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Keep on truckin’

There weren’t just cars at the auto show, there were plenty of cool trucks as well. And I learned a new auto word for trucks, step side. What is a step side truck? A step side pickup truck features a … Continue reading

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Very Old and Unusual Car #6 – Wicker 1924 Model T

Bet you’ve never seen anything like this before and you are going to love it’s story!  This car, as the story goes, was covered in wicker when it was first purchased and taken to a town in Michigan which – … Continue reading

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Very Old and Very Unusual Car Week #5

The 1903 Ford Model A.  The first vehicle made by the new Ford Motor Company, incorporated June 16, 1903.  I don’t think this was the ‘first’ vehicle made but the first model they made; would be amazing if it was … Continue reading

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All up in my grill…

Is this even said anymore? 🙂 With some of these vintage, historic and classic cars so much about their construction appears to be about fashion than function; at least to me.  Whatever the reason was for some of these grills … Continue reading

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Hoodies

Well, to be more exact, hood ornaments.  No matter how fancy, shiny and fast (and darned expensive) modern cars can get, they just don’t have the allure of these vintage cars and their hood ornaments.  I’m so glad there are … Continue reading

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What was it? It was a firetruck…

But a very special firetruck with a great origin story to go with it.  I will just let you read it’s background story here for yourself.  While there were hundreds of vehicles at this car show in July 2015, with … Continue reading

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’53 Ford Truck

I have no idea what kind of truck this is other than it’s a 1953 Ford… but I do know that it’s for Gary and he is very proud of it!

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Composition in red – Truck, rust and barn

I was going to take the day off from blogging and enjoy the day but our adventures from yesterday (we went exploring in parts of the state we had never been in before; I have never seen so many corn … Continue reading

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Words on Wednesday – Dashboards

When attending a car show your eyes will immediately be drawn to the outside of the auto; the body, the wheels and maybe even the hood ornament.  There are also many who will be drawn to the engines which I … Continue reading

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Street Rods and Customs – Part 1

There’s shiny and then there’s colorful shiny and these were just that.  A frustrating thing for me when attending car shows is that I want to either ride in or drive (Drive? I don’t know how to drive a stick … Continue reading

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