A classic television commercial offers an offbeat tribute to a culture of innovation. Shell Oil aired a commercial in 1997 of a speeding Ferrari F310 seemingly being refueled from an aircraft as a component of its then-current campaign entitled “The Future Is In The...
By Bob Marlow | January 1, 2026 Those We Lost 2025 Kenneth Brenn, the owner of the Midget racer with which Rodger Ward won a “Formula Libre” race at Lime Rock Park, besting a Formula One-winning Maserati and a host of other cars. Brenn was a nationally-known and...
The Little Car Show by Andre Swygert | December 15th, 2025 The Little Car Show held on Lighthouse Avenue in the quaint little town of Pacific Grove stands out among the other shows in Monterey Car Week for at least two notable reasons. The first is that it is an...
How did an airplane end up on a car dealer’s lot? At the end of World War II, the forecast of an unprecedented demand for personal aircraft by thousands of former military pilots spurred a number of non-aviation businesses to become aircraft distributors in the...
Astons on the Avenue by Andre Swygert | December 3rd, 2025 In most areas of the country, Aston Martins of any vintage are very rarely seen on the street, if at all. It may therefore seem that attracting enough cars to warrant a show dedicated to the marque would...
How a Nash Rambler convertible was center stage in a traditional military ceremony. Since ancient times, change of command ceremonies have marked the formal transfer of authority from one leader to another. In the military, time-honored symbolism is integral to the...
