CARS across Sydney are being stolen, crushed in backyard “chop-shops” and sold for scrap metal before the owners even know their car is gone, say NSW police. …
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Weird, Odd, Wonderful Cars
Once in awhile, we get these cool and slightly bizarre auto finds surfacing. The vintage vette crowd aka the C1 gang, is mooning over the recent announcement that the “Entombed Corvette” will be auctioned in January 2013. …
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1954 Entombed Corvette: Now THAT'S Patina… | phscollectorcarworld
… cars. The hobby wouldn't be as fun without an odd duck in it. Chevrolet certainly made a few weird combinations over the decades. … More interesting is when the strange car is available nationwide as a regular production option. Suppose I told you about a 396 engine available for only one … It's my bet that most of the cars were sedans and four door hardtops with the odd coupe and ragtop thrown in. Finding these will be easier in the United States than Canada … …
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The Mystery Impala Engine…Option L66 | phscollectorcarworld
The cars seen in movies and TV shows were the typical, and almost-mythical, big police cruisers and smaller, but still big by Fiat 126p standards, sports cars. … It was a lot more than a car however; it was the idea of choice, it was TV Land becoming reality, it meant, in some far-reaching but realistic way, freedom. … Headlights were changed to meet some weird Euro spec. ….. And every US BMW owner wants clear Euro lights on their car… funny how that works. … …
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