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Hot Rods & Dogs – The Sting Ray
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For most people, the 1963 Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray needs no introduction. Just say the word “Corvette,” and almost anyone you ask could instantly describe some iteration of the iconic marque for you. Many would likely tell you about a car just like this one, with its long, tapering fastback, rounded fenders, and retractable headlights.
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Weekend Edition: A Pair of '56 Belairs: Original vs. Stock
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Now this olelongrooffan has shared with my fellow Hoons that I love most everything automotive. My head turns on a regular basis on my travels around looking at pretty much everything I can see from my perch piloting my longerroof or my, new to me, xBox. Additionally, I have the opportunity to attend quite a few…
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Truck Thursday – The Tasty Trucks of Hot Rods & Dogs
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As I mentioned in a previous post, I attended the Hot Rods & Dogs car show on June 15, and as I also mentioned, it was very well attended, with a good variety of classic machines. For Truck Thursday, I’d like to share with you a few of my favorite rigs from the show, in…
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Summer Holiday Weekend Edition – Eastern Bloc Cars on a Greek Island
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I was surprised to see so many Eastern Bloc cars in Rhodes. For whatever reason, the Greeks had taken a liking to the cars made way east; of course, some of them had ceased functioning, but from my previous posts you could tell some of the Western and Japanese vehicles had also succumbed to the…
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Summer Holiday Weekend Edition – Greek Island Beaters
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Moving on with the Summer Holiday stuff: here, we get to the beaters. Abandoned cars, broken-down pieces of machinery, cars at the end of the rope; Rhodes is a smallish island, but home to a great big bunch of beater cars. Some of them still run, some of them are being taken over by weeds.…
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Summer Holiday Weekend Edition – Greek Island Vans
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The Summer Holiday Weekend Edition is continued with Greek island van content: dumped into the field where the previous post’s unidentified pickup truck lies in Apollakia is this worn old Ford Transit. The weeds have grown long around it. To be honest, over here in Finland these Transits have made the transition (…) to forests…
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Summer Holiday Weekend Edition – Greek Island Trucks
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I recently spent a week on the Dodecanese island of Rhodes, Greece. Despite the Finnish summer’s ability to really shine and cuddle with ample warmth, the decision to pack our bags and take a cheap flight to the island nestled close to the Turkish coast was easily made. This Summer Holiday Weekend Edition, on my…
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To Serve and Protect – Akro-Police Edition
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As a precursor of sorts to the upcoming slew of Greek island content on these very pages – due to my recent trip way down south where’s its sunny and warm – here’s what Greece’s finest get around in. It’s a semi-recent Citroën C4, and you don’t need no stinkin’ hubcaps when you have crooks…
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Off to bootcamp… 3M automotive bootcamp, that is
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Bootcamp is not something that sounds appealing to me. So when the email came in from 3M asking if I’d like to attend their own automotive bootcamp, I was skeptical at first. Once I was assured that I would not be required to preform push-ups while being berated, I agreed to hop on a plane…
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Hot Rods & Dogs – Fields Full of Fords
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As mentioned in a previous post or two, I had the opportunity to attend the Hot Rods & Dogs in Maltby, WA. This show has been well attended by the Northwest Mustang Club for many years. In fact, the first time I attend this show was to see a friend of mine and his…
