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Jaguar Hot Rod British American Hybrid

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The Toyota Prius doesn't do much for me but this is a hybrid I could see in my garage, it's a 69 Jaguar E Type powered by a Ford 289 V8. It's a complete resto mod, the car looks great being so British yet so American. Years ago I had a Series 3 E Type, the V12 was a nice engine with a really distinct sound but prone to getting very hot. I looked seriously at a Johns Cars … [Read more...]

Vintage Country Cars Are Getting Noticed

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About this time of year, everyone starts to think about those outdoor Autumn chores, hauling firewood, running to the hardware store or picking up a few things at the cider mill. Sure, a lot of folks thinking that way never hauled a load of firewood in their entire lives, but if they did, they know what they would be driving, they imagine some old Ford or Chevy pickup, or maybe … [Read more...]

Drive American Muscle? Buy American Made Parts

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When you fire up that vintage Mustang or Camaro, do you ever think about where it came from? Do you even briefly remember the long decades of American auto industrial dominance? Slide behind the wheel of your Plymouth GTX and look out over the hood and imagine the world of the late 1960s. Did you ever envision the huge shuttered buildings where cars used to be built, back when … [Read more...]

Corvair 95 Rampside Pickup

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When most people think of the Corvair, it's usually the car they remember. Some of us, especially if we were around at the time, remember the range of trucks produced in the early 1960s under the Corvair name as well, both vans and pickups. The most unique of the group was the Corvair 95 Rampside pick up, the "rampside" portion of the name referring to the drop down ramp on the … [Read more...]