Grandpa’s Business Cards
A few years ago, my Grandfather, "Grandpa Bob," passed away, taking with him a wealth of stories from his days of riding motorcycles across the US and Mexico from the 60s-80s. He
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Lost Dragstrip: Fontana Drag City
Not far from my old studio in Rancho Cucamonga is a place that was once known as Fontana Drag City and remains among the suburban housing tracks. So, I decided to take
Shelby Honored at Riverside Legends Event
Racers from a bygone era invaded the Inland area for next weekend's tribute to Carroll Shelby.
1935 Diamond T Doodlebug
by Michael Satterfield This has got to be one of the coolest trucks ever built, the streamlined 1935 Diamond T Doodlebug, Texaco commissioned 6 of the Doodlebugs to give the company a
Lamborghini: A Complete History
TGR Staff To understand a Lamborghini, you must understand the land that generated it. You need to think of a tree and examine its roots. And in this case, they are firmly
The Adler XF/VOT Boat-tail Roadster
by Michael Satterfield – 05/18/2013 El Mirage is one of those magical places, just a little more than an hour north of Los Angeles in the high desert; it’s a raw dirty landscape,
Shelby de Mexico
TGR Staff – 05/01/2013 Although the first production Shelby de Mexico wasn’t built until 1967, this car (a 1965 coupe prepared by Lew Spencer and Carroll Shelby’s High-Performance Motors) can technically be
1960 Italian Grand Prix Monza Phil Hill in the Ferrari 246
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Dan Gurney, 1960
TGR Staff ‘Dan worked with Bell Helmets in California where he helped to develop the first full-face helmet. He had seen motorcycle racers wear similar ones at Ascot Raceway in California. Dan wore
1961: Ford “Glideair” Hover Car
TGR Staff “This revolutionary new mode of travel was recently unveiled by Ford — a wheel-less vehicle that rides on a thin film of air a fraction of an inch above the
The Daihatsu Compagno Spider
by Michael Satterfield When most people think of Daihatsu they often don’t think of cool sporty roadsters, but back in the mid-1960s, you could get a Daihatsu Compagno Spider, a car I
Kalakala, The World’s Most Beautiful Ferry
TGR Staff 04/10/2013 If you were lucky enough to be near Puget Sound from 1935 to 1967 it is likely you would remember seeing the Kalakala, an art deco masterpiece was built
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