Cars
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On the Road–Interesting People
I was traveling from east Texas to Dallas after discovering that the GAF museum was no longer in existence. I wanted to stay off the Interstate so I could get a better feel for the people and the countryside. As… Continue reading
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Dick’s Classic Garage–San Marcos, TX
While it has been frustrating to discover how many of the car museums that I had researched on the Web were no longer in operation I had the help of my friend Dan to get to San Marcos and the… Continue reading
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Things on the Side of the Road – Amazing
It had been a day of frustrations yesterday after discovering some museums were no more and it looked like another one had bit the dust in Oklahoma. Townsend’s Classic & Antique Auto Museum is no more. But… As I was… Continue reading
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Museums That Aren’t–and then the Mercedes visitor’s center
I left Leeds, AL, and headed west to Tuscaloosa, AL, and the Mercedes visitors center where they have a modest museum that shows off their cars made in America. The drive wasn’t bad and my GPS took me right to… Continue reading
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On the Side of the Road
Every once in a while you come across something like this: No, its not in running condition, but somehow it just looks great. I love the lone screw holding the badge on. Yep, we’re in Texas… Continue reading
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Barber Motorsports Complex–Leeds, AL
When you think of Alabama and race cars Talladega will likely come to mind, but one of the finest tracks in the country for road racing is right there in Leeds, AL. About seven years ago I drove out here… Continue reading
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International Motorsports Hall of Fame–Talladega
Talladega Superspeedway is an incredible race track. Known as a tri-oval it is 2.66 miles long with the banking in the corners reaching 33 degrees of angle. It is also the home of the International Motorsports Hall of Fame. To… Continue reading
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First Stop in Alabama–Wellborn Musclecar Museum
I left Georgia and Old Car City with a lot of thoughts buzzing about my brain, in a couple of hours I would enter a museum that had classic muscle cars, not in a rusty patina, but most likely, in… Continue reading
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Old Car City–White, GA
Its not a museum in the traditional sense. Its not an auto salvage yard either. It is billed as the “largest old car junk yard known in the world”, and it likely is. The owner; Lewis, Walter Dean (he is… Continue reading
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On the Road–What bugs you
As I travel about the US this summer I am finding some pretty amazing car museums for sure, but there are always those things that you come across that you really didn’t expect to find or see. I was pumping… Continue reading
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