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How Mini Lost Its Way
When BMW’s version of the MINI Cooper landed in the states more than a decade ago, it was a minor revolution. Sure, the automotive industry has always had a knack for churning out retro flavor-of-the-week cars that sell almost entirely on nostalgia and design. But if you can think that far back in the American Mini’s past, you’ll remember it was so much more than that.
read more#LongLivetheRoadster, and Apparently its Reveal
Believe me when I say I wanted to write a lovely little news bite about the 25th anniversary of the Mazda Miata, and the reveal of the fourth generation Miata MX5. But I can’t do it- mainly because there isn’t much to say. Perhaps unfairly this article has very little to do with the car – unfortunately, just like its reveal.
read moreHow the Other Half Lives
The Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance is the Holy Grail of car shows. Anyone can attend, however; at least, anyone with sufficient funds and free time to purchase a ticket and travel to the event. In other words, not me — until this year.
read moreDust is the New Black
Of the thousands of vintage automobiles popping up, varnished in dust and spider webs, as many are found in barns as in garages, under tarps, in tents and off in somewhere in the backyard, left to rot. The barn find refers to cars that have been neglected for a long time, and show up in all a matter of strange places and various degrees of decomposition.
read moreSwindell Hangs it Up… Sort of
The report out of Germantown, Tennessee, today is that Sammy Swindell, a of Fame sprint car driver who has raced for 43 years, has decided to retire from racing, with one exception: He still plans to race in the Chili Bowl Nationals each January, where he has a...
read moreDon’t Be a Bulli, Give Us the Bus
In 1994 Volkswagen unveiled the Concept One, a modern nostalgia version of the classic Beetle. Just four years later, the New Beetle, as it was coined, went on sale for the masses. With a front engine configuration for safety, and and styling cues that would launch...
read moreAll the Cool Cars are Doing It
While a revived interest in alternative energy transportation stems from the understanding that the world is running out of resources, the future of the alternative energy’s success comes from a much more basic ideology — They’re cool.
read moreOn Land with the Air Force
Cars and airplanes have been featured together in various venues almost since their respective beginnings. This relationship continues today as exemplified by a web search on the words “wings and wheels” will yield thousands of hits to explore. Additionally, the...
read moreWhere’s Waldo?
Most racing fans are familiar with the name of Ken Schrader from his years in NASCAR’s top division, where he has raced more than 730 times. More fervent fans also know that Schrader has raced, and continues to race, virtually anything on wheels. At age 59, he shows...
read moreKING OF COOL
Steve McQueen’s Boeing Stearman N3188 shown in the background with his 1957 Jaguar XK-SS, a version of the legendary D-Type racecar (Photo Courtesy Car Guy Chronicles) Recently, Car Show Safari visited the San Diego Automotive Museum and particularly enjoyed their...
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Editorial
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In the U.S., summer is prime car show season, giving rise to a sense of anticipation and enthusiasm of the local and large-scale events that are held during this period. Car enthusiasts in other countries undoubtedly experience the same feelings, but none more so than in what intuitively may be an unlikely location: Sweden. The land and people that gave us the niche brand Saab along with Volvo, producer of the original yuppie status symbol, are avid show attendees.
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Crown Classics & Exotics - Ventura, CA
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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.
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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