Archive for January 28th, 2012

Jan 28 2012

Cool cars and celebrities: World of Wheels offers something for all ages - ReporterNews.com

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Cool cars and celebrities: World of Wheels offers something for all ages
ReporterNews.com
Daman said he fell in love with cars as a teenager after seeing some of the classic custom cars that rolled out of California's hot-rod shops in the 1950s. "But I realized I'd never be able to pay anybody to build me a car like that, so I had to learn ...

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Jan 28 2012

Food, muscle cars, Fieri look-alikes on tap for ‘Diners’ viewing party in Oxnard - Ventura County Star

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Food, muscle cars, Fieri look-alikes on tap for 'Diners' viewing party in Oxnard
Ventura County Star
By Lisa McKinnon With beer tastings, a display of muscle cars and a Guy Fieri look-alike contest, the viewing party that will take place Monday at The Kitchen in downtown Oxnard could only be for one show: "Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives.

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Jan 28 2012

Peering into ‘Clay’s Tectonic Shift’ - Los Angeles Times

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Peering into 'Clay's Tectonic Shift'
Los Angeles Times
But not until the late 1950s were Americans likely to call them sculpture. The change came about when Peter Voulkos (1924-2002) started tearing and cutting apart thrown cylindrical vessels and building large, rugged, vertical forms out of the pieces; ...

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Jan 28 2012

Waldo Stakes of AV is building a rocket car in order to break the land speed … - Victorville Daily Press

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Waldo Stakes of AV is building a rocket car in order to break the land speed ...
Victorville Daily Press
The car I'm building right now is the result of a quest to see how fast my own car can go.” Stakes said his Sonic Wind Land Speed Research Vehicle, which will be powered by a recycled 1950s NASA rocket, should be able to reach 2000 mph and shatter the ...

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Jan 28 2012

As Raul Castro’s Communists hold conference to promote reforms, Cubans fear it … - Telegraph.co.uk

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As Raul Castro's Communists hold conference to promote reforms, Cubans fear it ...
Telegraph.co.uk
Yet for all his promises of opening up the economy, the 1950s cars that roar through the city show little signs of being replaced with newer models, and the shops are still bare. Hand-written signs still appear on the ancient wooden doors of Old Havana ...

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Jan 28 2012

Pay Your Respects at Japan’s Random Muscle-Car Graveyard - Jalopnik

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Pay Your Respects at Japan's Random Muscle-Car Graveyard
Jalopnik
It's definitely a five-hanky lot of cars gone to seed, though rife with rusty-muscle-car porn. Not counting the Suzuki van amid the period iron, the pile includes at least 11 American muscle cars of archeological interest, all from the late 1960s ...
Australian Stumbles Across U.S. Car Graveyard In JapanMotor Authority

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Jan 28 2012

Kiwis help build a country - Sunday Star Times

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Kiwis help build a country
Sunday Star Times
After decades of civil war dating back to the 1950s, the world's newest country was born. But the road ahead for South Sudan is fraught with trials. Two million people died in the conflict and up to four million were displaced.

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Jan 28 2012

Cubans hunger for economic liberty as Raul Castro holds first National … - Telegraph.co.uk

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Cubans hunger for economic liberty as Raul Castro holds first National ...
Telegraph.co.uk
Yet for all his promises of opening up the economy, the 1950s cars that roar through the city show little signs of being replaced with newer models, and the shops are still bare. Hand-written signs still appear on the ancient wooden doors of Old Havana ...

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Jan 28 2012

Corvette prototype connects racing machine to the street car - Daytona Beach News-Journal

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Corvette prototype connects racing machine to the street car
Daytona Beach News-Journal
But the car has played an important role in American culture since its introduction in the 1950s, said Brewer, owner of Evans and Sons Jewelers in Daytona Beach. "It has a lineage of being an iconic American sports car." The car also has a long history ...

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Jan 28 2012

New “Local Boys and Their Toys” car calendar to benefit area Meals on Wheels - Charleston Post Courier

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New “Local Boys and Their Toys” car calendar to benefit area Meals on Wheels
Charleston Post Courier
The calendar includes a photo of a local businessperson each month with their “toys,” a classic car or cars. The cover is local insurance agent Lenny Branch with his three 1950s era Mercury models. Royall is pictured showing off his 1931 Ford Model A ...

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