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Feb 05 2012

Time Machines: Triumphs on display - Autonet.ca

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Time Machines: Triumphs on display
Autonet.ca
In 1960, Standard Triumph became part of Leyland Motors and built its last car, essentially a re-badged Honda Civic, in 1984. Triumph's heyday was during the sports car boom of the 1950s and '60s when North Americans were discovering the joys of open ...

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Feb 05 2012

Edward DeBrecht dies; auto dealer who specialized in foreign cars - STLtoday.com

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Edward DeBrecht dies; auto dealer who specialized in foreign cars
STLtoday.com
The Swedish car was far less appealing visually than the Triumph, but it appealed to Mr. DeBrecht's love of solid engineering, said his son. Other brands and cars sold through the dealership in the 1950s and '60s included the Hillman Sunbeam, Lancia, ...

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Feb 05 2012

Philanthropist, businessman Grappone dies - Concord Monitor

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Philanthropist, businessman Grappone dies
Concord Monitor
By 1936, Grappone & Son was advertising in the Concord city directory that it offered Pontiac cars, GMC trucks and "general automobile repairing." By the 1950s, John Grappone was taking charge of the auto-sales business; his father died in 1962.

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Feb 05 2012

UT Arlington and the city join forces to revive downtown - Fort Worth Star Telegram

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Fort Worth Star Telegram
UT Arlington and the city join forces to revive downtown
Fort Worth Star Telegram
By Susan Schrock and Diane Smith dianesmith@star-telegram.com ARLINGTON -- When Lana Wolff was growing up in Arlington during the 1950s and 1960s, the city felt like a small college town. Residents drove down streets that cut through the heart of the ...

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Feb 05 2012

Mount Pleasant youth a train enthusiast at 12 - The Steubenville Herald-Star

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Mount Pleasant youth a train enthusiast at 12
The Steubenville Herald-Star
This is where a miniature village is growing by leaps and bounds, and a string of many cars are connected to either a John Deere 480 engine with John Deere cars or a 1950s Norfolk and Western J Class locomotive. The trains chug their way through a ...

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Feb 04 2012

Sanjeev Sanyal: Farewell to the suburban age - Business Standard

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Sanjeev Sanyal: Farewell to the suburban age
Business Standard
By 1950, a majority of the population lived in large urban agglomerations; today, around 84 per cent of the total population lives in metropolitan areas. In the initial decades, urbanisation was driven more by growth in the central cities.

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Feb 04 2012

Search Classic Cars For Sale - Classic Cars for Sale

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Search Classic Cars For Sale
Classic Cars for Sale
As you stepped through the door it was as if you'd time-warped back to about 1991, with many 1980s Mercedes, BMW and Porsche cars offered – and at reasonable prices. Volkswagens, Fords, Saabs and Volvos from the 1970s stood alongside, while fewer 1950s ...

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Feb 04 2012

Thinking small but driving large - Winnipeg Free Press

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Thinking small but driving large
Winnipeg Free Press
Few cars have had as dramatic a history as the Volkswagen Beetle and few cars have been as loved by their owners. Andrea Hiott, born and educated in the US and now living in Berlin where she is the editor of the online cultural journal Pulse, ...

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Feb 03 2012

Woman plans to celebrate her 95th birthday on train through La Junta - La Junta Tribune Democrat

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Woman plans to celebrate her 95th birthday on train through La Junta
La Junta Tribune Democrat
“I asked my mom what she would like for her birthday and she said to take the train cars through La Junta,” son Patrick Henry said. Evelyn, who lives alone in Kerrville, Texas, will arrive in La Junta at 8:15 am on Feb. 7 at the Amtrak depot.

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Feb 03 2012

Roberto Mieres - The Guardian

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Roberto Mieres
The Guardian
The Argentinian sportsman Roberto Mieres, who has died aged 87, was a fine example of the kind of gifted amateur racing driver who could still find a place in the grand prix races of the 1950s. At the wheel of a Gordini or a Maserati, ...

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