Oldsmobile 442 W-30 with ties to Hollywood royalty crossed the auction block once again at Mecum’s Florida Summer Special, reigniting interest in one of the most desirable muscle cars of its era.

A manual transmission known as The Rock Crusher? What's up with that? And what were the Muncie M22's weak points ... and, lest we forget, its strengths?

If you saw a middle-aged lady shifting through a pile of broken bricks at the site of the demolished buildings on the north-east corner of M21 & M53, a month or so ago, you might be relieved to know ...