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Ypsilanti’s Automotive Heritage Museum
Dare you to say that three times fast. The P71 prowled around the neighborhood in Michigan until we came to the intersection where this museum sits. What a great looking place it is, too. The inside has a really nice… Continue reading
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A Visit with Ford–Dearborn, MI
The P71 purred its way north to Dearborn. I was looking forward to this opportunity to meet with an engineer or two at the Ford Product Development Center. I have been to that neighborhood as an Autoweek Fantasy Camp member… Continue reading
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Dashcams
One of the items that I added to the P71 was a dashcam so that I would have a record of what other drivers were doing in front of me. fortunately nothing all that exciting occurred, but in Russia it… Continue reading
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Who’s Driving – Revisited
Back in 2010 I wrote about the emerging capability of hackers to get control of your car. well here is a video of just what could happen given current capabilities three years later. Sure the dash was torn apart and… Continue reading
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Bowling Green– wait for it–Ohio
Yes I know all you Corvette fans will be disappointed, but I just had to visit Snook’s Dream Cars in Bowling Green, Ohio. I mean, look at this place! Its like going back in time, only better. The entry to… Continue reading
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Hey, What’s that stuff in my oil?
It was a nice clear Indiana morning as I drove toward Fort Wayne. The sun was working its way up in the east and the road was clear ahead. There was a crop duster plane doing its thing in the… Continue reading
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Indiana–Things on the side of the road
I love driving around here. The air is a lot cooler than where I’ve been previously. The countryside is full of corn and soybean fields. The trees are nice and full and green. I pass a lot of farms and… Continue reading
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Studebaker–this one’s for Karl
In South Bend, Indiana, is the museum that pays tribute to the brand of Studebaker cars. The Studebaker automobiles were around when I was a young lad. I remember them as the sponsor of a TV show called Mr. Ed. … Continue reading
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Adventures in Kokomo and Stuff on the Side of the Road
Not far south of Kokomo, IN, I drove past a building that said it was Functional Products, Inc. It gave me pause to think about how someone would choose a name for their business like that. I mean, why wouldn’t… Continue reading
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Kokomo–America’s First Car
With a Beach Boys song in my head I turned the P71 toward Indiana and the city of Kokomo. It started out rather gloomy as I drove out of Illinois. Several miles later and things started to brighten. I went … Continue reading
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