Issue 3: The Cigarette City Flash (Part I)

Carolina wildman Zach Reynolds and his rocket powered Tobacco King

It’s a bright Spring Saturday afternoon in Indianapolis, and I’m playing inside. More specifically, inside the pavilion at the Indiana State Fairgrounds, at the prestigious Mecum Indy auction. The hall is a riot of rare, mint, numbers-matching machines from the heyday of Detroit excess; Yenkos, Cobras, ZL-1’s, Ford Cammers, Hemi Daytonas. Most of them a…