Posts Tagged “accidents”
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Time Machines: Triumphs on displayAutonet.caIn 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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Edward DeBrecht dies; auto dealer who specialized in foreign carsSTLtoday.comThe 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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Philanthropist, businessman Grappone diesConcord MonitorBy 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.and more » |
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Mount Pleasant youth a train enthusiast at 12The Steubenville Herald-StarThis 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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Sanjeev Sanyal: Farewell to the suburban ageBusiness StandardBy 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.and more » |
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Auto Show Puts New Cars, Technology in SpotlightKansas City infoZineO'Donnell said he asked to see alternative energy cars and muscle cars. “We made history here by having Mr. Obama come and showcase some of this product,” O'Donnell said. “No president, sitting or otherwise, has ever attended an auto show in the United ...and more » |
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