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NOVEMBER 13, 2009 “IN THE HEADLIGHTS”: FIVE VEHICLES THAT ARE NEARLY...

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  Passenger pigeons were the most common bird found in North America- so common that flocks numbering 2 billion were up to a mile wide...
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NOV 6, 2009 MY STAR SPECIAL FEATURE-BACK TO THE 40S: 1947...

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I have always had a soft spot for the post-war late 40s Detroit automobile look which looked eerily like the pre-war early 40s Detroit...
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OCTOBER 31, 2009: 1948 PLYMOUTH CONVERTIBLE – THE HEMI WITH THE...

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Chuck Grote is a true old school hot rodder. He comes from a world where a group of guys could take a stock Anglia...
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OCTOBER 31, 2009: 1979 PONTIAC TRANS AM-A NEED FOR AN EXTRA...

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Edie Adams wasn’t a typical Pontiac Trans Am buyer back in 1979-in fact she was barely aware of the “Smokey and the Bandit” blockbuster...
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OCTOBER 31, 2009: 37 YEARS OF A GRANDE RELATIONSHIP: 1972 MUSTANG...

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Otto Dusak is clearly a detail guy. He bought his 1972 Mustang Grande brand new from his local Ford dealership and still has every...
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OCTOBER 31, 2009: 1928 MODEL A-THE CAR BUILT FOR A GUY...

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Lloyd Meadows is at comfortable point in life after years of hard work in the real estate business so he started looking for something...
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OCTOBER 31, 2009: CANADIAN IRON 1960 PONTIAC LAURENTIAN-SOMETIMES THEY DON’T HAVE...

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Murray Larsen is a young guy so he wouldn’t have been a typical owner of a 1960 Pontiac 4-door sedan when it was new. ...
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OCTOBER 31, 2009: 1957 CHEVROLET BLACK WIDOW-THE ORIGINAL BAD BOY NASCAR...

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Long before a guy named Dale “The Intimidator” Earnhardt drove a mean-looking black Chevy into NASCAR history there was another black Chevy that dominated--a...
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OCTOBER 31, 2009: 1927 FORD MODEL T — THE STEALTH HOT...

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Dennis Halpin is a lifetime hot rodder so when he found this '27 Model T his plan was simple-more power. The hot-rodders battle cry. Dennis...
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OCTOBER 31, 2009: CANADIAN IRON-1957 FORD METEOR-THE PERIOD CORRECT LOOK

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 Ike Martens is a guy with a very specific taste in older cars-they have to remind him of a very specific era in his...

OCTOBER 30, 2009: MY STAR ARCHIVES: A C-10 CHEVY TRUCK...

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  'Jeff Kohut and his dad had a mission in life-they both wanted to do a truck project together and they both wanted to learn...
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OCTOBER 30, 2009: 1952 FORD JEEP M-38-THE KOREAN WAR VET THAT...

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  Lee Stronach has two hobbies-he’s a military history buff and he’s a vintage vehicle guy.   This particular Jeep was built under contract by Ford for...
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OCTOBER 30, 2009: 1971 GMC BUS-HOW A GUY SATISFIED A CHILDHOOD...

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  Steve Parkin had a childhood fascination with buses.   'He loved these large, noisy, mass people haulers long before he could drive but his career choice...

MAY 1, 2010 STAR TRUCKIN’ 1967 FARGO LIFETIME WORKING...

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  Fargo was Chrysler Canada’s answer to the Dodge truck nameplate.   'They were found in Plymouth dealerships and they were rugged old workhorses--especially the 3-ton...
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We'd sure like to do an article about this car-it was at the Radium B.C. show in September so if anybody can help us...
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NOVEMBER 2009 ‘STARS IN TRAFFIC’-YOU HAVE TO DRIVE ‘EM

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Most old car owners "own 'em to drive 'em".You hear that over and over when you talk to them so here are some examples...
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IN THE HEADLIGHTS-DEAD CELEBRITIES AND THE CARS THAT KILLED THEM

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James Dean was a moderately talented actor whose best career move was death by Porsche. He managed to parlay this move into a...
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NOVEMBER 2009 ‘FALLEN STARS’-ANOTHER SAD FAREWELL

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One of the most painful facets of this "Fallen Stars" section is the thought that some of these classics are gone forever. In...

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Here is my two cents on the topic "car shows" when to draw the line! I a gree with the writer that says a...
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OCTOBER 13, 2009: IN THE HEADLIGHTS-A WORLD HEADED TO HELL IN...

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  There is always going to be a generation gap.   'That gap got Grand Canyon wide when I read the Oct.9 LA Times business section...