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For the cover of my book, Red Combines 1915-2015, I was looking for a clean 1440 or 1460. When I discovered that Matt Frey had the very first IH 1460 and the machine was in clean original condition, I knew that was a contender. You couldn't find better pedigree than the first one built, and I felt an original condition machine’s hard-working patina would set the right tone for the book cover.…
I'm writing from Budapest, Hungary. I suspected there would be good garages in this city, places where the wealthy stashed collections of Trabants and Mercedes-Benz limos. I also felt exploring the mysterious city in pursuit of interesting garages would be an adventure rife with drama. I imagined wandering down dank alleys in search of the car afficionados in their haunts. Jag dealerships, repair…
On April 26, 2011, Ukrainians carried single red carnations and lit candles to remember the explosion at Chernobyl that took place 25 years ago. The explosion was the worst nuclear disaster in history, and the radioactive fallout affected 77,200 square miles of the then-Soviet Union and Europe. At least 31 people died trying to stop the fire at the reactor, and 9,300 were acknowledged to have…
Looking for a little spicier tractor? Yes, Virginia, even a tractor lover can go upscale German and opt for a curiver variety. Just don't expect to leave your driveway opposite-locked and drifting . . ..
This Porsche Junior is a 1960 model imported from Germany by one of the members of the DuPont family and now owned by Thomas Grunnah. The machine is powered by a Porsche single-cylinder…
The Fine Art of Toxic Tourism
On a lonely stretch of the Gulf Coast where Cajun country meets the land of longhorns, a stretch of beachside road was left for dead more than 20 years ago. Battered by hurricanes since it was constructed in 1920, the road was wiped out by Hurricane Jerry in 1989 and the state department threw up their hands and let the sea have her way.
I found a reference to…
This post contains information about riding Big Bend Ranch State Park as well as Big Bend National Park in southwestern Texas. The parks and the area (particularly the off-beat town of Terlingua) are some of my favorite places on the planet. To properly appreciate and absorb these remote and beautiful places, you need to motorcycle (or drive an off-road truck), mountain bike, and hike. The…
Off-Road Alaska
The last frontier has a wealth of great motorcycle trails. Here are three trips to get you started.From Men's Journal August 2012
By Melissa Gaskill
"Alaska is full of places down 100 miles of bad road," said Lee Klancher, co-author of The Adventurous Motorcyclist's Guide to Alaska, a detailed road map and companion to the state's dirt tracks and rural towns. "There…
I was testing a new backup body at the F1 race yesterday, and snapped a few shots from the stands. As an aside, nothing I've experienced matches F1 racing for sheer visceral impact. The vintage cars sounded like toys compared to the howling 20,000-rpm current rendetion F1 cars.
During the 2013 Austin F1 race, I became fascinated with hats. Let's face it--everyone at a race track has a hat, some cool and retro and some, well, not. For entertainment's sake, I put together my favorites in this gallery.
Starting from the bottom, with captions under the images, you'll see the bottom feeders were folks who didn't actually wear hats. They just put whatever happened to be…
The McCormick International Harvester Collection at the Wisconsin Historical Society preserves the worldwide history of the International Harvester Company as well the McCormick family, and makes that history available to collectors all over the world.
The archives are used by authors, researchers and IH enthusiasts but are accessible to all. For serious enthusiasts looking for photographs,…