Posted by: conticreative
on Mar 20, 2009
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Last summer I began my search for what was to become a Father-Son event. Knowing that the 1957 Mercury Turnpike Cruiser was my Dad's favorite car, I began my search. After considerable searching, I found a car that
Posted by: conticreative
on Mar 20, 2009
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Not many people need to get a tow home after they buy a top-of -the-line, luxury car, but that's just what happened to Murray Edmunds of Halifax, Nova Scotia. He found and bought his 1954 Ford Crestline Skyliner in Toronto, Ontario in 1985, and had to get a friend to tow it half way across the country.
Posted by: conticreative
on Mar 20, 2009
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Perhaps $150 will pay for a new set of brake pads and installation. A pair of tires might draw that price. Depending on the car, it might be enough for a refurbished alternator. For Max Davis, $150 bought the car that got him to Bonita Springs less than four years ago. It was a white, aging Nissan that did the trick. That car and the $80 in his pocket were all he had when he arrived.
Posted by: conticreative
on Mar 20, 2009
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Midway between the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument and Phoenix, in Maricopa, Arizona is home to the world-famous Estrella Sailport for soaring, Harrah's Casino featuring more than 475 slot machines. But less well known, it is also home to Al Saffrahn's, 'Al's Hudson Company'. Al's may not be world famous in the same sense as The Sailport or Harrah's Casino, but in certain circles it is a legendary facility.
Posted by: conticreative
on Mar 19, 2009
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On a clear day in the fall of 1940, workers along the road from Tucson to Phoenix suddenly became aware of a plume of dust in the distance. There was nothing unusual about that - the road was just a trail of packed sand in those days - but this time, as the cloud came closer, its vortex approaching at a breakneck speed, the car did not slow down.
As the crew scrambled to safety, the yellow monster smashed through the barriers at the work site. Swerving wildly, the car plowed headlong into the ditch the workers had been digging,
Posted by: conticreative
on Jan 17, 2007
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