Italian cars are noted for stirring up emotions. An exotic like a Ferrari or Lamborghini howling down a boulevard can cause passers by to pull out their iPhones like old west gunslingers to snap a photo. A classic Alfa Romeo spider or new 4C parked on the street can easily gather a little crowd too. … Continue reading
The Porsche 917 is one of the defining machines in what is arguably the most fantastic era in auto racing history. This is chassis #037 – a factory spare, now wearing the famous Martini Racing livery. We photographed the car at Watkins Glen in 2013 during the vintage race weekend in September. Now, only a … Continue reading
My 1948 Massey-Harris tractor resides in a garage with a nearly spotless Triumph Bonneville and a very clean ‘74 Porsche. The tractor’s patina shows the honesty of decades of continuous use. The once vibrant red paint has faded to a burgundy in spots and there are other areas where there is a rich dark brown … Continue reading
Back in 2008, we reported to you on a brand-new Honda Civic Si sedan. At that time, the car had less than 40 miles on the odometer and had rolled off the assembly line in Ontario only days beforehand. Since then, the car has covered over 125,000 miles, had about 25 oil changes, four sets … Continue reading
We recently attended the Vintage Grand Prix events in Watkins Glen, New York which, as always, was a great event that played host to hundreds of fantastic classic and sports cars. That, however, is another story but while in the area for the weekend we discovered a different sort of vehicular assemblage. According to the … Continue reading
Triumph stands as one of England’s most venerable marques. Triumph cars and motorcycles separated in 1936 but the brand has been producing motorcycles more or less continuously since 1902. Granted, there was that time period from 1983 to 1991 when not a whole lot happened aside from some bikes built under license by Les Harris. … Continue reading
I believe the last time Ran When Parked posted about a tractor, it was for for the sake of comedy more than anything. However, this is an story about an aging machine that has just as much soul as many of the old cars we feature here. I grew up in a part of northwestern … Continue reading
Typically, we feature four-wheeled vehicles, but this 1971 Honda CL450 Scrambler is a project that seems to fit the spirit of RWP. After all, it did run when it was parked and it has a rather interesting story. This author will be working first hand on the bike’s resurrection and will be covering the progress … Continue reading
The venerable “Panther” platform Lincoln Town Car first set sail on American highways for the 1981 model year, ushering in a new age of ‘smaller’ full-sized luxury cars. If for no other reason that sheer embarrassment from outside competition, the effects of the infamous ‘gas wars’ had finally taken hold. Sunk was the armada of … Continue reading
It is has been demonstrated that after a destructive forest fire, there is generally a wealth of new growth. Similarly, some of the great names in the motor industry grew out of the ashes of international conflict. Now the world’s largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines, Honda started life just about a year after the … Continue reading
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