It's that time when media personalities go to great lengths (means: "lacking better ideas") to produce Top 10 lists. As an automobile journalist I've been tempted to add my own...
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The worldwide recession is, as everyone knows, leading to talk of auto manufacturer buyouts: GM buys Chrysler, Renault buys Chrysler, the Chinese buy GM, etc. You'd better hope it never happens as...
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Back in my teen years, working out daily at Toronto's Balmy Beach Canoe Club to become a flatwater canoe racer in flimsy "peanut shells," I was encouraged by a gentleman from a much...
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The New York Times Wheels site has a lengthy list of comments resulting from a contributor's beef with certain contemporary car features. One suggestion that kept popping up was that...
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Frankly, back in 1948 I didn't know what the word "pickup" meant. I was so naive at the age of 17 that I understood little or nothing of pickup trucks and had no idea what those ladies...
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Sometimes it seems that every high-end classic car auction has to have a Bugatti on the block. Considering that the French marque was a low-volume sports/racing machine, one wonders how so many...
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As Christmas looms closer there is still time to find a gift for the classic car enthusiast. Or, to narrow the choices, the enthusiast who appreciates all sorts of classic transport. Today's blog...
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The business coupe is a relic from another era, beginning in the late 30s and ending in the early 50s. Those were the years of the traveling salesman who carried samples and deliverable goods as he...
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Don't even try to identify the car in the above photo because you'll lose. It's an Argentinian "Special" constructed of various parts and power sources. But you can, like me,...
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Collectors will pay huge premiums for cars once owned by celebrities. Rather amusing when you think about it! Imagine, for example, if there were two identical 1970 Hemi 'Cuda hardtops up for...
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I'm fortunate that the closest Restoration Hardware store is in Vancouver. Even though I can spot that city's ski-lift lighting from a mountain restaurant near Sidney, it takes a half-day to...
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"It's a lazy afternoon, and the beetle bugs are zooming, and the tulip trees are blooming... " Those are the opening lyrics for a song that provided a background for one of the finest...
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Among all the great engines the auto industry has produced, Ford's "flathead" V-8 has to be rated among the best. Though neither sophisticated nor powerful in stock form, it brought V-8...
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The elegance of this beautiful 1931 Hudson Greater Eight Boat-Tailed Sport Roadster can only be matched by the elegance of its late owner, Dr. Barbara Mae Atwood. Ms. Atwood was one of the exceptions...
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So the three amigos had their egos slapped in Washington for arriving at the moneyfest in their corporate jets? Like other critics I railed at this flagrant abuse of funds while secretly envying them...
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After becoming aware that countless people are seeking to be reunited with a car they once possessed, I think there's a possibility for a TV series with the above title. Every 13 weeks a former...
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