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Junkyard Find: 1948 Pontiac Hearse

As I’ve mentioned before, Colorado is a hotbed of recreational hearse activity. This means that today’s Junkyard Find— spotted at the Brain Melting Colorado Junkyard— might be able to find someone willing to brave the rust and get this super-rare hearse back among the living.

Murilee Martin Jul 15, 2012

On The Road, In 1948

We take our modern, reliable and comfortable cars (and lives) for granted. How would your teenage daughter take to spending a road trip like this? If you&rsq…

Paul Niedermeyer Oct 29, 2010

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SCE to AUX It's over, and over the last decade or so Henrik Fisker has left two eras of foolish customers driving paper weights.
Kwik_Shift_Pro4X Always a good sign. 🤕 I would like to see their pitch on Shark's Tank/Dragon's Den
Buickman I was called crazy after predicting the sale of GMAC.#canthurtme
3-On-The-Tree Another observation during my time as a firefighter EMT was that seatbelts and helmets do save lives and reduce injury. And its always the other person getting hurt.
3-On-The-Tree Jeff, Matt Posky, When my bike came out in 1999 it was the fastest production motorcycle in the world, 150 HP 197 top speed, 9.57 quarter mile Hayabusa peregrine falcon etc. This led to controversy and calls for high-speed motorcycles to be banned in order to avoid increasingly fast bikes from driving on public roads. This led to a mutual decision nicknamed the “ gentleman’s agreement” to limit bikes to 186mph, ending the production bike speed contest for all bikes 2000 and upward. Honestly once your over a buck 20 it’s all a blur. Most super cars can do over or close to 200mpg, I know at least on paper my 09 C6 corvette LS3 tops out at 190mph.

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