400hp ride at Mike’s ride page.

By Karan Singh

StreetFire.net

This isn’t your everyday, run-of-the-mill backhoe–this beast does a 17-second quarter mile. That’d sure speed things along on the jobsite!

Worlds Fastest Backhoe Tractor?!

By Jen Dunnaway

Editor

Beautiful sky! Nice GTI, too. This one’s from Sean’s ride page.