August 2015 Blog Posts (2)

Google Doodle Honors The First Ever Electric Traffic Light!

Google comes up with some cool obscurities. This one is up my alley! :-) Check it out



http://time.com/3985080/when-was-the-first-traffic-light-installed/

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"THE FIRST traffic signal was invented by J P Knight, a railway signalling engineer. It was installed…

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Added by Michael Thies on August 5, 2015 at 2:00am — No Comments

Caffeine & Octane - The Biggest Vehicle Event in Georgia

C&O was started about nine years about at a Panera Bread in Marietta, Ga and has outgrown a number of locations, steadily growing over the years to a new record set at Perimeter Mall in Dunwoody, GA last Sunday at an estimated 2500 vehicles!  It is now owned by the third owner, Bruce Piefke, who clearly has a handle on how to make it better and better.  Over the years, the numbers have intimated some of the owners of the older more classic cars, yet there still is a highly respectable…

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Added by Michael Thies on August 3, 2015 at 8:30am — 1 Comment

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The Class Host at a Concours d’Elegance by Mike Thies

The Class Host at a Concours d’Elegance by Mike Thies

The Person Who Keeps the Field Working

A Concours d’Elegance may look simple from the outside: beautiful cars, polished chrome, fresh grass, well-dressed owners, judges with clipboards, and spectators enjoying the day. But anyone who has worked behind the scenes knows better. A…

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Posted by Michael Thies on June 12, 2026 at 2:09pm

A Bite of History - Marcos  By Mike Thies

A Bite of History - Marcos 

By Mike Thies

The Marcos was one of those wonderfully unconventional British sports car companies that could only have come from the postwar racing world. The company was founded in 1959 by Jem Marsh and aerodynamicist Frank Costin, with the name Marcos coming from Marsh and Costin. Costin brought serious aircraft and racing design experience to the project, and that influence showed up immediately in the cars: low frontal area, light weight,…

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Posted by Michael Thies on June 1, 2026 at 4:41pm

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