Bobby Clark
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8 Ford FE displacements from the 332 to the 428
Ford launched its FE big-block for 1958, and over the next decade the Ford FE displacements grew from 332 to 428 cubic inches. The same…
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8 Toyota Land Cruiser series from the 40 to the 300
Toyota’s Land Cruiser story began with the BJ in August 1951. Since then, each new Land Cruiser series has carried a number, and eight of…
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5 presidential vehicles on display at The Henry Ford
Five White House vehicles share one gallery at the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation. Four of them are each a presidential Lincoln limousine from…
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5 Rolls-Royce names drawn from ghosts and spirits
Rolls-Royce has spent more than a century naming its cars after things you can’t quite see or hear. The habit started with the Rolls-Royce Silver…
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How the 1923 BMW R 32 set the boxer-twin layout BMW still builds
BMW unveiled its first motorcycle, the R 32, in September 1923. Under the tank sat a 494cc flat twin with its cylinders sticking out on…
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How the Mazda 787B became the only rotary-powered Le Mans winner
On June 23, 1991, Johnny Herbert drove the No. 55 rotary Mazda 787B across the line to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Mazda…
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Ford’s Ranchero arrived two model years before the Chevrolet El Camino
Ford put a pickup bed on a passenger-car body and sold it as the 1957 Ranchero. Chevrolet didn’t answer until the 1959 El Camino, two…
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9 Z cars Datsun and Nissan sold from the 240Z to today’s Z
Datsun put the 240Z on sale in the U.S. in October 1969, and the Z car lineup has run through nine distinct generations since then.…
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Why Ford’s 427 SOHC Cammer never turned a wheel in NASCAR competition
Ford built the 427 single-overhead-cam V8 for one job: beating Chrysler’s 426 Hemi on NASCAR’s ovals. Yet the engine fans call the Cammer never started…
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Jaguar finished 16 XKSS roadsters before a factory fire destroyed the other nine
Jaguar planned 25 XKSS roadsters, but the Jaguar XKSS fire at its Browns Lane factory in Coventry cut that run to 16. The nine cars…
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