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From the Hemmings Nation Flickr Pool – a trip in a Bombardier

Written by webmin

With all the heat waves cascading over the country, a Bombardier B12 trip to the snow fields of Jasper, Alberta, such as the one illustrated on our Hemmings Nation Flickr pool by member Flat-Black 66, would be welcome to many of our readers right about now. Looks like fun, even if you get stuck in […]

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Tagged Bombardier, Bombardier B12, Hemmings Nation Flickr pool, Jasper Alberta, pink, road trips and cruising, snow fields, snowmobiles, tracked vehicles  
 

Four-Links – RIP Bill Tritt, traffic signals galore, Martians on Vespas, Pontiac Phantom

Written by webmin

* News came to us through our friend Geoff Hacker that fiberglass pioneer Bill Tritt died last week at age 93. * After this week’s post on the Iowa Highway System, circa 1960, we came across Caution Optional, Ed T.’s blog on traffic signals and the enthusiasts who collect them. * Martians on Vespas? Will […]

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Tagged automobilia, Bill Mitchell, Bill Tritt, dream cars, show cars and prototypes, Ford Model T, Forgotten Fiberglass, Glasspar, Hemmings Sports & Exotic Car, ice autos, motorcycles and scooters, one-offs and homebuilts, personalities, Pontiac, Pontiac Phantom, road trips and cruising, snowmobiles, traffic signals, Vespa  
 

Big Bertha’s predecessor, the first car in Antarctica

Written by webmin

While researching the Poulter-designed Snow Cruiser over the last couple of weeks, I came across mention of another car that would be worth posting this chilly chilly morning (-18 degrees Fahrenheit on my way into work this morning!). Polar explorer Ernest Shackleton – he of the ill-fated Endurance expedition – had in 1907 set sail […]

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Tagged Antarctica, Arrol-Johnston, Bernard Day, Ernest Shackleton, Hemmings Sports & Exotic Car, Nimrod expedition, one-offs and homebuilts, publicity stunts, Sir William Beardmore, snowmobiles  
 

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