Cars

Jim Farley bought his first car, a four-speed 1966 Ford Mustang Notchback 289, before he had a license. He rebuilt the engine, and he washed the vehicle everyday. Eventually, Farley drove the car from California to Michigan. "It was a lot cooler than my parents' Fairmont Station Wagon with fake wood grain," he says. " It was my freedom. It will always be my favorite." The … [Read more...] about Hot Wheels At Laguna Seca

Local motorsports enthusiast Gordon McCall has come a long way since his years as a Carmel teenager without a license, hiding a motorcycle in his friend's garage. The cofounder of McCall Events, Inc., with wife Molly, presents the illustrious McCall's Motorworks Revival Event at the Monterey Jet Center each August on the Wednesday preceding the Pebble Beach Concours D'Elegance. … [Read more...] about Life in the Fast Lane

Geographically, socially and culturally, the Monterey Peninsula is like nowhere else on Earth. And that holds true on the area's highways and byways as well, where on any given day of the week it's possible to see a rare, top-of-the-marque example of automotive art cruse by. We've become perhaps a little jaded, barely glancing at a vehicle that would cause a pile-up of … [Read more...] about The Cars We Love

New York native Lawrence Auriana was 12 years old when he purchased his first car. The 1929 DeSoto cost him $65, and he parked it in a residential garage in the Bronx that cost him $4 a month to rent. Young Auriana and his teenage brother, Mark, went there on weekends to work on the car. "It was my life savings. I'm amazed that my parents let me take the money out of the … [Read more...] about On the Fast Track