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* While researching the post from earlier this week on the unearthed Tucker in Brazil, I came across this interesting bit of info: Apparently, Rob Ida – he of the Tucker replica and street-rodding fame – is working on a full-scale version of the Carioca, the project Preston Tucker was working on when he died. […]
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Tagged audi, BMW, BMW 1602, Carioca, dream cars, show cars and prototypes, four-wheel drive, Hemmings Classic Car, Hemmings Sports & Exotic Car, military vehicles, one-offs and homebuilts, Preston Tucker, road trips and cruising, Rob Ida, trucks and Jeeps, Tucker, Tucker Carioca, ugly trucks, UNIC, Volkswagen, Volkswagen Iltis, Volkswagen Type 183, Willys, Willys MB
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I first met Paul Howard in, I think, 2005, when he and a couple other hot rodders stopped by Hemmings HQ on their way back from the Rolling Bones open house to his house in Massachusetts. He noted me ogling his Model A with a flathead V-8, sitting tall, black, and fenderless, clean and straight, […]
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Tagged A-V8 Paul, Ford A-V8, Ford Model A, hot rods and customs, New England, Paul Howard, personalities
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Hmmm… the press release we received this week from (German-owned) British luxury carmaker Bentley was very intriguing, but unfortunately, left us with as many questions as answers. According to the release, four-time World Rally champion Juha Kankkunen of Finland piloted a Bentley Continental Supersports convertible to a record setting 205.48 MPH — while driving on […]
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Tagged Baltic Sea, Bentley, Bentley Continental, Finland, Hemmings Daily, Hemmings Sports & Exotic Car, ice racing, Juha Kankkunen, racing
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