Rare Rides: The 1974 Fiat 124 Sport Coupe – a Stylish Little Italian

You can go into a Fiat showroom today and buy a brand new Fiat 124, undoubtedly delighting a dealer who’s desperate to move some reworked Miatas. It wasn’t always this way, though. The 124 name was originally applied to a lineup of Fiat-developed vehicles, like today’s Sport Coupe from 1974. This isn’t technically the first […]

Junkyard Gem: 1974 Fiat 124 Sport Spider

Fiat sold the Pininfarina-designed 124 Sport Spider in North America for the 1966 through 1980 model years, followed by a few years of importation by Malcolm Bricklin as the Pininfarina Spider. During the 1970s, these cheap and lightweight sports cars sold well, and enough of them still await oft-postponed restorations that plenty of them still […]

A 1974 TV Movie Reveals What Makes Wonder Woman Great – by Getting Her Completely Wrong

For nearly 42 years, Lynda Carter was the only recognizable live-action Wonder Woman. Her image has endured as TV reboots have died in development and film adaptations have struggled to hold down screenwriters and stars. She’s about to get some long overdue company from Gal Gadot, as the first ever Wonder Woman feature film debuts this weekend. […]

Murder on the Orient Express – then and now: How 2017 cast compares to 1974 original

The iconic Agatha Christie mystery was originally adapted for the big screen 43 years ago, but is coming back again. That first film garnered no less than six Academy Award nominations and one win, with ten BAFTA nominations and three wins. Sidney Lumet directed the drama, with Kenneth Branagh in the midst of directing the […]