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    It was on this date in 1983 that The A Team premiered, bringing into the lives of TV viewers four Vietnam vets, framed for a crime they didn’t commit, and who while on the run from the military police still had time to aid other innocent victims facing similar fates. The fate of today’s Mystery…

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    Tomorrow is the 62 anniversary of the Corvette’s public unveiling as part of General Motors’ Motorama Show, which was held at New York’s Waldorf-Astoria hotel. Attendees of the event could no doubt quench their appetites with a Waldorf salad after they had quenched their thirst for cool fifties show cars. We don’t have to wait a day…

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    Well, it seems that no one got last week’s Mystery Car. Because I think that everyone should be a winner, I’m offering up a different shot of the elusive candidate that should set light bulbs going off over heads around the globe. Yep, that’s what it was. I was shocked too. Image: ©2015 Hooniverse/Robert Emslie, All Rights…

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    It was on this date in 2007 that Steve Jobs introduced the first-ever iPhone, a device that would go on to radically change how we spend time in-line at the grocery store. You might be viewing this Mystery Car contest on an iPhone, or one of its competitors, and if you are, good luck! You’ll…

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    Was it just me or did 2014 seem to simply fly by for you too? Well, here we are just two days into 2015, a brand new year, and one that I am sure will be filled with all kinds of yet to be embraced fads, memes, and controversies. It’s enough to make you want…

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    Hot August Night is an album by Neil Diamond which was remarkably recorded at LA’s Greek Theater exactly 41 years ago tomorrow night. While it defined Diamond’s musical style and established his performance acumen, its critical reception was less than enthusiastic. Hopefully today’s hot August morning Mystery Car will fare better. You will of course need…

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    On this date, August 16th, in 1812, American General William Hull surrendered Fort Detroit to the British without so much as an arm wrestle. The recent bankruptcy of the city that shares that name didn’t go down quite so peacefully, and in fact having so large a city, – and Motor City at that –…

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    They sometimes say that one is missing the forest for the trees, and that’s often the case when trying to decode the identity of the weekly Mystery Car. Of course that begs the question- should you suddenly realize the answer while in a forest and there is no one around to hear you shout eureka!…

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    Twenty three years ago this very day, Iraq invaded Kuwait, thus setting in motion a series of events that, well, are still playing out. For some, the reasons behind Saddam Hussein’s decision to go visiting the neighbors remain shrouded in mystery, much like today’s Mystery Car. Some of us know that the reason the Iraqi…

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    Today is July 26th and on this date in 1951 Walt Disney premiered his company’s 13th animated feature, Alice in Wonderland in London England. Here we are 62 years later and prepared to go down our own rabbit hole for some animated discussion about today’s Mystery Car. Much like the Red Queen we have rules,…

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