Cars
Key to Our Horizons
As we contemplate Peak Oil and other scary scenarios, here's a look back at a time when the automobile was king.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Oct 01, 2009 -
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Category: 1950s, Cars, Yesterday’s Tomorrows
Moment of Decision
Posted By: Paul - Thu Sep 24, 2009 -
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Category: Crime, Stupid Criminals, Juvenile Delinquency, 1960s, Cars
Vorsprung Durch Technik?
An accident on Germany's A2 autobahn involving 259 cars has left 66 people injured, 10 of them seriously, but incredibly resulted in no deaths.The pile-up occurred in the late evening, when a combination of heavy rain and a setting sun hampered the drivers' vision and made the road conditions slippery. The first accident happened near Hamelerwald, and began a cascade of other accidents that over the next two hours grew to span a 30 kilometre stretch of road. It finally took 340 emergency workers well into the next morning to finish dealing with the people and vehicles involved and the clean-up cost is expected to exceed 1.75 million Euros, i.e. $2.5 million (NY Daily News).
Posted By: Dumbfounded - Sat Jul 25, 2009 -
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Category: Accidents, Destruction, Disasters, Motor Vehicles, Cars
Pimp My Garage?
You may not be able to afford that "West Coast Customs" look for your ride, but how about the garage where you leave it?
Posted By: Dumbfounded - Thu Jul 23, 2009 -
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Category: Art, Surrealism, Design and Designers, Graphics, Motor Vehicles, Cars
Riding with Hunter
A little tribute from the man who always reminded us: "When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro."
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jul 01, 2009 -
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Category: Celebrities, Death, Drugs, Guns, Regionalism, Cars
Evil Clown Car
Posted By: Paul - Fri May 15, 2009 -
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Category: Clowns, Regionalism, Cars
Inventions of Buckminster Fuller, part 1: the Dymaxion Car
This is just one of the many strange inventions that Fuller imagined would improve society. Dymaxion, which is an abbreviation of dynamic maximum tension, was the name he attached to many of his inventions.
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Posted By: fyshstyxx - Fri May 15, 2009 -
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Category: Inventions, Odd Names, 1930s, Cars
Weird Cars: Steam Powered Cars
At the beginning of the 20th Century, gasoline was difficult to store safely and therefore was considered a bad choice for a motor vehicle fuel. Steam engines were a highly refined technology and widely understood by the public. Steam powered cars ran on kerosene, which does not explode when burned. The one drawback was that you had to let your car build up a head of steam for up to half an hour before you could drive it. The car pictured below is a Stanley Steamer. Stanley made cars from 1896 to 1924.
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Posted By: fyshstyxx - Wed May 13, 2009 -
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Category: Technology, Cars
Weird Cars: AMC Pacer
All the stories in the news about Detroit's car companies made me think about American Motors, makers of possibly the weirdest American cars: one of which was the Pacer.
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Posted By: fyshstyxx - Mon May 11, 2009 -
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Category: Business, Cars
Trader Thorne
Maybe the ailing car retailers of 2009 could benefit from watching this old training video. It's short, but in six parts, the subsequent five of which are after the jump.More in extended >>
Posted By: Paul - Thu Apr 02, 2009 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, 1950s, Cars
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