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Finnish Line: On hand-me-downs
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You may find yourself behind the wheel of a free automobile. And you may ask yourself “How did I get here?” Hand-me-down cars are probably not a strange concept to Hooniverse writers or readers. Even though there’s certainly pride to be had in paying for a car with your own hard-earned money, there’s often a…
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Weekend Edition: Hot August Nights – The Gassers
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I am the first to admit that I don’t know much about vintage drag racing, but there is just something about an old Gasser that makes me happy inside. There were a bunch of gassers hanging around, so here is a masterpost including all of my photos of gassers. They all go lumpy lumpy lumpy…
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Weekend Edition: Hot August Nights – The Mercuik
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Walk around the back of this 1951 Mercury custom, and you’d never guess anything was out of the ordinary. There are plenty of old Mercs turned into hot rod low-and-slow type cruisers. It’s got loud paint and lake pipes, tucked and chopped and channeled everything else. However, when you move around to the front of…
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Weekend Edition: Hot August Nights – Jeep Fleetvan Milk Truck?
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With some minimal research it would appear that this is what is known as a Jeep FJ-3 delivery van. They were built in the early-to-mid 1960s, though not in notable quantities. This is the first one I’ve ever seen, and frankly had never heard of them. This leads event the most avid Jeep historians to…
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Weekend Edition: Hot August Nights – The Atlantis
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Our third stop of the night was at the Atlantis Casino parking lot. This was the largest of the three stops we made, perhaps 700 cars or so were in attendance. There were a few interesting bits in this lot. Not a lot of variety, but if its old and has a V8, chances are…
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Weekend Edition: Hot August Nights – The Peppermill
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Stop #2 was the Peppermill casino parking lot. This was one of the “officially sanctioned” stops, so there were a few hundred cars on display at this show. I didn’t bother going to the biggest show at the Grand Sierra, because it was a madhouse, and I didn’t go downtown, because that’s always a mess.…
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Weekend Edition: Hot August Nights – Mopars At The A&W
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This week in Reno is a massive vintage hot-rod show called “Hot August Nights” that involves nightly car shows at all of the major casinos and most of the local restaurants. Everywhere you look all week there has been vintage rods of all kinds scooting around, and Friday night I decided to finally venture out…
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Centro Storico Fiat Weekend Edition: 1983 Fiat Regata promo
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[youtube width=”720″ height=”480″]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrEWSz7KR4A[/youtube] The Fiat Regata was the ’80s saloon version of the Ritmo/Strada, with a slightly boxier outlook and a big trunk. The build quality is well described in this clip, with parts seemingly coming from nowhere and the driver looking very excited to see what falls out of the sky next, like doors…
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Centro Storico Fiat Weekend Edition: Winning with Lancia 037 & LC2
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[youtube width=”720″ height=”480″]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAOyWHq2ts0[/youtube] One of the nicest things about the 30-year-old Fiat-produced promotional videos is the combination of Italo Disco music with grainy film footage. This 20-minute documentary is dedicated to both the rally weapon Lancia 037 and the asphalt track Group C car LC2. Both wear characteristic Martini Racing colours, and the opening shots…
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Centro Storico Fiat Weekend Edition: 1981 Fiat Ritmo promo
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[youtube width=”720″ height=”480″]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dm3xjZbOSgU[/youtube] The Centro Storico Fiat is a wonderful thing: it’s the automaker’s historic library, and they have a pretty great YouTube account that uploads old promotional videos and footage. It’s mostly all in Italian, but that is barely a hindrance, when the picture material is this good. The first video to go is…
