"Coffee and cars in the morning" was the subject of a recent blog about car guys meeting on Saturdays in California and Nevada. I complained that no such thing would happen in Sidney, BC,...
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There have been many "urban legends" involving the motor car. The first I'd heard of was the infamous 100 mpg carburetor in which Detroit's "Big Three" (or the oil...
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On the 50th anniversary of the Ford Edsel, TIME and Dan Neil, Pulitzer Prize-winning automotive critic and syndicated columnist for the Los Angeles Times, looked at the 50 greatest lemons of the...
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I was astonished when, a few years ago, my former About Cars colleagues Aaron Gold and Colin Hefferon told me of the huge interest in collecting vintage buses. Imagine the size of the garages! Now...
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Okay, so here I am publishing another airplane blog when the subject is classic cars. I could excuse myself on the basis that high-end collectors are sufficiently wealthy to buy their own business...
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I can remember the 1950s as well as anyone and of course tend to romanticise the period while I sit meditating with my morning coffee. How wonderful then, to discover a forum (thanks to Autoblog) with...
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My long-time friend Leonard Vis sent me a link that he thought I would enjoy, inasmuch as he and I are of a certain age. Meaning, we could look back with fondness and nostalgia on a period when, as...
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You are looking at a long-ago photo of myself and ex-wife Maggie and our son Philip, aka "Pap, for Pappy." You can't see Pap because he's still in his mother's womb. When he...
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Every so often I like to titillate our viewers with something classic car enthusiasts can appreciate other than cars. Today... a luxury yacht. Okay, not exactly luxurious but its an inexpensive way to...
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The above headline gives me an opportunity to display a photo of one of my favorite Volvos, "the PV544". It was the first Volvo I'd seen, the first I'd driven, and left a life-long...
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While strolling around the "Pacific Auto Show" media preview with a young lady journalist she offered a rather telling remark. "So many cars, so many makes, so many styles! It confuses...
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One night a couple of years ago I was walking along a rain-dampened street in Brooklyn with good friends Bob Schulties, About.com's Autos Channel editor, and Colin Hefferon, my Vancouver test drive...
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In the hierarchy of collector cars, convertibles are kings. Drop down a rank and coupes attract the most admirers. At the very bottom of the list, rarely allowed into the palace garage, are those...
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Thumbing through a copy of Octane magazine, I came upon a short but fascinating article on that colorful American motoring icon, the roadside Diner. Like most people I'd almost forgotten that Diners...
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We're in the middle of the summer vacation season and the roads are filled (or cluttered, depending on your point of view) with cars pulling trailers. Or boats. Or trailers and boats. I see almost as...
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Look closely at the label on this bottle of Twin Fin Pinot Noir and you'll spot a 1968 Plymouth Valiant convertible. It's not the first time the automobile has been associated with wines, although it...
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