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SEPTEMBER 30, 2011 (OCT 2011): ’62 MERCURY MONTEREY-A SKULL OF A...

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  We ran into Darryl de Souza and his 1962 Mercury Monterey at many car events this past summer. The two constant companions every time...
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2011 (OCT 2011): ’55 BUICK–JUST IN TIME FOR HALLOWEEN:...

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  We like to trot out cautionary horror stories for our October editions of MSCC.   It seems appropriate because most of us are well past...
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MSCC TIME CAPSULE-A LOOK BACK AT THE 1969 FORD COBRA: A...

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1969 was a big year. We landed on the moon, Woodstock herded half a million hippies into one corral, and Ford threw some nasty...
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OCTOBER 2011 STARS OF THE SHOW-SEASON OF THE WITCH…END OF THE...

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Most northern latitudes don't host many car shows past Halloween-with all due respect to Florida, California or Australia. Once the Season of the Witch...
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OCTOBER 2011 STARS IN TRAFFIC-CLASS AND HISTORY AND A KID’S IMAGINATION

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There's a national campaign to "take a kid to a car show". It's a great concept, but it works even better when the...

SEPTEMBER 25, 2011: TRYING TO SAVE THE WORLD-ONE OLD RUSTY BUCKET...

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  There is an inner demon that every car guy battles every minute of every day while he still has a pulse: an uncontrollable urge...
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SEPTEMBER 23, 2011: WHY I AM NOT CRAZY ABOUT BARRY MEGUIRE’S...

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    I watch many of the car shows on TV, but 'Car Crazy' has never really grabbed me enough to be a fan.   Car polish...
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SEPTEMBER 23, 2011: Ode to the Fox-Bodied Mustang – Seriously. A...

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  I remember distinctly the first time I saw the movie Bullitt.   It was on television and the reason it was being shown was to...
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HELP FIND A STOLEN 1952 CHEVY PANEL- HAS ANYONE SEEN THIS...

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HELP FIND A STOLEN 1952 CHEVY PANEL- HAS ANYONE SEEN THIS CAR? Every car guy on the planet can feel this one-it was stolen...
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OCTOBER 2011 FALLEN STARS- NO FINER CAR CROP THAN THE ONE...

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The MSCC Fallen Star section represents all that is great about the old car hobby. Some people simply dismiss these vehicles as old wrecks...
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MSCC TIME CAPSULE –CLASSIFIED ADS THAT WILL MAKE GROWN MEN CRY

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Old cars are an emotional issue for car guys and nothing tops the "one that got away" scenario. The narrative is always the same-a...
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MSCC TIME CAPSULE:A LOOK BACK AT AN ERA WHEN LEGENDS WERE...

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MSCC TIME CAPSULE:A LOOK BACK AT AN ERA WHEN LEGENDS WERE ON A FAMOUS CAR LOT The hyphenated name 'Baldwin-Motion' is enough to make...
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SEPTEMBER 12, 2011: RECYCLING YARDS–THE UNFORTUNATE LAST RIDE FOR SOME CLASSIC...

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  You have to be on the front lines of the old car hobby to truly understand the pulse of this dynamic world.   It's populated...

SEPTEMBER 11, 2011: SOME DAYS ARE NOT SUITED FOR CAR STORIES:...

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  SOME DAYS ARE NOT SUITED FOR CAR STORIES: TEN YEARS AFTER 9/11   Today we share an anniversary of the evil that was September 11, 2001....
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MSCC TIME CAPSULE:ANOTHER TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE IN A MONOGRAM MODEL...

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Just about every car guy had a phase in their lives where car models were a big- ticket item. Just to clarify, we mean...

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011: ‘VANISHING POINT’ IS ON A SHORT LIST OF...

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  'Vanishing Point' was released in 1971 as a movie that was essentially about an anti-hero in the traditional 'fight-the- power' sense of the late...
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NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2011 CAR SHOWS AND CLUB EVENTS-PLEASE LET US KNOW ABOUT...

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  DECEMBER 2011 EVENTS DEC 3 : Ontario, CA 13th Annual Christmas on Euclid Show, Shine & Shop presented by the Ontario Chamber...
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SEPTEMBER 4, 2011: 1939 ROLLS ROYCE WRAITH-ONE OF TWO EVER MADE…OWNED...

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  Most car guys are well aware of the extraordinary sales pitch required to sell a spouse on a car project.   The term "eternal enemies" has...

IT MAY BE THE 21ST CENTURY BUT YOU CAN STILL GO...

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Drive in movies are part of a golden past era-we have discussed that concept at length in the past. But we were only...
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SEPTEMBER 3, 2011: 1982 GMC S-15-KIND OF AN INTERIM SOLUTION FOR...

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  We told the horrific story about Doug Kind's loss of his beloved Vega street monster a few years ago on this site.   A lowlife...