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  Grafton Street

  Grafton Street in Dublin, long before pedestrianisation was even a twinkle in Dublin Corporation's eye. Check out the tags for the car registrations that are clear enough to read - the only one I'm unsure of is either...

  Photo by National Library of Ireland on The Commons on Flickr

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  Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center: Photomontage of main entrance view, including P-40 Warhawk & F-4 Corsair up front, SR-71 Background below in the near distance, and the Space Shuttle Enterprise beyond

  Blogged on ? HoloChromaCinePhotoRamaScope? as: Bye bye, Miss American Pie. • • • • • Quoting Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum | Curtiss P-40E Warhawk (Kittyhawk IA): Whether known as the Warhawk,...

  Photo by Chris Devers on Flickr

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  Oh the joys of the open road!

  Timeline of motoring history 1940 - 2008 1940 Car production in Britain is put on hold as most factories go over to munitions production. The German Luftwaffe destroys the centre of Coventry. Oldsmobile and...

  Photo by brizzle born and bred on Flickr

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  Morgan +4

  Av. de Roma, Lisbon, Portugal in Wikipedia 1952 "flat radiator" Morgan +4 1963 Morgan +4 The Morgan +4 was introduced in 1950 as a larger-engined ("plus") car than the 4–4. The +4 used the 2088...

  Photo by pedrosimoes7 on Flickr

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  SLOW RIDE

  History[edit] From Queensland, Australia c. 1900, horse-drawn carriage built by A. E. E Roberts Carriage Works Horse-drawn hearse, made at the Maine State Penitentiary in 1895, and used until the 1930s;...

  Photo by cdn.slacker on Flickr

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  Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center: main hall panorama (SR-71, Space Shuttle, F-4 Corsair, et al)

  Quoting Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum | Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird: No reconnaissance aircraft in history has operated globally in more hostile airspace or with such complete impunity than the SR-71, the...

  Photo by Chris Devers on Flickr

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  Canada Army Run 2010: local results and photos (part B)

  For the half-marathon (21.1 km) results and photos...here are the local (Ottawa & area) participants -- sorted by cities and first name -- in the September 19, 2010, Canada Army Run held in Ottawa, Ontario....

  Photo by ianhun2009 on Flickr

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  Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center: Space Shuttle Enterprise (view of main engines from starboard side)

  See more photos of this, and the Wikipedia article. Details, quoting from Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum | Space Shuttle Enterprise: Manufacturer: Rockwell International Corporation Country of Origin:...

  Photo by Chris Devers on Flickr

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  Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center: map of the museum

  This is the on-site version of the facility map, also available (and probably more useful to you, reader) as this PDF document: Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center: Boeing Aviation Hangar & James S McDonnell Space Hangar.

  Photo by Chris Devers on Flickr

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  The Internet of Cars: Automotive Social Media

  08/21/15, via Automobile

  I'm here to talk about dreaming of cars you might buy, but the knowledge of being able to find parts makes the hunt so much broader, the dream so much more vivid. One Facebook friend who posts frequently on the British Saloon Car Club of Popular

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  Jane Fishman: Truck of Savannah farmer, veteran drawing crowds

  08/15/15, via Savannah Morning News

  Still, I doubt Vince Pinault was ready for Robert Johnson the day the Promised Land collards guy drove in with his 1952 three-on-the-floor Ford truck. There was no problem with the Instead of bringing a team of mules to move in circles and extract

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  Heavy rain swells streams, destroys bridges | Old Ink (photos)

  08/10/15, via NJ.com

  1 to raise the final $200,000 needed to guarantee groundbreaking at the site next year and to assure the opening of the hospital doors in 1952. A man described as The storm of last Wednesday was accompanied by a heavy wind in some parts of the

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  Some Colonel Sanders fans find new KFC ads distasteful

  05/28/15, via USA TODAY

  Fifty-one years after Brown scribbled a two-page contract on a yellow legal pad to buy the Colonel's recipe, likeness and rights to take Kentucky Fried Chicken from a menu item at 600 independent restaurants around the U.S. and turn it into the nation

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  Classic Cars Collection Overrun with Weeds and Tourists

  07/17/15, via NBCNews.com

  His parents started the business in 1931 as a general store that also sold auto parts. Lewis grew the Rockey Bryson looks at a 1946 Ford truck used in the movie "Murder in Coweta County" starring Johnny Cash and Andy Griffith. “There's a lot of

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  Mary Chris Skeldon (1952-2015): Ford, Finkbeiner spokesman aided area's cancer ...

