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  • Down On The Street

    Welcome To Alameda: 63-Year-Old Jeep Used As Grocery Getter

    By Murilee Martin, 10:30 AM on Fri Apr 18 2008, 2,677 views (Edit, to draft, Top, Slurp)

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    Some of the Down On The Street cars never move (the '82 280ZX is a good example), while others are photographed during a brief moment caught outside of the garage (such as was the case with the 1939 Chevrolet). But most of them drive regularly, and what better way to prove my point than this blurry cellphone-camera shot of the 1945 Ford GPW Jeep parked in front of the island's Trader Joe's store? And if you look really, really hard, you can just barely make out the snout of a silver Peugeot 505 in the background.

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    DOTS Pontiac Makes Parade Appearance

    So the Alameda Fourth Of July parade- which used to be a lot better, back when the Navy was still here and every ship had a marching band- passes right by my front door. And here's the DOTS '42 Pontiac rolling by, representing the Alameda Naval Air Museum. More »
    Down On The Junkyard

    1949 Ford Takes Wrong Turn, Ends Up In The Crusher's Waiting Room

    While I was off crossing mountain ranges in my beater Civic, tipster Douglas shot me an email with a photo of a startling junkyard find back in California. Would you believe that a '49 Ford sedan, in seriously rough shape but fairly complete, showed up at an East Bay self-service junkyard? More »
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    Someone's Gonna Get Fired: LeMons Cars Invited To Hillsborough Concours d'Elegance

    The Hillsborough Concours d'Elegance is a super-upscale car shows, with the rich folks showing off their high-buck machines. This time, the organizers had the bright idea of inviting five 24 Hours Of LeMons racers. You figure it's going to look like Caddy Day at the pool, right? More »

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