Archive for January, 2010


Seattle's neon signs pierce the winter darkness
Seattle Post Intelligencer
Best to park the car and take a walk through this electric shrine. The old FOOD GIANT sign from the late 1950s belongs in a special category, since it's not ...

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'THE ULTIMATE HONOR' | Local charities benefit from Eugene auto dealer's passion
The Register-Guard
Sheppard's father, Harry Sheppard, founded Eugene's first foreign-car dealership in 1950 after emigrating from Winnipeg, Canada. A car enthusiast who liked ...

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Seattle Post Intelligencer

Seattle's neon signs pierce the winter darkness
Seattle Post Intelligencer
Best to park the car and take a walk through this electric shrine. The old FOOD GIANT sign from the late 1950s belongs in a special category, since it's not ...

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Milford man's hobby is car racing
Hartford Courant
That is a feeling familiar to many area residents, dating back to the days of the West Haven Motor Speedway, which closed in the 1960s and the 'muscle car' ...

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Winds or High Water, the Sales Must Go On
New York Times
Even the middle of the market, the portion most hurt by the price pullback of 2008, looked a bit healthier, with some of the better muscle cars showing ...

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Neighborhood groups seek car limit for new 520 bridge
Seattle Times
She said the crucial issue ought to be how to move people in the 21st century, rather than how to stripe the lanes on a 1950s-type highway. ...

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Inside Track Motorsport News (blog)

2011 Ford Mustang GT to Pace Daytona 500
GlobalPost (blog)
This latest version of Ford's legendary muscle car will be a Race Red glass roof coupe with an entirely new 5.0-liter V-8 engine capable of producing 412 ...
2011 Mustang GT Official Pace Car Daytona 500International Business Times

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Seattle's neon signs pierce the winter darkness
Seattle Post Intelligencer
Best to park the car and take a walk through this electric shrine. The old FOOD GIANT sign from the late 1950s belongs in a special category, since it's not ...

and more »

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Austin Hatcher Foundation Named Official Charity Of 2010 Hot Rod Power Tour
The Chattanoogan
New to the Power Tour for 2010 is the Austin Hatcher Foundation's daily Pinewood "Muscle Car" Derby. Each day of the tour, participants and fans will have ...

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1950 Chevrolet Bel Air gets restored to its original beauty
San Francisco Chronicle
In 1950, I was 15 years old and was becoming interested in getting my driver's license and buying a car. My neighbor had just bought a 1950 Chevrolet Bel ...

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