Guest Blog words and photos by Kirk Gerbracht; doubleclick on any photo to see it full screen Just blocks away from downtown Jacksonville, Oregon with its 100-plus buildings on the National Registry of Historic Landmarks, its three-month long Peter Britt music festival, wineries, first class restaurants, and quaint shops, the Rogue Valley Corvettes Club held…
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I’ve seen this new exhibit, and it’s fabulous. Small but mighty, it reminds us how many great racing cars (and drivers) called Southern California home. Here’s the Museum’s news release about the opening. And you can doubleclick on any imaged to see it full screen – MS New exhibit features 12 of the most iconic…
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Dear Friends, Just letting you know that this section of MSC.com is on hiatus until after Thanksgiving. I’m taking some time to run down a bunch of new material for us, and driving several new cars that I’ll be reporting on. And finishing up some other unrelated stuff…so please check back in with me post…
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The simple fact is that the Art Center Car Classic has become one of the world’s greatest car shows. Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, has a world class transportation design program, and has trained many of the world’s best and most prominent vehicle designers. The campus is an interesting and very architectural…
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It’s hard to believe that as recently as 1999-2000, Volvo wasn’t completely sure that it could survive without being sucked up by Renault, nor did it fully believe that it needed a line of SUVs to survive and prosper. In the modern eras, its really Subaru and Volvo that launched the notion of making its…
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Please come and visit with me and cam grinding and hot rodding legend Ed Iskenderian; we’ll be selling and signing my new book HOT ROD Empire, (I wrote the book and Isky wrote the Foreword) much about the epic lives of Margie and Robert E. Petersen, the birth of HOT ROD magazine, the hot rodding…
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This is a don’t miss exhibit at the Petersen; Japanese classic, collector, tuner, and vintage race cars are finally earning the regard they so much deserve. You won’t find a better collection anywhere…so come to LA and check it out…MS Placed throughout the museum, the collection includes the Infiniti Prototype 9 and Prototype 10, two…
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Some news from the folks at Shelby American that I thought you might enjoy…MS The Original Venice Crew (OVC), which builds the official continuation 1965 Ford Shelby G.T.350 Competition Model, will offer only two of the Bondurant edition models of the classic sports car. Only one Bondurant edition car with a 9-inch fixed axle rear…
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Gas/Electric Hybrid. Natural gas. LPG. Pure Electric. Hydrogen. BioDiesel. Plug-In Hybrid Electric (PHEV). Conversion to run on vegetable oil. Every carmaker in the world is trying to figure out the best and ultimate “alternative energy” powertrain scenario that’ll be the ultimate magic bullet able to deliver less reliance on fossil fuels, ultra low particulate emissions,…
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I have visited the Petersen Automotive Museum’s newest gallery exhibit, and it is an eye opening view into the worlds of custom and pop culture. It’s small but mighty, staged in one of the Petersen’s smaller gallery halls but packed to the gills with interesting content. It’s a highly eclectic gathering of wall art, sculpture,…
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