Image via Google Street View. Kristi Schwartzly still recalls the morning she came to work at the R.E. Olds Transportation Museum to find that a roof leak had flooded the executive director's office. Nothing in the museum's collections got soaked, but the incident may very well not have happened if the museum owned the building, something the city may soon arrange for the museum. "It is a setback to us that the city owns the building," she said. However, as the Lansing State Journal reported last week, Lans
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Posted by Daniel Strohl - Image via Google Street View. Kristi Schwartzly still recalls the morning she came to work at the R.E. Olds Transportation Museum to find that a roof leak had flooded the executive director's office. Nothing in the museum's collections got soaked, but the incident may very well not have happened if the museum owned the building, something the city may soon arrange for the museum. "It is a setback to us that the city owns the building," she said. However, as the Lansing State Journal reported last week, Lans... [Read More](
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[Hemmings Find of the Day - 1971 Datsun 240Z]( Posted by Kurt Ernst - Lightly restomodded 1971 Datsun 240Z for sale. From the seller's description: late series 1 car. 240 twin carb head, 280Z block, 280ZX 5 speed trans, TBC Motorsports ceramic header, 3 core Koyo alum radiator. Panasport 8 spoke wheels. No rust top or bottom. Great paint, excellent interior. Heater bypassed, but all there. Rebuilt R180 differential. Addco 1 1/8" frt sway bar, 7/8" Suspension Technologies rear sway bar, Eibach struts and springs. Repainted original 907 Dark Green. Original snorkel air box, radio and o...[Read More](
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[Simeone Museum to host ]( Posted by Kurt Ernst - The Shelby-built Trans-Am Mustang of John McComb, which sold for $400,000 in January 2013. Photo courtesy Mecum Auctions. Chuck Cantwell is no stranger to fans of early Shelby Mustangs. As project engineer for the GT350 and its track-centric variant, the GT350R, Cantwell supervised the conversion of Ford's youth-oriented sporty car into a legitimate contender in SCCA competition, then backed this up by creating a notchback variant legal for the popular Trans-Am series. On November 12, Cantwell and co-author Greg ...[Read More](
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[Viva el Vocho!]( Posted by Terry Shea - All photos by the author. In Mexico, the people consider the venerable Beetle a Mexican car. Oh, sure, they know it's a German car. They get that. But the VW Type 1 sedan, or Vocho, as its affectionately known there, has well embedded itself into the fabric of Mexican society over many decades. From learning to drive to first family cars to a fleet of taxis in the nation's capital that was unrivaled in size the world over, the simple, reliable, and durable Volkswagen Bug played a critical role in the moderni...[Read More](
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[Anywhere, USA, 1963]( Posted by Daniel Strohl - Date: circa 1963 Location: unknown Source: Jim and Chester's Garage What do you see here?...[Read More](
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