For those of us who didn’t get to see the Ypsilanti Orphan Car Show last weekend, Mac’s Motor City Garage gathered some coverage of the annual event focused on independents and those marques abandoned by their parent companies.
* Beyond the insight into Ferdinand Porsche’s mindset on engineering versus styling, this excerpt from his autobiography that Ferdinand Magazine ran this past week also includes a brief glimpse of Zora Arkus-Duntov and Bill Mitchell at work.
* While the trend in custom cars is usually to go lower and wider, for a while customizers kept to the upright and narrow grilles and even prominently displayed them in their builds. Custom Car Chronicle dives deep to explore that aesthetic.
* Just because an engine fits and makes sense doesn’t mean it’s an easy build, as we see from the Toyota Supra powered by a Toyota V-12 that Engine Swap Depot highlighted this past week.
* Finally, The Drive’s Sean Evans took a spin through the Sibley Shop, the little museum we tend to here at Hemmings HQ in Bennington, Vermont.
