Saturday, September 25, 2004
2004 Boonshoft Concours d'Elegance and Bob Poole Orphan Car Show pix coming soon!
For all the folks who attended the Bob Poole/Edmund Anderson orphan car meets at Carillon Park in Dayton, Ohio, today: I must apologize.
The Torq-O site needs some extensive restoration in order to accomodate photo galleries. I'll do the work this week and will have the photos up by Friday, October 1.
I apologize for the delay. (I didn't think I'd have to run this site back down the assembly line, but that's what I'll have to do.)
In the meantime, here's a preview from the Boonshoft show held on Sunday, September 19.
posted by Todd on 9/25/2004 08:38:45 PM
Airflyte font in premiere issue of Hemmings Classic Car
Okay, I admit that it's kind of like "publication by association."
Nevertheless, I'm pretty proud that a product we created here at Torq-O showed up in the premiere issue of Hemmings Classic Car.
Page 60 is the place to go for excellent coverage of the 2004 Grand Nashional held in Scranton, Pennsylvania. And on that page, you'll see an inset image of the poster that the Nash Car Club of America created for the event.
The NCCA used our Airflyte font, and I think the results are classy and elegant. The font certainly looks like it belongs in the vintage illustration of a Nash racing two streamlined steam trains.
If our Airflyte font is something a postwar Nash fan like you can use for cards, signs, t-shirts, newsletters, etc., then click on the Torq-O Store link on the left, and check it out for yourself.
By the way, Hemmings Classic Car looks like a winner. It features a great blend of content for everyone from classic car widows to hardcore wrench jockeys. If you like what you see, tell Editor Richard Lentinello.
posted by Todd on 9/25/2004 07:55:01 PM
Monday, September 20, 2004
Special Delivery: Torq-O adds Divco!
Milkmen rejoice!
Torq-O has just added America's favorite Deco delivery trucks to its Links to Clubs section.
We now have 26 orphan marques represented on the Torq-O web site. Got any more? Send me an email, and let me know!
posted by Todd on 9/20/2004 04:19:09 PM
Friday, September 10, 2004
Auction reporting fever: What's up with that?
I've been noticing that more classic car mags are providing detailed coverage of various auctions around the country.
Why all the intense scrutiny? Are they interested because this is actual news to report instead of publishing the same old articles about the same old cars year after year? Or am I missing something?
Any opinions? (Click the red Comments button below to opine.)
posted by Todd on 9/10/2004 10:12:11 AM
Wednesday, September 08, 2004
Mag Wheels: 1956 Plymouth Fury in Cars & Parts
I thought gold accents were unique to Caddies and Lexuses (Lexi?). I was off by 40 years.
Mike Mueller has written a great article in the September 2004 issue of Cars & Parts on the '56 Plymouth Fury, the companion to Chrysler's letter cars.
(From the front those eyebrows on the Fury headlights look an awful lot like the '56 Packards. Or vice versa?)
posted by Todd on 9/08/2004 03:40:42 PM
Mag Wheels: The Wills St. Claire Museum in Cars & Parts
John Conde, the former Nash/AMC/Jeep Public Relations executive and auto historian, once told me that Wills St. Claire was his favorite auto company name. He thought it was simply classy.
He's right. Every Wills St. Claire vehicle built from 1921-1926 was a handcrafted machine.
And now there's a museum for this rare and special marque. Find out more about it in the September 2004 Cars & Parts.
And if the issue isn't available to you, check out the nice write-up in The Detroit News.
posted by Todd on 9/08/2004 03:33:18 PM
Mag Wheels: 2004 Ypsilanti Orphan Car Show coverage in Cars & Parts
So many orphans. So few pages.
Cars & Parts provides a taste (just enough to whet the appetite) of the 2004 Ypsilanti Orphan Car Show.
This show just keeps getting more and more monstrous every year. If you want a concentrated dose of the rare and unusual, head to Ypsilanti next year. Until then, you can study up with Bob Stevens' take on the most recent show.
If that's not enough, check out the Detroit News' coverage of the Studebakers that drove in. Studebaker was the featured marque this year.
posted by Todd on 9/08/2004 03:16:58 PM
Mag Wheels: 1910 Packard Model 10 in Cars & Parts
A nice little article on this nice, big, red, righthand-drive Packard in the September 2004 issue of Cars & Parts.
Editor Bob Stevens sees and reports all.
posted by Todd on 9/08/2004 03:09:27 PM
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