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Fran Hernandez: a life in pictures

Written by webmin

If there’s an unsung hero of American performance cars, it’s Francisco “Fran” Hernandez, the Southern California hot rodder turned factory racing facilitator. He’s known variously for being one of the contenders in the first drag race, one of the pioneers of nitromethane use in drag cars, the guy behind Mercury’s Trans-Am efforts, and one of […]

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Tagged Autolite, family albums 'n four-speeds, featured posts, ford, Ford Mustang, Ford Mustang Boss 429, Fran Hernandez, Hemmings Muscle Machines, hot rods and customs, Mercury, Mercury Cougar, personalities, racing, Rambler, SCCA Trans-Am  
 

U-R What You (dreamed that you’d) Drive

Written by webmin

While reorganizing the bookshelves at home, I pulled out an old favorite title that I hadn’t read in some years – Tom Couch’s U-R What You Drive. I got this book when it was brand new, in 1987, and although I have no memory of what else I may have received that year, this gift definitely became one of my […]

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Tagged automobilia, BMW 3-series, book, family albums 'n four-speeds, Hemmings Classic Car, Hemmings Motor News, Hemmings Sports & Exotic Car, literature, Plymouth Valiant, Tom Couch, U-R What You Drive  
 

Lost and Found: Palin’s Rambler

Written by webmin

With the release of MSNBC’s Sarah Palin retrospective, the world has one burning question: What happened to the Palin family’s 1967 Rambler? Finally, common ground for Jeep-loving Barack Obama and Rambler-posing Sarah Palin. United in a love of AMC products, our great national healing can finally begin. I propose a Kenosha Summit 2011. Palin will […]

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Tagged amc, Barack Obama, beaters and driveable dreams, celebrity-owned cars, family albums 'n four-speeds, Rambler, Sarah Palin  
 

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