You know I’m a sucker for a great cars n coffee event. I’ve traveled all over the country to attend them, and my friend Jeff is on every email blast list possible to notify him of any coming up on the calendar. So we decided to hit this one scheduled for a very fashionable mall…
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Wife Linda and I were stumbling through Cologne, Germany recently, and happened upon a classic car rally that was launching from a square right near out hotel, and taking off to parts unknown. It wasn’t a specific marque or club, very much a mixed back of delightful run what you brung stuff. Nothing really super…
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Dear visitors, Just letting you know that I’m wrestling a major book deadline to the ground, so I’m giving the site a brief vacation, plus gathering up lots of new stuff to share with you. Hope your summer is off to a great start, and I’ll be back in action very soon. I appreciate your…
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As you know, one of my daughters, Mo, identifies herself as a citizen of the world; born and raised around LA, she’s additionally lived in San Francisco, Turkey, and now in Kanazawa, Japan where she works as an English teacher and travel writer. And also travels the world. She knows how much I love strange…
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This show is a great, fun, run what you brung ride on the no stress express. No judging, no trophies, no hassle. It’s held at an attractive, historic park in the Hollywood Hills, and anything goes from mild to wild, from rat rods and bikes to Citroens and old trucks to Ferraris and who knows…
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This year’s Steve McQueen Car and bike show is going to be off the chain. The Thursday night screening of Bullitt is sold out, as is the Friday night pre show dinner. And registration for entering the show is also closed, which means there will be more than 500 cars, bikes, vintage travel trailers, industrial…
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Otis Victor Edelbrock Jr. passed away June 9, 2017, at the age of 80. That name most likely rings bells as one of the world’s premier performance products company. Edelbrock’s original products were intake manifolds, and high performance heads for Flathead Ford V-8s. The company was founded by Otis Victor Edelbrock, Sr., as an all-around…
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SHELBY AMERICAN TO OFFER LIMITED NUMBER OF NEW FORD-POWERED SERIES 2 EXOTIC SPORTS CARS • Only 4 total hand-built sports cars will be built annually for enthusiasts worldwide • The Shelby Series 2 is a major evolution of the famed 1999 sports car • Series 2 is engineered for Ford V8 power with other customer…
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It is my considered honor and privilege to be deeply involved with the Friends of Steve McQueen Car & Motorcycle Show weekend, held each June at the Boys Republic School in Chino Hills, California (www.stevemcqueencarshow.com, and www.boysrepublic.com). This amazing institution has been turning around the lives of wayward teens since the early 1900s, and has…
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If you have old cars (bikes, boats, planes, trucks, whatever), you likely have (or should have) what everyone used to call “trickle chargers” those little plug-in devices that keep your car batteries topped up and hopefully ready to fire at the first twist of the key. They are great devices for sure, but much as…
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