A California company named Zelectric Motors is taking classic vehicles, ripping out all the gasoline power bits, and swapping in an electric motor. And before you protest that you bought your vintage V8 Mustang BECAUSE of the V8—The sound! The power! The chest-thumping!—consider that different doesn’t have to be bad. What are the benefits of […]
Archive | February, 2016
Classic Car Spotlight: The Mercedes-Benz W 113 “Pagoda”
Does the car look familiar, but not the name? That’s probably because W 113 was the base of the Mercedes-Benz 230 SL, 250 SL, and 280 SL – all legendary sport coupes in their own right. The Mercedes-Benz W 113 made its first appearance at the 1963 Geneva Motor Show – back before roadsters really […]
When You Love Classic, Vintage, or Antique Cars But You’re Broke
It’s tough when you have an expensive hobby but no money, like being a yacht-lover when you work at the snow-cone shack. This totally applies to cars, too. As anyone who loves cars can tell you, the shiniest and most-restored vehicles didn’t get that way with a garden hose and dish soap—it took cash. So […]