Hemmings Daily: Riding the dog - memories of Greyhound trips past

Can you spare a buck? the alcohol-challenged gentleman asked loudly. Where did he come from? Why didn't security stop him? Well-dressed men and women stared. I knew they wondered what I would do. Please, sir, I haven't eaten in days, the man implored. Why is this happening I asked myself, and why today in the Dallas Greyhound Bus Terminal? I had worked for months setting up the contract ceremony between my employer and the bus company. Two hundred guests watched executives on a s [View in Browser | Subscribe]( [Hemmings Daily] Sunday, January 20, 2019 [Riding the dog: Memories of Greyhound trips past]( [Riding the dog: Memories of Greyhound trips past]( Posted by Jim Van Orden - Can you spare a buck? the alcohol-challenged gentleman asked loudly. Where did he come from? Why didn't security stop him? Well-dressed men and women stared. I knew they wondered what I would do. Please, sir, I haven't eaten in days, the man implored. Why is this happening I asked myself, and why today in the Dallas Greyhound Bus Terminal? I had worked for months setting up the contract ceremony between my employer and the bus company. Two hundred guests watched executives on a s... [Read More]( [Sponsor]( [Hemmings Find of the Day - 1969 MG BGT]( [Hemmings Find of the Day - 1969 MG BGT]( Posted by Kurt Ernst - From the seller's description: 1969 MG BGT, Car was rebuilt 7 years ago and all mechanicals are new or have been gone through. Overdrive transmission was added. Original wire wheels were removed and axle changed ( original parts come with car). Has real racing Panasport wheels on car. New exhaust system. Original interior, but rear seat removed and had bolt in rollbar ( original rear seats come with car). Very strong runner and has never let me down. Stickers on car can be removed, just made to look like race car. ...[Read More]( [Four-Links - Cuban Classics, Macungie, Duesenberg V-16, NAIAS concepts]( [Four-Links - Cuban Classics, Macungie, Duesenberg V-16, NAIAS concepts]( Posted by Daniel Strohl - While pulling together information on the Plymouth that won the Autos Clasicos show in Cuba, we came across Cuban Classics, a blog that seems intent on cataloging every one of the old cars still plying the roads and streets of Cuba. * This past week capngrog on the AACA forums pointed out that if you check out the Google Maps satellite photos of Macungie's Memorial Park, you'll see a massive car show. * Duesenberg never built a V-16 road car, but the brothers did build plenty of engines for marine and ...[Read More]( [Sponsor]( [Hemmings Find of the Day - 1975 Oldsmobile Delta 88]( [Hemmings Find of the Day - 1975 Oldsmobile Delta 88]( Posted by Daniel Strohl - 455-powered 1975 Oldsmobile 88 four-door sedan for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller's description: This 1975 Olds is a true sleeper, because under the hood lies the big 455ci Oldsmobile engine, it has an upgrade to Edelbrock throttle body fuel injection and intake manifold, an Accel coil lights the fire to a Mallory distributor with the help of a MSD 6AL box, dual exhaust with performance muffler's. The yellow paint with lite brown leather grained vinyl top is very attractive. The two-tone brown interior is in...[Read More]( LAST WEEK'S MOST READ [Pair of convoys to celebrate centennial of trip that led to the Eisenhower Interstate System]( [Pair of convoys to celebrate centennial of trip that led to the Eisenhower Interstate System]( Posted by Daniel Strohl - The first Transcontinental Army Motor Transport Expedition in the summer of 1919 did make it from Washington, D.C., to San Francisco, though it arrived several days late, abandoned nine vehicles and all but one of its kitchen trailers, destroyed 88 bridges, and had more than 200 unintentional off-road incidents, all due largely to the undeveloped (or lack of) roads along the way. Still, as a then-Lt. Col. Dwight Eisenhower wrote in his report, among the people he met while participating in the expedition, "It seemed...[Read More]( LAST WEEK'S BEST DISCUSSION [Preserved 1956 Plymouth Belvedere wins Cuba's first modern concours]( [Preserved 1956 Plymouth Belvedere wins Cuba's first modern concours]( Posted by Daniel Strohl - If it takes a good amount of pluck and perseverance to keep old cars on the road in Cuba using parts adapted from trucks, tractors, and automobiles alike, then to maintain a decades-old car there in near-original condition it must require heaps of resourcefulness, something that the judges of Cuba's first Autos Clasicos concours recognized when they awarded their Grand Prize to Ramon Ventura and his 1956 Plymouth Belvedere. 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