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by philip on December 15, 2009
The greatest risk to the collector car community comes, not from rust or scarcity of parts, but from politicians. In an effort to reduce pollution caused by automobiles, lawmakers in a number of count...
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by Philip Powell on November 16, 2009
Two of the greatest names in French classic automobiles, Delage and Delahaye, highlight a special exhibit at the Antique Auto Museum (AACA Museum) in Hershey this fall and winter, where six spectacula...
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by Philip Powell on October 28, 2009
This is not the kind of automobile that people rush to see when it's parked in a vintage car show. And if they did I suspect many of the younger folk in the audience, whose enthusiasm is limited to mu...
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by Philip Powell on October 23, 2009
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by Philip Powell on November 14, 2008
Long before there was a motel in every town folks who traveled by car had to make do with whatever comforts they could carry in the primitive automobiles of the day. Normally that meant sleeping on th...
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by Philip Powell on September 22, 2008
Of all the sights to be seen in the old car hobby, perhaps nothing is more remarkable than the annual London to Brighton Veteran Car Run. The world's longest-running motoring event, it attracts en...
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by Philip Powell on August 1, 2008
So you've often wondered where The station wagon got its name? (Or maybe you didn't... shame on you!) On the other hand, would you have been proud to tell your neighbors you'd just bought ...
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by Philip Powell on July 30, 2008
It's my intention to feature the Model T in all of this week's blogs, so hopefully those of you who can't quite relate to antique vehicles won't tune out. But after seeing some 800 Mod...
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by Philip Powell on July 28, 2008
The Model T was renowned for its simplicity and attention to quality but that didn't mean it couldn't be elegant. Some cars were embellished with brass fittings that gave them a hint of luxury...
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by Philip Powell on July 25, 2008
Just when you think you've seen it all, you open your eyes to the sight of 800 Model T Fords, all in one place! That's what happened to me in Richmond, Indiana early this week, when Model T ow...
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by Philip Powell on August 27, 2007
It is difficult for us living in this modern age to imagine what riding in the 1910 Packard Model 30 must have been like. Almost certainly it would have been driven by a chauffeur as the wealthy owner...
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by Philip Powell on June 7, 2007
Ah, the things we could have done and should have done. One rainy morning during the four years I lived in London I stumbled upon a number of very old cars exiting Hyde Park. I didn't realise it a...
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by Philip Powell on September 8, 2006
Directly behind my condo complex is a Travelodge motel. I often walk through the motel parking lot, using it as a shortcut. Today I was surprised to spot several antique automobiles parked there, incl...
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by Philip Powell on June 21, 2006
Automobile Quarterly's "This Day in Auto History" newsletter reminds us that on the first day of summer, 1911, a stock Metz roadster left Iron Hill, MD at one minute past midnight, destination Vermont...
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by Philip Powell on June 8, 2006
Would you drive at 70 mph in this stunning antique? Well, I'm not sure I would, but the restored 1909 Pierce-Arrow has actually been clocked at that impressive number on the banked Rockingham Speedway...
