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Simone Museum Honors a Racing Legend
An estimated 110 people learned about Tazio Nuvolari and got a close look at four of the pre-World War II cars he drove or replicas thereof at the Simone Foundation Automotive Museum in Philadelphia.
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The Car Industry Role Model (T)
In what would become one of the broadest reaching, longest running, most influential car productions of the 21st century, the Ford Model T was released on this day, October 1, 1908, and would go on to turn the existing car industry on its head.
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The Future is Here–and It’s Faster, Greener and Smarter Than We Expected
The Lamborghini Sián is a future that not even the combined genius of Henry Ford, Caroll Shelby, and Ferruccio Lamborghini, himself, could have dared to dream.
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The Rise & Fall of Automobile Racing at Dorney Park
In the early 1980s, one of those cutting their teeth in auto racing at Dorney Park was John Andretti, nephew of Mario, who would go on to a winning career in both CART Indy cars and NASCAR Cup cars. Also in the early 1980s, Ray Evernham, who went on to become a Daytona 500-winning crew chief and an inductee into the NASCAR Hall of Fame, broke his sternum in a Dorney Park TQ Midget crash.
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European History in Nashville, Tennessee
I love car museums. Not only have I personally worked for one for years, but I find that they often embrace microcosms of automotive culture, celebrate the weird and wonderful of car history, and spotlight unique vehicles that are far harder to come by at car shows and racing events. The Lane Motor Museum does all of that and more.
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An Ode to the American Truck, Camper, and Wild West
In the vastness of the Montana valleys, even the largest All-American V8, heavy-duty pickup does not feel too big.
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The History of the Corvette: In Media Res
The Chevrolet Corvette is different. It has always been different.
And now, with the upcoming unveiling of the 2020 Corvette on July 18th, the very first production mid-engine Corvette in history, it will be different in a whole new way.
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Blinded By the Light?
The flashing red-and-blue stroboscopic LED lighting on a single patrol car – let alone several where backup officers are on scene – make it impossible to see the road ahead.
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Picking the Perfect Date
If you want to find the really perfect time to put your automotive event on, there are a few things you’ll want to consider in more depth. Based on my experiences at car shows around the country and at all times of the years, here are some elements to keep in mind when looking at next year’s show calendar.
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Ray Brown, Racing Pioneer, is a Hall of Famer
The late Ray Brown, a pioneering driver of Modified stock cars in the 1950s and later a standout open-cockpit Midget racer, will be honored as a 2019 inductee into the Northeast Dirt Modified Hall of Fame.
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Editorial
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Murphy Auto Museum, Oxnard. CA
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This is a list of the Car Shows you will want to experience before you die.
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Moment of Decision: John's 1963 Corvette Resto-Mod: Choosing whether to Restore or Resto-Mod an older Corvette isn’t always easy.
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I have a certain appreciation for the Edsel. I was not quite six years old when the car was introduced, and as part of the introduction the dealers were offering an incentive: Come test-drive the new Edsel and receive a scale model of the car. My father took the test drive, and I got the scale model.
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Rat Rods and Concours winners
Motorama
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This third installment begins an exploration of Ford Motor Company’s involvement in also building airplanes during WWII by focusing on the story of its facility in Willow Run, MI.
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Henry Ford was able to indulge a long-standing interest in mass-producing airplanes when in 1941 the Ford Motor Company garnered a contract to produce complete B-24 bombers at a specially-built plant in Willow Run, MI.
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It may not be well-known but there is more history of automobile manufacturers who have also produced aircraft, of which Honda is only the most recent example.
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This St. Patrick’s Day, celebrate both Irish pride and the arrival of Spring by taking a drive in your 1959 Shamrock.
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On March 17, 1834, Gottlieb Daimler was born in Germany. Had he been born 100 years later, he would have seen an automotive industry the likes of which early automakers could hardly dare dream, and yet, had he been born 100 years later, that very auto industry might never have come to pass.
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