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The Amador Garage, located in Dublin, California is one of two 1920s filling stations featured today. The City is located about twenty-five miles southeast of Oakland in the East Bay region and just north of Pleasanton. At the time this postcard image was taken it was a rural community; the town was founded by Irish immigrants in…
Hollywood’s roots go all the way back to about 1850, and by the 1870s the settlement had become a working agricultural center. In 1903 it officially became a town and later in 1910 a part of the City of Los Angeles. Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street became well-known in the twenties due to a large number of…
Reader and contributor Clayton Paddison of Vancouver, Washington has possibly been one of the best ambassadors of the Model “T” Ford and the speed equipment built for it in the past. He accomplished this feat a few weeks ago by getting himself and the car he put together filmed for a feature video on “Jay Leno’s Garage”….
Updated – Andre Dubonnet was a French Military pilot, racing driver and inventor, who designed the Dubonnet independent suspension. His father Joseph Dubonnet was the founder of the Dubonnet wine-based aperitif beverage company, which allowed Andre the funding to work on his inventions and automobiles. In conjunction with engineer Antoine-Marie Chedru, he developed and patented a…
This 1936 Chevrolet film demonstrates and praises the “Knee-Action” type of independent front suspension developed by Andre DuBonnet and shown in the lead image; it was offered on some 1934-’38 models. While it was an advanced system, in use it required considerable maintenance and repair – overall it was not a success, probably due to the automaker rushing…
Number sixty-five of the “Kodachrome Image Series” begins this week with a colorful vintage sixties image that was posted to trick your mind and help you cool down in this summer’s heat. New England, where “The Old Motor” is located is in the middle of a heat wave this week, but not as hot as some…
Since the last report on the 1968 Volvo 122s a few weeks ago, there has not been any spare time to do much to it other than to make some brake adjustments and get it registered. With any mechanical rebuild or restoration parts need to be located and purchased and with the use of the internet,…
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