Category Archives: cars

Electric Not The Answer

September 20, 2014 – 8:38 pm

Over one billion motor vehicles are in service around the globe. No one on the planet can recall a time without cars or trucks, although as a child I recall the ragman riding the streets of Jamaica Plain, calling out, “Bring out your rags.” I have taken rickshaws in Indonesia, Malaysia, Cambodia, and Thailand. But […]

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XKE Jaguar In Reverse

September 20, 2014 – 7:37 pm

The XKE Jaguar convertible was the epitome of 1960s British cool, but upon seeing this photo I somehow recalled two motorhead brothers in 1968 attempting to rearrange the sleek convertible’s configuration in reverse. The twins from the South Shore of Boston switched the transmission and the steering to the rear. The adults on Anderson Street […]

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Electric Zroom

September 20, 2014 – 10:43 am

This week an engineering team from Brigham Young University broke the world speed limit for an electric car in the “E1” racing class at the Bonneville Salt Flats. 200 MPH The Buckeye Bullet holds the top speed for all classes with a speed of over 300 MPH, although in the 1900s the Baker Electric Car […]

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Cool Boring Car

August 11, 2014 – 11:14 am

I took a stupid online test about ‘What Car Are You?” A Rolls-Royce Phantom. I posted the result on my young niece’s FB page and her equally young friend commented, “Totally boring.” Not the art-deco 1935 Phantom. The 120 horse-power engine powered the elegant lines of the massive Rolls-Royce. Not built for speed, but an […]

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Those Were The Days

August 3, 2014 – 12:07 am
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