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Ed Sunkin
editor of Underhood Service and Tomorrow’s Technician, is an aftermarket industry veteran of nearly 15 years.
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3/11/2011
Classic Car Enthusiast Darwin E. Clark Receives Prestigious Lee Iacocca Award
Hershey, PA — Darwin E. Clark, president of the Antique Automobile Club of America (AACA) Museum Board of Directors is one of the newest recipients of the prestigious Lee Iacocca Award.
The Lee Iacocca award recognizes clas.....
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3/10/2011
Road Trip: Gilmore Car Museum Embarks on Major Expansion
Hickory Corners, MI —
The state of Michigan has been known as the home of the auto industry — despite the recent economic downturn — for more than 100 years and is currently undergoing a renewal.
Like the innovators and the e...
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2/22/2011
Experian Automotive Launches a Social Media Website for Your Vehicles
If it's true that the car you drive (or owned) says a lot about you, I may be in some trouble.
I've owned some doozies. But, for many of you, using this new site may be a chance to reconnect with some of your "old loves" — ...
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1/10/2011
Tomorrow's Technician School of the Year Contest Receives Record Nominations
As the second step in the 2011 Tomorrow’s Technician School of the Year gets underway, I have to say we are pleased with the results so far.
At the end of December, the nomination deadline for the contest, sponsored by WIX Filters...
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11/30/2010
Winners of the 15th Annual Urban Wheel Awards are Announced
The Emerging Diversity Education Fund (EDEF) and Decisive Media announced today the winners of its Urban Vehicle of the Year awards to be presented during the 15th Annual Urban Wheel Awards on Jan. 9, 2011 at the Sound Board inside the MotorCity Ca...
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11/30/2010
Quite a Find — The 2011 Broken Down Heroes Calendar
The second edition of the calendar Broken Down Heros, a collection of photographs of old, abandoned vehicles, is again available from Ohio photojournalist Bob Christy.
The 2011 calendar — with all new (or I guess old) images — also ...
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11/30/2010
Are You a Can Man?
To celebrate over seven decades of supplying quality car care products to driver’s around the world, JUSTICE BROTHERS has released these Fifties style “Retro Can Man” T-shirts.
The vintage looking label is based on ...
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11/10/2010
Book Report — Glenn Pray, The Untold Stories
Glenn Pray, The Untold Stories is a fascinating and inspirational look at the life of an automotive industry icon who became known in automotive circles as “The King of Trade” — the world’s foremost authority on trading.
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10/20/2010
Cherry Bomb to Unveil the Disturbing the Peace 1968 Project Camaro at SEMA
Cherry Bomb owner Paul Banks teamed with Year One early this year to recreate his own version of the 1968 Camaro, one of the cars largely responsible for the early success of the Cherry Bomb Glasspack brand.
It blends today's radical technolo...
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9/28/2010
Book Report — The Corvette in the Barn
‘The Corvette in the Barn’
More Great Stories of Automotive Archaeology
Everyone secretly dreams of finding that Corvette in an abandoned shed … or a Ferrari in a cornfield … or an Alfa Romeo in a barn.
With th...
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9/17/2010
Automotive X PRIZE Winners Announced
WASHINGTON – The X PRIZE Foundation, an educational nonprofit prize organization, and Progressive Insurance, the country’s fourth largest auto insurance group, awarded $10 million to three teams that successfully completed the rig...
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9/14/2010
NASCAR: Life in the Pits
(This is the first in a series of four stories about how the pit stop has evolved in stock car racing over the past 60 years. Presented by TUMS, the number one antacid in America, award-winning motorsports writer Ben White chronicles the chan...
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8/31/2010
Italy's Fiat to Return to the U.S. after 30 Year Absence
Auburn Hills, MI — Chrysler Group LLC Monday, Aug. 30 hosted about 400 Chrysler Group dealers to outline the requirements to become a Fiat dealer in the United States.
The dealers met with the Chrysler Group team responsible for esta...
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8/26/2010
Book Report — Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman
For all his fame as one of Hollywood’s great actors, a world-class humanitarian, and the proprietor of a natural food empire, the late Paul Newman had another intriguing facet that was less known and perhaps closer to his heart than all the re...
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8/19/2010
Hollywood Hot Rods Debuts Raybestos® ’32 Roadster Pickup
Irwindale, CA — It was an eagerly anticipated day, as Troy Ladd and his Hollywood Hot Rods crew rolled the just-completed, bright red Raybestos ’32 Roadster Pickup off the trailer Monday morning at southern Californiaȁ...
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8/3/2010
President Obama 'Drives' Chevrolet Volt Electric Car
Hamtramck, MI – Sitting U.S. Presidents are pretty much that — sitting.
Chauffeured nearly everywhere, they do not get the opportunity to walk around much out in public, or for that matter, drive.
So it was both spontaneous and ...
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7/29/2010
Tornado-Tough Storm Chasing Truck Hits the Roads - and Fields
To travel through 100 mph winds and softball-size hail, tornado chaser Tim Samaras, star of the hit television show "Storm Chasers" on Discovery Channel, needed a dependable truck he could drive into the eye of the storm.
So he ...
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7/14/2010
Gentlemen, and Ladies, Build Your Engines........
For enthusiasts who want to be personally involved in creating their Corvette, Chevrolet’s new Corvette Engine Build Experience allows them to literally build the engine for their new car.
In what is believed to be the world’s most...
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7/13/2010
Book Report — Snake vs. Mongoose: How a Rivalry Changed Drag Racing Forever
Time for our latest installment of Book Report, where I, like the great Oprah, recommend to you some of the best books out there for your summer reading enjoyment.
If you want a great read while relaxing in your favorite chair that details som...
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7/8/2010
Renault Exudes Passion for it Electric Concept — The DeZir
Renault has provided a preview glimpse of its new concept car, DeZir, ahead of this year's Paris Motor Show to be held in October. DeZir stands out as an illustration of the brand's commitment to more emotional styling.
DeZir's sensuous lines ...
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7/7/2010
Road Trip — Annual Woodward Dream Cruise Celebrates our Car Culture
Street Show
One of the best places to see some of the best strip/street vehicles is Michigan’s annual Woodward Dream Cruise (WDC) — the world’s largest one-day celebration of classic car culture that attracts more than 1 million...
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7/1/2010
Now Arriving — The "Flying Car"
Growing up in the 1970s, I was always amazed at the flying cars that graced the covers of my dad's Popular Science and Popular Mechanics magazines. Back then, we were told, we would have people vacationing on the moon, living self-sufficient ...
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6/30/2010
Book Report — Weekend Projects for Your Mustang 2005-Today
The Ford Mustang is the most popular American performance car of all time, and it's supported by a huge aftermarket devoted to increasing its performance and improving its looks.
Yet, with all the performance parts available to the enthusiast...
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6/25/2010
Will this be Jeff Gordon's First "Win" of 2010?
Calistoga, CA — (June 25, 2010) — Jeff Gordon released the first of four 2007 varietals of his wine last week to bear the name of his daughter, Ella Sofia. The debut of Jeff Gordon Collection 2007 Ella Sofia Carneros Chardonnay coincided ...
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6/23/2010
Shops Can Expect to Get a Bit Busier this Week
AAA projects the number of Americans traveling this Fourth of July holiday weekend will increase 17.1% from 2009, with approximately 34.9 million travelers taking a trip at least 50 miles away from home.
Last year, 29.8 million Americans trav...
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