I bought my 1974 914 1.8 Porsche 2 years ago from a rich orthodontist in Indiana, who had 15 cars and was going to sell a few before he moved back to California. The car had 57,000 miles on it and looked great. He told me the engine was rebuilt. He lied. After two hack
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Whenever I’m on the road, I keep an eye out for interesting cars, trucks, and motorcycles. Ya never know when or where you’ll find stuff, but sometimes a town has an aura about it. Roll down a window and you might smell a mix of gas and oil in the air, mingled with a whiff
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Last Saturday, I attended the Hamburg Family Fun Fest Car Show. I signed up a few months ago, but all three of my vintage Datsuns were temporarily out of commission. Not wanting to miss the show, I pulled the 2005 MR2 Spyder (Bugs) out of storage, wiped the dust off the dash, and drove topless
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You never know what life has in store. Call it luck, fate, or God’s plan. Sometimes wonderful things happen, like winning the lottery, but who would’ve thought a seating chart would forever transform the lives of two people? It happened in 1954, at Madison View High School in Wisconsin. At the start of the new
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The M1 Concourse is located on 87 acres of land in Pontiac, Michigan, right off of Woodward Avenue. For folks not from around here, Pontiac is a suburb of Detroit and Woodward Avenue is as famous here as Route 66. In 1909, Woodward became the first paved road in America. That first one mile stretch
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It was my first year of teaching in Ann Arbor, in 1988. I taught an electronics class for a year, and “Know Your Auto” for a semester. It was a given that if any of the old school staff wanted their car serviced, oil changed, etc., I was the new shade tree mechanic. So, I
Did you ever fantasize about finding hidden treasure or discovering something valuable in your grandparent’s attic? For car guys, it’s the search for that old car hidden away in a pole barn. The hunt for barn-find cars brings an element of mystery and you never know what you might find. Classic cars that have been
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The average length of time someone holds on to their first car is 4.2 years. So, when I got to talk to Ray about his 50+ year-long car ownership, I discovered a car story that needed to be preserved.
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