  05/25/15, via Toledo Blade

  Mrs. Skeldon, who lived on Carskaddon Avenue, died at Hospice of Northwest Ohio from a recurrence of breast cancer that had metastasized into other parts of her body, her family said. The funeral is 1 p.m. Thursday in Gesu Church. The family

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  Grand Prix: Rain leads to accidents, flying parts at Belle Isle

  05/30/15, via Detroit Free Press

  Dane Cameron and Eric Curran went on to win the race, but heavy rain made the track treacherous in the closing stages of the race, which saw plenty of accidents and flying parts from cars scattered across the track. Just before the race finished, one

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  Vintage, Classic & Custom Trucks Classic Truck Customization Vintage ...
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  1952 Ford F1 - Image 1 of 22
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  1952 ford f1 pick up truck very clean inside and
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  1952 ford f1 pickup 1
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  1952 Ford F 1 Front Three Quarter
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  Photo of a 1952 Ford F1 Pickup Standand (Rusty)
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  1952 Ford F-1 - Moonshiner
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The Internet of Cars: Automotive Social Media - Automobile

It used to be that if you as an obsessive car fan were unable to squeeze enough existential meaning out of the monthly car magazines you read, you were reduced to satisfying your insatiable car lust—a shame that should not have been named but... Perhaps when you weren’t boring friends, relations, and total strangers with your findings, you reread back numbers of Hemmings Motor News to see what tasty motoring morsels were out there in classified ad land. These were cars you might buy or more accurately dream about buying. And you can still talk to yourself about cars while talking to others who don’t care about cars … about cars. But to be fair these are essentially interior monologues, which is to say they are inferior monologues, isolating and lonely, unrequited expressions of fantasy that mostly percolate in your own head before limply fizzling, only to be recycled at a... If the online world hasn’t already become a central component of your car addiction, you’re clearly not trying hard enough. —truth is the thing Al Gore invented makes it easier to be a car bore today than it ever was. Source: www.automobilemag.com

Heavy rain swells streams, destroys bridges | Old Ink (photos) - NJ.com

One of the heaviest rainfalls ever known came within the space of two hours, every stream northwest of Somerville for 20 miles spread far beyond its channels, and 16 bridges in Cokesbury-Mountainville area were entirely destroyed costing $100 to... The storm came into Clinton like a tidal wave -- the lower part of Main and Leigh streets and all adjacent property submerged, and plank sidewalks, fences and outhouses swept away. Roosevelt in consenting to be the working end of the Republican ticket may find his real character brought to the front, his tax dodging, his war record in the famous charge up San Juan Hill. Roosevelt was not even present and didn't arrive till after San Juan was taken. Midst a chorus of ``Oohs'', and ``Aahs'' and whistles, Miss Prunrose Tereshko, 17-year-old beauty from 88 North Union Street, was officially crowned ``Miss Liberty'' of the Lambertville Liberty Festival yesterday afternoon on the Lambertville... Hunterdon County's 1950 Swimming Program, under the auspices of the American Red Cross, rolled up the impressive figure of 5,710 individual swimming lessons given during its 6-week period. Source: www.nj.com

Classic Cars Collection Overrun with Weeds and Tourists - NBCNews.com

Owner Walter Dean Lewis walks past a 1950s school bus. His parents started the business in 1931 as a general store that also sold auto parts. Lewis grew the collection, which had just 40 cars in the '70s, over time. I saved them when other people were crushing them," said Lewis. It was then he realized the potential for profit as a museum, not just selling parts. Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• A 1952 Ford F-1 & Pro Touring Chevy Truck - Radical Renderings

  05/17/15, via Truck Trend Magazine Online

  This ’52 Ford F-1 pickup is being built by B Rod or Custom out of Knoxville, Tennessee, and will have a Chris Alston chassis, Varishock coilovers, Wilwood brakes front and rear, a 9–inch rear with a 32-spline, a Ford 4.6L three-valve with a hot cam ...

• A 1952 Ford Resto On The Outside; A High-Performance Custom On The Inside

  04/27/15, via HOT ROD

  Deciding to keep the stock trim didn’t make the project easier, since 1952 parts are tough to find ... Now that the car is done, work has begun on a companion vehicle—a 1952 Ford F-1 pickup with a Boss 302 engine. We forgot to ask him the paint ...

• 1952 Ford F-1 - Boyhood Dream

  10/17/13, via HOT ROD

  Fast forward 15 years and Chris continues, “After building several other trucks I mentioned to my dad I’d like to build an F-1 like the old truck in ... keeping the suspension all in the Ford family. Power for the 1952 comes in the form of a 390 ...

• Toyota F1 team selling genuine parts from its Grand Prix cars online

  05/27/09, via Motor Authority

  There's no word on this being a pre-liquidation sale as rumors of Toyota's exit from F1 have been flying about the paddock, despite official denials, but it's certainly out of the ordinary, whatever the reason behind it. The parts are only available while ...

• Custom 1952 Ford Pickup Truck - Orange Whip

  08/31/06, via Truck Trend Magazine Online

  The only parts that were not scrapped were the cab and the frame ... and on May 21, walked away with the F-1 Truck of the Year at the F-100 Super Nationals. The funny part about this truck is that Dennis was only building it to be a daily driver.