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HERITAGE
By Drew Hardin
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The Great California Street Rod Civil War
At the 1973 Street Rod Nationals (or so the story goes), rod builders Andy Brizio and Lil’ John Buttera got into a, shall we say, friendly discussion about which end of the Golden State produced the best street rods. Southern Californian Buttera ribbed Brizio, who was from South San Francisco, about how the Bay Area…
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A Bite of History – The 1948 Ford F-1 by Mike Thies
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The 1948 Ford F-1 Pickup
The 1948 Ford F-1 wasn’t just a new truck, it was the start of something big. When Ford introduced it, they launched the very first F-Series, the truck line that would become America’s favorite for generations. This was the first Ford pickup built on a dedicated truck chassis rather than a car-based frame,…
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A Bite of History – The “Car Guy’s Garage” by Mike Thies
A Bite of History – by Mike Thies
The “Car Guy’s Garage”
Step inside a place like this and you can almost hear the echoes of every wrench turned and every engine fired back to life. The light hums off the old signs, Route 66, Coca-Cola, Phillips 66, and the smell is that unmistakable mix of oil, leather, and stories. This isn’t just a garage. It’s a…
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