Michael Thies's Blog – March 2010 Archive (1)

Another One I Wish I Could Have Kept! The Ones That Got Away!

I found this picture in JayLenosGarage.com (a great website for "car guys") and it just might be my car I drove in 1966! It was the end of my Freshman year in college and my brother-in law was selling it and sold it to me for $100. I went down to Sears and bought four new white walls, just like in the picture.

It had a red and white interior and could easily fit in six…

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Added by Michael Thies on March 18, 2010 at 6:00am — 3 Comments

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A Bite of History: The Jaguar XK120 by Mike Thies

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The Jaguar XK120

There are moments in automotive history when a single car changes everything, when elegance, engineering, and audacity collide to create something that feels more like a declaration than a machine. We learn that the Jaguar XK120 was one of those moments. When it first appeared at the 1948 London Motor Show, no one…