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Curbside Classic: 1985 Cushman Truckster Ice Cream Truck
(first posted 6/25/2013) What’s that coming down the other side of 18th Avenue, playing that infernal tune ice cream trucks are notorious for? I have a rather deep loathing for that obnoxious sound...
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Rampside Classics: The Stratocruiser Captain’s Kapitän – Updated With Two Videos
(first posted 6/24/2013. Updated 5/25/19) The big Opels always looked the most like their Detroit cousins, and this 1954 Kapitän certainly doesn’t belie its stylistic origins. In Germany at the...
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Better Living Through Science: Highlights From The July 1953 Issue Of Popular...
I was feeling a bit unmotivated so I turned around to my bookshelf and grabbed for some inspiration…the July 1953 Popular Science that’s been gathering dust there for some time. I’ve always loved...
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Curbside Classic: 1973 Plymouth Fury Coupe – Rarer Than A Lamborghini
The 1972-1973 “Fuselage V2.0” cars are hardly a common sight anymore. Well, they weren’t all that common in their day, which of course explains that and a few other things. The first fuselages...
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GM’s Deadly Sin #2: Chevrolet Vega – GM’s First Deadly Sin
(note: GM’s Deadly Sins are not numbered chronologically. This is a new and heavily revised version of the original) There it is, a golden yellow Vega, seductive and infinitely irresistible, hanging...
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Curbside Classic: 1975 VW Golf Mk1/Rabbit – The Most Influential Global...
It doesn’t get better than this lucky shot if you want to tell the story of how VW replaced the Beetle with the Golf 50 years ago, especially considering how much dithering and just plain luck played...
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My Life On Two Wheels – And My 1980 Novara Bicycle Gets Its Second Rebuild in...
Yes, I do tend to keep things for…ever? You all know about my truck, which I’ve had for 38 years now, but I have another vehicle I’ve had even longer, my Novara road bike. Bought new at REI in about...
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