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“Tom Magliozzi: Im Pace Requisat”
Getting on toward serious winter now. The nights are at their longest. On nights when the sky is clear and the temperatures drop to their coldest, the constellation Orion is cruising smoothly through the night displaying the star nursery in … Continue reading
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“Tri-Five Chevys”
Second column of the three in the run up to the New Year. It’s November and the winds fan the campfire’s flames. The days are getting shorter and the nights colder and the stories circle among us assembled lend a … Continue reading
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“Three-wheeled Cars”
Once again it’s Autumn and headed toward Winter. The days are getting short, and once more it’s time to gather around the fire and tell stories. This month I’m going to talk about the persistence of some companies at thinking … Continue reading
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“Don’t Buy a New Car”
I was online recently on Yahoo, when I ran across an article on their “Motoramic” page. The article was by Steven Lang, a very capable writer who has managed to stay up with the very latest in the nefarious goings-on … Continue reading
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“Of Barracudas and Memories”
It was one Saturday when Joyce and I were returning from some arcane adventure in Bellingham when I saw it headed toward us on Grandview. It was from between 1964 to ’66. It was Chrysler’s answer to Ford’s Mustang. It … Continue reading
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“Jack Brabham”
This actually ran as two columns in the Squol Quol in June and July, which kind of shows up the one of the major drawbacks of short form journalism: mainly, a lack of space to attempt to flesh out a … Continue reading
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“Don’t Buy a New Car”
I was online recently on Yahoo, when I ran across an article on their “Motoramic” page. The article was by Steven Lang, a very capable writer who has managed to stay up with the very latest in the nefarious goings-on … Continue reading
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“Of Barracuda’s and Memories”
It was one Saturday when Joyce and I were returning from some arcane adventure in Bellingham when I saw it headed toward us on Grandview. It was from between 1964 to ’66. It was Chrysler’s answer to Ford’s Mustang. It … Continue reading
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“It’s Bike Month”
This ran in the Squol Quol’s May, 2014 issue: It’s Bike Month again. I know it may be odd to be doing a piece on bicycles in an automotive column, but indulge me here. Bicycles are considered by law to … Continue reading
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“Getting Off the Ground”
To paraphrase an old poem: It’s Spring and a person’s fancy turns to thoughts of rotating tires, new shocks, new brakes, driver axle boots, etc., etc. Let’s face it, if you’re going to need to get some of this stuff … Continue reading
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