by Rick Minter | Rick's Rusty Relics
Like many other motorsports reporters, I’ve always been really tickled to get a really good quote. You never know when or where they will come. One of my favorites came years ago when I was interviewing then-Penske Racing president Don Miller and his then-young...
by Rick Minter | Rick's Rusty Relics
The term “barn find” pops up a lot in old car magazines and in classified ads. I always look at those claims with a bit of suspicion, but I do know of one that is for sure a barn find, or at least it was for me. One of my neighbors, K.D. Booth, has collected...
by Rick Minter | Rick's Rusty Relics
Years ago, a friend gave me a flat bed body that came off a pick-up truck. I didn’t have an immediate use for it, so when my friend Ken Scurry asked if he could have it to put on his truck, I said OK, with one provision. If he ever decided to get rid of the bed,...
by Rick Minter | Rick's Rusty Relics
I’ve always been partial to 1969 Ford pickups. My dad bought one from Rufus Prayor when it was a couple of years old. When he got a newer truck, I took over the ’69 and drove it until we hit one of the rough financial stretches that young couples often encounter....
by Rick Minter | Rick's Rusty Relics
At first glance, this rusty old truck might seem to be just another hunk of old iron. In reality, it’s a piece of Fayette County history. According to Travis Hardy, who appreciates old tractors, cars and trucks as much as anyone around, this 1955...
by Rick Minter | Postcards From The Po' Farm
It’s been way too long since we updated this page. The Sandhill cranes are flying south now, and lots of them the past few days, even as late as 10 p.m. over the past weekend. Therefore it’s not surprising that cold weather is on the way. We got rain all...
