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Arkansas Valley Fair Car Show, Rocky Ford, Colorado 27 Aug 2013 | 12:01 pm
Contributed by Norman Kincaide. The dust has settled from Saturday night’s demolition derby at the Arkansas Valley Fair. The aroma of teriyaki chicken, pulled pork sandwiches, turkey drum sticks, and...
August 26 Weekly Open Thread--Late Summer Delights 26 Aug 2013 | 12:01 pm
Welcome to the Car Lust Cruise-In, Barbecue, and General-Purpose Social Event. Grab a hot dog from the concessions truck, sit down here at the picnic table, and join the conversation. We've had fine ...
Carspotters' Challenge #73--Bagpipes and Cacti 23 Aug 2013 | 12:01 pm
Phoenix, Arizona, in the 1970s: See anything interesting? --Cookie the Dog's Owner (Photo obtained from the Station Wagon Forum's collection of vintage street scenes, contributed by member "Fat Ted...
Mars Rovers 22 Aug 2013 | 12:01 pm
What would you say is the greatest off-road vehicle ever built? The humble yet mighty Willys MB? The Cherokee? The Land Rover? The FJ Cruiser? Monster trucks? Baja 1000 rallyers? Dirt bikes? The Thiok...
The Driverless Roundtable 21 Aug 2013 | 12:01 pm
In just the past few years, thanks to Moore's Law and the march of technology in general, self-driving vehicles have gone from pure fantasy... ...to working prototypes. They're not yet quite ready f...
Engineering a Driverless Vehicle 20 Aug 2013 | 12:01 pm
Contributed by P.J. Morley Modern cars are robust machines, designed to protect their occupants in the event of a crash, but no amount of engineering can make a car completely safe if the driver isn'...
August 19 Weekly Open Thread: Autonomous Vehicles Week Kicks Off 19 Aug 2013 | 12:01 pm
We start out this week with what may be one of the biggest bang-for-the-buck projects in NASA history: The Spirit and Opportunity rovers. In fact, this could realistically be posted as a Very Good Yea...
Carspotters' Challenge #72--"The white zone is for loading only...." 16 Aug 2013 | 12:01 pm
An airport taxi stand, in June of 1960. We can date this picture pretty precisely because the history books tell us that the Air Line Pilots Association went on strike against Eastern Airlines for tw...
1932 Ford Roadster 14 Aug 2013 | 12:01 pm
The main reason I went to the Pop's Cruise-In Car Show in Wadsworth a couple of weeks ago was to see a car being exhibited by some friends of mine: a 1932 Ford roadster street rod. The car belongs to...
August 12, 2013 Weekly Open Thread 12 Aug 2013 | 01:01 pm
We start this week with a little bit of a mystery photograph: Any guesses as to where, who, and when? Answer after the bump but feel free to discuss anything else auto-related. That is, in fact, How...
