Hemmings Daily: How to turn a dead Citroen into a community-building exercise

Forget baking them cookies or letting them borrow your lawnmower, the best way to get to know your neighbors is by parking an old car out front for a few days, as Tim Pitt of Motoring Research recently found out when a Citroen ID he'd borrowed for a road test broke down and gave him a chance to bond with his neighbors. * Another voice to add to our ongoing documentation of current-day Cuba's old car scene: Desmond Boylan's profile of a Cuban named Fidel (not that Fidel) and his 1952 Chevrolet named Miss Green [View in Browser | Subscribe] [Hemmings Daily] Sunday, October 16, 2016 [Four-Links - dead Citroen block party, Fidel and Miss Green, Checker Model C, how Detroit became Detroit] [Four-Links - dead Citroen block party, Fidel and Miss Green, Checker Model C, how Detroit became Detroit] Posted by Daniel Strohl - Forget baking them cookies or letting them borrow your lawnmower, the best way to get to know your neighbors is by parking an old car out front for a few days, as Tim Pitt of Motoring Research recently found out when a Citroen ID he'd borrowed for a road test broke down and gave him a chance to bond with his neighbors. * Another voice to add to our ongoing documentation of current-day Cuba's old car scene: Desmond Boylan's profile of a Cuban named Fidel (not that Fidel) and his 1952 Chevrolet named Miss Green... 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After his death in 1986, his widow stored it (under a blanket) in her garage where it slept until rudely awakened in 1998 when a heavy snowstorm collapsed the garage roof resulting in damage to the car's windshield. ...[Read More] [Hemmings Sunday Cinema - Ettore Bugatti, Hannah's Bug, Curse of the Pink Panther] [Hemmings Sunday Cinema - Ettore Bugatti, Hannah's Bug, Curse of the Pink Panther] Posted by Daniel Strohl - Like Enzo Ferrari, Ettore Bugatti is one of the most revered European auto builders whose cars only barely eclipsed the story of his life, as told in this short video biography that Mac's Motor City Garage recently posted. * Hannah has plans to get her Volkswagen running and restored in time for her 16th birthday, and she's documenting the whole process in a YouTube video diary, starting with the above introduction. * Not sure if it's funny, but a natural follow on last week's car chase video is the one from t...[Read More] [Sponsor] [Hemmings Find of the Day - 1949 Plymouth Special Deluxe sedan] [Hemmings Find of the Day - 1949 Plymouth Special Deluxe sedan] Posted by Kurt Ernst - From the seller's description: 1949 Plymouth Special Deluxe 4 door sedan; Rust-free body, frame and chrome; Older restoration (circa 1980); 217 cubic inch flathead inline 6 cylinder motor with excellent compression and oil pressure, does not burn or leak oil, does not overheat, no exhaust leaks; Factory 4.10 'hill climber' gears; 3 speed manual transmission - 'three on the tree'; Brakes, master, wheel cylinders, and lines recently rebuilt and/or replaced; Black exterior; Taupe interior; Trophy winner - Best in Show...[Read More] LAST WEEK'S MOST READ [Once bricked in at a Mexican airport, Duesenberg Model J tops RM Sotheby's Hershey sale] [Once bricked in at a Mexican airport, Duesenberg Model J tops RM Sotheby's Hershey sale] Posted by Kurt Ernst - 1930 Duesenberg Model J Murphy dual-cowl phaeton. Photos by Darin Schnabel, courtesy RM Sotheby's, unless otherwise noted. Most Duesenberg automobiles have led interesting lives, and J-347, a 1930 Model J wearing a dual cowl phaeton body by the Walter M. Murphy Company, is no exception to this rule. Sold new to "The Mayonnaise King," John F. Howard, J-347 spent the first three decades of its life south of the border, where Duesenberg historian Raymond Wolff found the car, walled in by bricks, at the Mexico City A...[Read More] LAST WEEK'S BEST DISCUSSION [Relive the 1960s with a pair of custom Mustang convertibles built for Sonny & Cher] [Relive the 1960s with a pair of custom Mustang convertibles built for Sonny & Cher] Posted by Kurt Ernst - The Sonny Bono (L) and Cher Mustangs. Photos courtesy Barrett-Jackson. Following the remarkable success of their debut album, Sonny & Cher were bona fide stars by late 1965. Looking to capitalize on their connection with youthful consumers, Ford pulled a pair of 1966 Mustang convertibles from the San Jose assembly line and shipped them to George Barris for conversion into the "Sonny Bono Mustang" and the "Cher Mustang." 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