Automotive American – Classic Vintage & Modern
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This impressive Gulf Oil Company service station located in an unknown area of Philadelphia, PA, was designed in the manner of the then-popular Streamline Moderne architecture. This form of building construction was fashionable from the mid-1930s to the ’50s, both here in the US and around the world. The “Good Gulf Nonox” neon sign out…
via Streamline Moderne Postwar Good Gulf Service Station — The Old Motor
We went racing! The Mustang Owners Club Of Great Britain organised a private meeting at the UK’s premium drag strip – Santa Pod on 31st July 2020. Mustang Maniac and friends attended and the event was at max capacity. The only way to social distance here was to put as much space between your car […]
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Today is my car’s birthday. This day fifty four years ago on the 11th July 1966 my car rolled off the Ford production line at Dearborn, Michigan. USA. Speaking of things being built, I was bought a model kit a while ago which was the LEGO GT500 kit, which I reviewed here. I thoroughly enjoyed […]
Better late than never. We’ve got some awesome car care tips for your brand new 1951 Ford. Here’s one big takeaway from this neat old 1951 factory film: Cars used to require a whole lot more service and maintenance than they do today. We are so spoiled here in the 21st century. Back in…
via Video: How to Care For Your 1951 Ford — Mac’s Motor City Garage
A reblog from Pat’s excellent blog
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CNN.com — A retired salesman in Canada is heading to the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan, to be reunited with a Ford Mustang he accidentally sold 55 years ago. Ahead of the launch of the Ford Mustang in 1964, car dealerships were sent a preproduction vehicle to display. They weren’t intended to be sold to customers, […]
I currently own a ’65 and a ’66 Impala, and I’m always surprised how many people seem to mis-identify them. This seems to happen even more frequently when there is a side profile of my ’65 posted online. Many people who know that the ’65 has the three individual tail lights but who can’t see…
via Differences between a 1965 and 1966 Impala — Classic Nation
Fine cars in a fine setting. Look and see.
An unvarnished look at who these gow job jockeys were and what they were racing on the dry lakes back in the day.
In the first decade of the 20th century, if you owned a “horseless carriage” and lived in or near the city or town where you purchased it, service and repair work on it could be accomplished by a local dealer or garage. However, once a car owner decided to take a trip with their automobile…
via The Black Smith – America’s First Country Auto Mechanics — The Old Motor
