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* We were saddened to hear this week about the passing of Leighton Irwin, a pioneer of Canadian motorsport and contributor over on the Garage Blog. Gary at the Garage Blog has an excellent photo gallery and remembrance of Leighton. * Johnny tipped us off to this one: Apparently, there’s some sort of French subculture […]
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Tagged alt-power cars, Australian cars, Bienville Studios, Canadian cars, Citroen, compressed natural gas, Electric cars, ford, Ford Prefect, Hemmings Sports & Exotic Car, Leighton Irwin, Magnolia Special, mini-semi, Monte Carlo Rally, motorhomes, museums and collections, one-offs and homebuilts, personalities, Rallye Monte Carlo, six-wheelers, vintage Canadian racing, vintage racing
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Tagged alt-power cars, Australian cars, Bienville Studios, Canadian cars, Citroen, compressed natural gas, Electric cars, ford, Ford Prefect, Hemmings Sports & Exotic Car, Leighton Irwin, Magnolia Special, mini-semi, Monte Carlo Rally, motorhomes, museums and collections, one-offs and homebuilts, personalities, Rallye Monte Carlo, six-wheelers, vintage Canadian racing, vintage racing
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In the year and a half since we first got a glimpse of the Pinto Air Freight Crosley mini-semi (if “semi” is the prefix for half, then would this be a quarter-truck?), we’ve learned that it was built in the 1950s by John Giordano Sr. and Biagio R. Pinto; that it resided in a junkyard […]