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Greased Lightnin’ began as a 1948 Ford De Luxe convertible, one of 40-plus cars Eddie Paul built for Grease
Before it had fins, flames or a song, the Greased Lightning car in Grease was a tired old Ford convertible. In the 1978 film, Kenickie buys a 1948 Ford…
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12 Buick engines we’d quietly rank above everything else
Buick engineers gave the Buick 401 Nailhead small, vertical valves set in a neat row. Then hot rodders gave it a nickname that stuck. Buick never used that name.…
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7 Fords from the chrome era that still stop traffic
In 1952, the Ford Crestline sat at the top of the Ford range. Its Victoria hardtop gave buyers convertible style with a steel roof overhead. That was the start…
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7 Suzuki motorcycles that quietly became legends
In 1980, a mock-up of the Suzuki Katana appeared at a motorcycle show in Cologne. A year later, it was on sale. That pattern runs through Suzuki’s history, because…
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