Well, I had good intentions. Had a list of stuff I wanted to do at this year's MSRA Back to the Fifties. Trouble was, it was just going to be one day: Saturday. We caravanned through the Twin Cities traffic, filtered into the parking lot across from the fairgrounds, and finally found ourselves in the …
Not Car-Related…. (Or, Is It?)
I was invited by some friends to attend a concert of sacred music by the Milltones chorus, held at Blue Cloud Abbey near Marvin SD. Though it's a mere twenty-some miles away, this day was the first time I had ever set foot on the Abbey's grounds or been inside the Abbey itself. I will be back. It was uplifting, peace-giving, at …
The REAL Reason….
....I have an old car is, without a doubt, to drive it. The REAL reason I have an old car! Check the photo and you can see that my old Chevy II has been pretty busy over the last five months. That dawned on me thusly: had the steering wheel off and the column partially torn apart …
The Truth About Glitter
(I originally published this article in the March 1987 MSRA "Linechaser". 20-odd years later I still think it's valid.) Given the recent discussion about the MSRA's "Car of the Year" voting, I feel the need to throw in my own views on the awards our cars bring us. Face it. The MSRA "Car of the Year" selection game, regardless of how …