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A visit to the Newport Car Museum in Portsmouth, Rhode Island.
This summer, on our way back home we stopped by Groton, CT, to visit with some old friends of ours. They invited us to go to a car museum in Portsmouth, RI, which was a short drive from their house.… Continue reading
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In the Spirit of Brock Yates…
There was the Cannonball Run. The rules: there are no rules. New York to Los Angeles. The US highway system has gone through great changes. Law enforcement of traffic laws has changed dramatically. The volume of automotive and truck traffic… Continue reading
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The Film That Started It All
Rendezvous “facts” – In 1976 French director Claude Lelouch mounted a 16mm color movie camera to the front bumper of a Mercedes 450 SEL 6.9 then, departing from the west side of Paris, just after dawn, Lelouch drove across the… Continue reading
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Shenandoah Valley Tour
Over the past six years or so we have continued to enjoy Classic Motorsports’ road tours. This past June we participated in another one. This one started in Roanoke, Virginia where we would have lovely hotel accommodations as well as… Continue reading
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Shenandoah Valley Tour
Day two – We were scheduled to check out the Omni Homestead Resort, but I was kept up late on an unscheduled phone call, so we decided to sleep late and then explore the Roanoke transportation museum just a couple… Continue reading
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Monaco – how we got here
Here we are, on the yacht Tenacity in the harbor in Monaco listening to the magical sound of racing engines as Formula 1 cars built prior to 1961 race around the street course of Monaco. It is the weekend of… Continue reading
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Product Stand-Outs
As we explored the many exhibits there were some that caught our eye. At the BendPak display they showed off a variety of light weight, yet strong ramps. Their design was great being exceptionally light weight, yet their capacity for… Continue reading
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Some of the Cars on display at PRI2025
PRI always has race cars for you to see. But in addition are some interesting examples out on the exhibition floor. This is a sample of vehicles that caught my eye as I went through PRI 20255. When I first… Continue reading
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Exploring the PRI aisles
Haas has a place in what is arguably the most challenging racing series in the world, Formula 1. While it has been often in the bottom ranks, this year Haas has shown itself to be the kind of team you… Continue reading
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PRI 2025 – traveling through the thousands of exhibits
With over 1.1 million square feet of exhibition space, you might think that it would be a challenge to find enough things to fill its expanse, but you would be surprised by number of businesses represented by product displays and… Continue reading
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