Cars
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Autoweek Fantasy Camp–My view
First let me make this clear that these opinions are mine. I am speaking for Jim’s Garage, not Autoweek. In a future issue Autoweek will compile all the Campers’ input and produce a consensus for you to critique. My first… Continue reading
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Autoweek Fantasy Camp–2012 on the track
From my entry on what we did Friday you can see that Autoweek and ZF don’t let grass grow under our racing shoes. Speaking of shoes, a box of new Alpine Stars racing shoes were handed to us upon check-in… Continue reading
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Autoweek Fantasy Camp–from the beginning
We will climb into Mr. Peabody’s WABAC machine and return to Friday, May 18, the day before all of our track time. Friday is actually quite a full day. We campers came down for a wonderful Dearborn Inn breakfast and… Continue reading
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Autoweek Fantasy Camp 2012–A long day with too much fun
The smell of exhausted brakes permeates the air here at Ford’s Dearborn Development Center. Nineteen very happy campers have spent a day living the dream of car testing and evaluation. In the morning we drove ten different sedans on a… Continue reading
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Autoweek Fantasy Camp–Getting there…
I left NC yesterday and traveled through that state as well as Virginia and West Virginia until I reached a place in the highway that had traffic stopped. I was able to converse with a guy in a work van… Continue reading
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Autoweek Fantasy Camp–The road trip ahead…
I am busy getting the house in order and doing my preliminary packing of luggage as I prepare for tomorrow’s road trip to Dearborn, MI. While I often do these kinds of road adventures in a single day of driving… Continue reading
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Carrol Shelby–The legend is gone
There was a time when putting a V8 in a small roadster was a trend. There was the Sunbeam Tiger, and the Griffith. None captured the senses quite like the Shelby Cobra. I remember seeing, feeling, hearing my first one… Continue reading
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E3 Spark Plugs–Not such a good idea
So I was in one of my favorite auto parts stores and looking for spark plugs for my Toyota pickup truck. It’s a 1992 red mini-pickup with the 22RE 2.4 liter, four cylinder engine. They guy at the counter asks… Continue reading
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