by Trevor Hunter | May 2, 2024 | Automotive History
Once upon a more horse-powered era, Britain, in its infinite wisdom, enacted a piece of legislation so spectacularly absurd it deserves its own Monty Python sketch. The year was 1865, the skirts were long, the beards were full, and the roads were blissfully free of...
by Trevor Hunter | May 2, 2024 | Automotive Icons
Picture the dawn of the motoring era: a veritable wild west of engineering, with more bizarre contraptions than you could shake a gearbox at. Yes, the early days of cars were a bonkers time—innovation ran rampant and there was no rulebook. Imagine steering your car...
by Trevor Hunter | Apr 29, 2024 | Automotive Icons, Lamborghini History, Rodney Butterfield
While hanging out with Rodney in his shop, surrounded by some epic cars—a Zagato Abarth 750, a few Lotus Elans, an MG Twin Cam, some TC MGs, a Shelby 350R, and BMW 2002 race cars—it’s really quite the place to talk cars. I’m a huge fan of the Miura and...
by Trevor Hunter | Apr 29, 2024 | Ferrari History
A few years ago, a friend shared an intriguing story about a Ferrari Testarossa owned by Lee Greenway right here in Rutherfordton, NC. Lee, known as Andy Griffith’s makeup artist, he was known to have a rather extensive collection of cars. Although I’d...
by Trevor Hunter | Apr 28, 2024 | Rodney Butterfield
This is not my story but one that was told to me by my good friend Rodney. First off, Rodney is a 72-year-old Brit who has built some of the most amazing cars I’ve ever seen, from a career building Formula One cars—back when you had to be insane to drive one of...
