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Celebrate 60 years of iconic automotive designer and manufacturer Shelby American and watch the saga unfold from the men and women who lived it with the new book Shelby American: The Renegades Who Built the Cars, Won the Races, and Lived the Legend. The legendary shop didn’t last long, but it was a flame that burned incandescently before being extinguished by corporate…
This article was originally published as a feature in the Ageless Iron section of Successful Farming magazine, where Lee Klancher is a regular contributor.
Driving back from taking my dog to the park this morning, soaking in the pleasure of cruising sunrise-lit streets, I was reminded how much I love being behind the wheel. I also was struck by the fact that I have no idea when I first drove a…
This article was originally published as a feature in the Ageless Iron section of Successful Farming magazine, where Lee Klancher is a regular contributor.
One of my first assignments when I left my full-time job to freelance for a living was a trip to Long Island, New York, to photograph the Watral’s massive two-story complex built to house their collection of several hundred tractors. I was…
This article was originally published as a feature in the Ageless Iron section of Successful Farming magazine, where Lee Klancher is a regular contributor.
Landing in the Quad Cities in January was a shock. I exchanged Austin’s seventy degrees of sunshine for sub-zero air choked with a haze of snow and freezing rain. In fact, our plane sat on the runway for thirty minutes waiting for a crew to…
This article was originally published as a feature in the Ageless Iron section of Successful Farming magazine, where Lee Klancher is a regular contributor.
As a long-time gearhead, I’ve spent most of my life accumulating large piles of mechanical bits that might someday come in handy, ranging from parts for a 1972 Blazer I had sold (but planned to get another someday), bits of my grandfather’s…
Journalists Al Pearce and Mike Hembree chronicle the journey of NASCAR’s best as they drive their way to that landmark first victory in 50 First Victories. With a combined ninety years of coverage of one of America’s grassroots sports, they bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to the stories of these fast-and-furious heroes, drivers who ran to the ragged edge—and often past…
Journalists Al Pearce and Mike Hembree chronicle the journey of NASCAR’s best as they drive their way to that landmark first victory in 50 First Victories. With a combined ninety years of coverage of one of America’s grassroots sports, they bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to the stories of these fast-and-furious heroes, drivers who ran to the ragged edge—and often past…
Journalists Al Pearce and Mike Hembree chronicle the journey of NASCAR’s best as they drive their way to that landmark first victory in 50 First Victories. With a combined ninety years of coverage of one of America’s grassroots sports, they bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to the stories of these fast-and-furious heroes, drivers who ran to the ragged edge—and often past…
This article was originally published as a feature in the Ageless Iron section of Successful Farming magazine, where Lee Klancher is a regular contributor.
The Panther 1000, when it hit the market in 1982, was no joke. Along with the new transmission and cab, the tractor had a revised hood, a new power takeoff, and a Steiger-built S50 axle.
The Steiger team had created an innovative…
This article was originally published as a feature in the Ageless Iron section of Successful Farming magazine, where Lee Klancher is a regular contributor.
A few months ago, I took my rusty but trusty old Toyota FJ40 out to pick up some parts and made it only a few blocks before it stopped dead on a busy street down the hill from my house. As cars piled up behind me, the old six-cylinder…