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Posted July 28 2008 10:08 PM by RCTimB
It's Sunday night and I'm emptying out my wallet after the weekend car show. It’s stuffed to overflowing. Not with money (no kidding), but with a weekend's accumulation of car show leftovers. Business cards of people I...
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Cool Is How You Use It
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Posted July 24 2008 10:42 PM by RCTimB
“What do you look for when you’re choosing which cars to photograph?”
I get that question a lot and it’s taken me 20 years to think of an answer that is accurate and short. I’m still working on it, but what I say...
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Has the price of fuel affected your hot rodding?
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Posted July 6 2008 04:31 PM by RCTimB
It’s the topic we’ve all been talking about around the shops we visit and at car shows we attend.
The price of gas.
Specifically, how through-the-ceiling gas costs have (or have not) affected our hobby. I’ve been to a...
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RM Auctions - The Joe MacPherson Collection
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Posted June 13 2008 03:15 PM by ekimball
Early this morning I had the chance to check out the Joe MacPherson Collection up for auction at Joe's Garage. The auction put on by RM Auctions will be taking place Saturday June 14th.
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Man Slowly Crushes Two Firebirds in the Name of Art
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Posted May 16 2008 11:06 AM by ekimball
Certain works of Art have always irked me, from the paint splattering of Jackson Pollock, the asinine performance art of Yoko Ono, all the way back to Marcel Duchamp's Dada "Fountain." (See picture of signed urinal) It...
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Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum News
SEMA Alert
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Posted February 12 2008 12:33 PM by R&C Kevin
In a misguided attempt to reduce motor vehicle emissions, legislation (H.B. 2855) has been introduced in the Hawaii House of Representatives by Representative Joey Manahan (repmanahan@Capitol.hawaii.gov) to establish a...
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Listen to the Legends
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Posted January 31 2008 06:38 PM by RCTimB
I’m a lucky guy. The job here at R&C has given me many chances to talk face-to-face with some of my heroes in the world of hot rodding. After all these years it’s still an amazing experience to hear what these legends...
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How R&C Picks Award Winners
New Cars Have Lots to Offer, but What's Missing?
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Posted November 7 2007 01:26 PM by RC_Staff
"Hey, lady! Nice classic!" a guy called out in the parking lot. "What year is that?"
"Thanks," I answered, kind of confused. "It's an '89."
I'm used to this kind of attention-just not when I'm in my "new" car. My "mom"...
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When is a Hot Rod No Longer A Hot Rod?
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Posted October 8 2007 10:11 PM by RC_Staff
Rodders move in different directions. That's good. That's what this hobby is all about, right? One popular direction is to load an early car (or early reproduction bodied car) with as many modern accessories as possible.
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Awesome Car Movies: Part 1
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Posted September 14 2007 03:49 PM by ekimball
From now until I can't think of anymore movie to do I will be featuring a classic "car" movie every couple of weeks. Some will be flat out car chase movies; some will be regular type movies that feature cool cars in some...
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Will the Last Hot Rodder to Leave Please Turn Off the Lights
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Posted September 7 2007 01:55 PM by RC_Staff
Hot rodders of my middle-aged generation want me to worry about the impending end of hot rodding. If we don't start getting more young people into this hobby, they keep telling me, all the rodders are going to die off and...
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50+ cars for 120k
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Posted August 20 2007 04:40 PM by ekimball
How many times have you heard the old barn find story? About the little old lady who didn't realize that she was selling pure automotive gold she had hidden in the back corner of a barn or under a pile of junk in the garage?
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