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East meets West in The Garage

May 16, 2009

After 42 years, I have finally made my way to California! It was a stupidly quick work trip, with me on the ground for just 27 hours. Fortunately, I had a few hours of down time to hook up with our west coast members of The Garage.
After 2 years working together online, it was really [...]

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The West Coast Crew gets flamed on the way to Fast & Furious screening

March 31, 2009

Our men on the West Coast are headed to an advance screening of the new Fast & Furious flick tonight except that they already went last night. Of course there was nobody at the theater that night because they were a day early. Its a good thing they were premature, because one of the highways [...]

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Win tickets to see Fast & Furious preview in San Francisco

March 11, 2009

The first Fast & Furious movie brought together action, cars and girls in a way never done before. Whether it was the wicked car scenes or the the hot girls, the move brought tuner culture to the mainstream and even crusty old car guys like me got into it. Heck, even Mrs. Grant got into [...]

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Savage Speed Truckin in San Francisco

September 24, 2008

Now that the younger of our two farm boys on the West Coast has moved up to San Francisco, there are all sorts of new opportunities for new photos of the Ford Model A pickup. We’re talking of course about Aaron Von Minden from Savage Speed Garage and his parts grabber.
From way up here in [...]

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The Baby Vanderbilt Racers in my own back yard

July 28, 2008

For years I have had a fascination and love affair with the rich history of the Vanderbilt Cup Series. I must admit, one of my biggest reasons for this interest is because of that same history as it relates to the area which I call home… San Francisco. This story has it all, intrigue, fortunes, [...]

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Where is Sherlock Holmes when you need him?

February 15, 2008

I could use some help. A while back I wrote an article on the Vanderbilt Cup history in San Francisco and as a result I was contacted in a effort to help identify the amazing car in this photo. Even more amazing is who the gentleman is sitting in the passenger seat. If anyone [...]

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Looking for photos of racing Singers

January 1, 2008

Gary Faules’ recent postings on the history of racing in San Francisco stirred up a good deal of interest and more than their fair share of comments. They have also introduced us to Peter McKercher, who is attempting to chronicle the history of Singer race cars in the Fifties.
The shot above shows Johnny Martin [...]

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San Francisco auto racing memoirs 1950-1956

November 27, 2007

A lot of what I enjoy most about The GarageBlog is that anyone who enjoys automobiles whether it be late model, old school, muscle, antique cars or even the latest on luggage racks with lipstick holders, can find something for every need here. One minute we can ask ourselves what was the biggest news coming [...]

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Of all the places to be found…

November 24, 2007

Having grown up in a small town along the southwestern coast of Oregon I never stopped dreaming about many of the same things as any other red blooded boy… girls, cars, girls, travel, girls, and cars. Funny as it is I was the son of a man who owned lumber mills and much of his [...]

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