You Just Gotta Love It

August 8, 2011

Friday, April 29, 2011 You just gotta love it. In safe secure comfort, hurtling along the autobahn at 279 kilometers per hour, we are heading south from Munich. Both Jerry’s plan and mine arrived early, we found our luggage and each other quickly, and headed out. As the speed indicator bounced between 265 and 280 […]

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On My Way to Germany

August 5, 2011

April 26, 2011 Hi all, so begins the cross-pond slog. United Airlines into Frankfurt tomorrow midday. I got an e-mail from Dieter Landenberger this morning asking if we can change our interview plans with Wild Man Walter Rohrl (he’s the extraordinary driver you may remember from yesterday’s Day Zero blog launch?) It seems he cannot […]

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Tales From Da Early Sixties

August 5, 2011
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By Doug Marion A big part of American car culture back in the day for young and old alike was checking out the hot high performance used cars on car lots. You never hear about this today but every one of us who either had cash to burn or dreams of future ownership not only […]

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Tom Falconer Bio

August 5, 2011

Tom Falconer went to Newcastle upon Tyne in 1965 to study architecture at the University. While still a student, he bought his first Corvette, a 1966 327/350 convertible, from Eric Burdon of The Animals rock band. Tom started Claremont in 1977, buying and selling Corvettes and Corvette parts from the historic Chimney Mill Windmill in […]

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Randy Leffingwell Bio

August 5, 2011

Photographer and writer, Randy Leffingwell, has more than 30 books in print, primarily on Americana subjects. These cover interests and areas as diverse as the American barn and Harley-Davidson motorcycles, California’s wine country and John Deere farm tractors. His awareness of and attraction to cars, trucks and other moving things goes back as far as […]

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This Week At AlanColvin.com

August 5, 2011

This week I got a call and an email from a ’67 GTO owner from Ohio. Here is his email: Alan, I rebuilt my motor on my 1967 GTO.  The motor is a 400HO.  I cannot seem to keep the water temp under 210.  I have new 4 core radiator, 180 degree thermostat, fan shroud […]

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The Beginning of an Exciting New Porsche Project.

August 3, 2011

April 25, 2011 Hi all, My wife Carolyn suggested I do a blog of the trip I am about to begin. I think most of you know that several years back Dieter Landenberger, Porsche’ s head of Archives and co-director of the new museum, asked me to write their racing history for them. He reiterated […]

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Test Drive: 2012 Ferrari FF High-Performance 4-Seater with 4WD

August 3, 2011
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by Tony Whitney Recent years have seen a buzz of activity among manufacturers of upscale and exotic sports cars anxious to create models with full 4-seat capability. Typical examples have been the Porsche Panamera and the Aston Martin Rapide, both of which have four doors as well as four seats. Lamborghini tantalized car buffs a […]

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Porsche Racing History

July 28, 2011

Follow our expert, Randy Leffingwell, in his blogs on Porsche Racing History. share the love: Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Print for later Bookmark in Browser Tell a friend

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Lagasse “Split Personality” Corvette Just Keeps on Winning!

June 1, 2011

Rich & Barb Lagasse recently updated me on their incredible ’63 SWC , aptly named “Split Personality” that I featured in CF several years ago..here is the link to the CF article series on Rich & Barb’s website: http://www.richsclassiccorvettes.com/Web_Page_10_-_63_Corvette_Project.shtml Here is the latest update: Alan, We finally got a chance to get out to a […]

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