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Each automotive event has its place in the season. In Britain in September, all enthusiasts head for Beaulieu to the annual Autojumble. Held on the grounds of the Beaulieu estate in Hampshire, home also to the National Motor Museum, Autojumble was inspired by the gigantic Hershey swap meet, but in four decades has developed its….
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When I was 24 I bought my first house. It was old and needed much work, so the first tool I bought was a truck. It was my first pickup, a 1953 Chevrolet Series 3100 half-ton, a type once ubiquitous and in 1968 still fairly common. Chevy called the style “Advance Design.” It was introduced….
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The folks in Allentown, Pennsylvania, have been working for a long time to start an automotive museum. Their efforts are finally bearing fruit. Dennis David and I visited last year, and while they had a venerable old building as a centerpiece, the rest was very much a work in progress. What a difference a year….
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Everyone knows that Nash pioneered Unitized construction, in-car beds and “Weather Eye conditioned air” heating and ventilation. Note that it was not called “air conditioning,” since there was no compressor to cool the air, but the system was thermostatically controlled and filtered. (How many owners, do you think, changed their filters even once a year?)….
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Last month, Randy Poole set out from his Virginia home, headed for Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. With his wife Holly, daughter Amber and father-in-law Joel, his destination was the Annual Convention of the National DeSoto Club, of which he is a long-time member. Not surprisingly, they saw lots of DeSotos, Randy’s favorite being a nifty ’34 Airflow….
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When I was an infant, my parents had a 1935 Ford sedan. Since my mother usually drove it, as soon as I began to talk I called it “Mommycar.” My father, on the other hand, drove his Model A Ford roadster, which, because it had been converted with a pickup box in place of the….
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You know them by their locations: Stowe, Rhinebeck, Iola. A bit smaller and less prestigious than Hershey, Carlisle or Chickasha, these venerable car shows and swap meets have been operating for nearly half a century and draw a faithful crowd. One of the stalwarts is Das Awkscht Fescht, Pennsylvania Dutch dialect for “The August Festival.”….
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Although most of my tractor time has been spent at the helm of ancient Farmalls, I’ve long had a hankering for one of the old gray friends, the N-series Fords. Built from 1939 to 1952, the little tractors were not powerful, but they were inexpensive and, most significantly, pioneered the three-point hydraulic implement hitch in….
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Hudson, Massachusetts, that is. For the second time in sixteen years, the Hudson Essex Terraplane Club converged on New England for a national meet, although convention headquarters were in the neighboring town of Marlborough. Hosted by HET’s New England Chapter, all of last week was a Hudsonfest, with tours and seminars, memorabilia displays and meetings….
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Five, six, seven, eight. Wayne Graefen, the CarPort’s Texas Ranger, has found himself a new Hupmobile, an eight-cylinder 1938 model. Discovered in San Angelo, Texas, the car was solid, straight, presentable, and running, hindered only by lack of brakes. The Hupp caps needed only a bit of polish to shine. The Hupmobile, we all remember,….
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