Toyota's Corolla, the world's most popular automobile, marks its golden anniversary
Posted by Kurt Ernst - First-generation 1970 Toyota Corolla. Photos courtesy Toyota. In November of 1966, Toyota launched a new model in the Japanese market, slotting in below the popular Corona. Called the Corolla, it was Toyota's affordable response to the "motorization boom" that saw Japanese families abandoning cities for the suburbs, following a migration that had taken place here in the 1950s. Five decades later, the Toyota Corolla, now in its 11th generation, has surpassed the Volkswagen Beetle as the most popular nameplate in t... Read On>>
Hemmings Find of the Day - 1962 Lotus Elite Posted by Daniel Strohl - So check it out: The thoughtful original owner of this 1962 Lotus Elite for sale on Hemmings.com thoughtfully disassembled the entire car 50-something years ago, saving its eventual restorer that big time-consuming step. And almost everything has remained with the car in boxes and crates since then, gathering only dust rather than wear and tear from being on the road. From the seller's description: This is an original owner car that was purchased new in October of 1961 and that originally left the Lotus factory in ...Read On>>
Customs by the Sea adds West Coast show for 2016 Posted by Kurt Ernst - A few cars from Customs by the Sea at Wildwood in 2015. Photo by Richard Toonkel. In 2014, online hot rod and custom encyclopedia Kustomrama debuted Customs by the Sea, a "traditional" custom car show limited to restyled pre-1952 automobiles, held in conjunction with The Race of Gentlemen in Wildwood, New Jersey. The show was an instant success, and would certainly have grown in participation and attendance had Hurricane Joaquin not postponed last year's festivities. Now that The Race of Gentlemen is adding a Wes...Read On>>
More low-buck garage helpers: Project boxes Posted by Thomas A. DeMauro - Small parts and hardware organizers like these can be purchased from various sources. Photos by author. If you've read my blogs over the past few years, you know that some of them deal with my organizational efforts in the garage to ease the process of completing the multiple smaller projects required to get one of my cars up and running again. Here's a list of some that were previously posted: Is it too soon to talk about winter projects?Restoration and modification tasks. What happens when mini-project...Read On>>
Utopia, the common ancestor of all of Brooks Stevens's modern dreams? Posted by Daniel Strohl - Images courtesy Milwaukee Art Museum. Brooks Stevens never met an idea he couldn't recycle. If it didn't work on one concept drawing, he'd lift it for another. If it didn't get picked up by one manufacturer, he'd run the idea by another. Generally, his ideas flowed among concepts like concurrent threads, though a look at his Utopia concept reveals a single-source wellspring of ideas that would form much of his automotive thinking for that decade. As one of Stevens's "prophetic" cars, the Utopia appeared to com...Read On>>
Hartford, Connecticut, 1960s Posted by Daniel Strohl - Of all the photos in the collection that Joe Sokola sent us - never fear, we have plenty more to come - most come from downtown Hartford. A handful, however, don't, so let's venture afield with today's two carspotting scenes, which helpfully include street signs to guide our way. Above, we see where Routes 44 and 5 combine in East Hartford, and below we see the intersection of Park and Zion streets southwest of downtown Hartford. What do you see here? ...Read On>>
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