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Four-Links – Corvettes and astronauts, Italdesign’s designs, Riker resurrection, Fast Five’s Scouts

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* As the Corvette Blog and Jalopnik reported this week, Thursday was the 50th anniversary of Alan Shepard’s spaceflight. To commemorate the event, about 30 surviving astronauts will gather in Florida today for a parade, and they will be driven in at least one Corvette from each generation of the model to celebrate the long-standing […]

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Tagged Alfa Romeo Iguana, alt-power cars, astronauts, Chevrolet, Chevrolet Corvette, dream cars, show cars and prototypes, Electric cars, Fast Five, Hemmings Classic Car, Hemmings Muscle Machines, Hemmings Sports & Exotic Car, IH, IH Scout, International Harvester, International Harvester Scout, Italdesign, Italdesign Iguana, restomods, restorations, Riker, shows, exhibitions and events, station wagons, trucks and Jeeps, TV and film cars, two-tone, Wartburg, Wartburg Camping  
 

Commenter of the Week – Mike Eldred, Wartburg TV ad translator

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When I put together last weekend’s Four-Links, I wondered whether it was wise to include a German-language television ad for the Wartburg. Indeed, it was: I knew Mike Eldred had some German-language skills, but I didn’t know he was so adept at hearing the nuances of DDR Newspeak. His translation:
The Wartburg 1000.  With our special […]

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Tagged Hemmings Sports & Exotic Car, television ad, videos, vintage ads, Wartburg  
 

Four-Links – Messerschmitt racing, Fall Guy jump montage, surf guitar and Signal Hill, Wartburg TV ad

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* Messerschmitt racing. That is all. (via)

* Anybody want to explain why Bo and Luke and the General Lee get the 1980s nostalgia crowd all worked up and Colt and his GMC don’t? (via) And there does seem to be at least one Fall Guy GMC clone out there.

* Ah, Colt does get a mention […]

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Tagged Austin-Healey, Christoph Wick, Colt Seaver, Fall Guy, GMC, Hemmings Sports & Exotic Car, Messerschmitt, microcars and minicars, racing, Signal Hill, trucks and Jeeps, TV and film cars, videos, vintage ads, Wartburg  
 

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