1947 Major Bill Hendricks, USMCR founds Toys for Tots in Los Angeles, California. 5,000 toys collected during a campaign before Christmas 1947. The first toy is a handmade doll.
1948 The United States Marine Corps adopts Toys for Tots, and expands it into a…
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Who owns the lost James Dean Porsche? By Gary Gastelu Published November 13, 2015 FoxNews.com…
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Cross Country in “The Green Hornét”
By Jacob Davis
It all started when I found out that I’d been selected as a winner of the Roadkill
Nation Challenge and would be heading out to…
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Babe Restored
By Mike Thies
While I have always celebrated cars and motorcycles of all kinds, it is natural to have favorites. I fell in love with Porsches on the Interstate years ago when I was passed by a 356 Speedster! This was a number of years before the tragic accident that took James Dean’s life in a…
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Blog on “The Battery Man” by Marilyn Pearlman
Steve Ashby, founder and co-owner of The Battery Man, loves to go to car shows, including a recent one in Biloxi, Mississippi. Twenty-five years ago, he and his partner, wife Brenda, bought the company when it was still called Jiffy Jump Atlanta and moved it from Lilburn to Marietta, Georgia. Steve and his family—including manager Steve Jr. --especially like serving the hot rod…
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The manual transmission is on the endangered species list. Every year fewer and fewer cars are offered with a clutch and a shifter. Why? Americans just don't want to be bothered with the chore of working a clutch with their left foot and shifting with their right. And sports car manufacturers are the worst offenders when it comes to quitting on the stick shift.…
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Check out my photos from Shades Of The Past Rod Run in Pigeon Forge, TN!
https://jdsmotorsports.wordpress.com/2015/09/12/shades-of-the-past-2015/
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Google comes up with some cool obscurities. This one is up my alley! :-) Check it out
http://time.com/3985080/when-was-the-first-traffic-light-installed/
Note:
"THE FIRST traffic signal was invented by J P Knight, a railway signalling engineer. It was installed…
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C&O was started about nine years about at a Panera Bread in Marietta, Ga and has outgrown a number of locations, steadily growing over the years to a new record set at Perimeter Mall in Dunwoody, GA last Sunday at an estimated 2500 vehicles! It is now owned by the third owner, Bruce Piefke, who clearly has a handle on how to make it better and better. Over the years, the numbers have intimated some of the owners of the older more classic cars, yet there still is a highly respectable…
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COFFEE BRAKE & “The Journey of Hope”
For several years, www.SouthEastWheeslsEvents.com and a mix of TWs, Georgia Street Rodders and Master Car Club members have been having a regular breakfast cruise-in called the “Coffee Brake” at the Main Street Diner in Snellville, GA. I give credit for its start to Jerry Jones, who like a couple others, is a member of all three groups. It has been remarkably consistent; sometimes larger (40+…
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This article in Road and Track celebrates a man I really enjoyed meeting in Las Vegas at the SEMA convention last year. He was easy going, open and down right chatty, not like many to of the self involved elitists that seem to set up at conventions. So many company leaders seem to put paid staff out front and keep out of the way of press and the general enthusiasts and buyers. But not Rob Dickinson! He seems to enjoy getting to know people and when they gush over his "art work"…
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Can you imagine driving a 200 Horsepower antique car at around 100 miles and hour? !!! Check out this great video from an article from Road and Track magazine!
http://www.roadandtrack.com/motorsports/videos/a26114/goodwood-1905-car-drift/
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I visited with my old friend's family last night. I have lost a good friend with Mark's passing. So has the Hobby. Here is a great eulogy written by our mutual friend Rickey Dailey.
"If you once was that kid or that young adult that got excited to pack your bags for one of the best touring car shows in the USA... You attended the Nopi Nationals Motorsports #CarShow and that event was Co-Founded by …
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This is an AWESOME video match between a Ferrari 458 Speciale and a Porsche 911 GT3, with Tiff Needell and Harris, respectively, behind the wheels! Thank you to http://www.carbuzz.com/ for such a wonderful production!…
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Hot Summer Days In The South East!
I love my cars when the tops come off, but even then I run the AC when the temps go to close to 100 or more! I have memories of cooking in my old Model A's in August. Here is a video on how important AC can be for you an your car in the Summer; but what is does not tell you is that this company "Air Cool", are experts at installing AC in your collector car or hot rod, inexpensively! And they do it without damaging your classic look!
My…
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