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One hour video narrated by Conrad Cavallero on restoration of the Johnny Franklin No. 2 car. 
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Do horsepower ratings mean anything? If I remember correctly, 1 horsepower was the ability of one real horse to lift 1 lb in 1 second, 1 foot off the ground. I may have made this all up, but, the truth is, high performance really takes flight with the term, power to weight. A [...] Classic cars I see every week! Our little car club meets every Wednesday in Santa Rosa, California. It started innocently enough about nine years ago, when I met two of my best friends for coffee. Within two years, we had up to twenty people showing up. It’s not an official car club, but since [...] Dream cars I’d love to own! Merry Christmas to all of you. Since starting our column earlier this year, the last number our staff counted (that’s me by the way), we have over 22 overly zealous readers of the Steering Column from all over the world. Suzy’s carhop in Tuscaloosa, Alabama [...] November Steering Column Another Jimmy’s Corner Production I returned to college on my GI bill in 1972. 1973 came along and I had virtually no money. A friend in San Rafael said he had a line on a Kawasaki 750 racing bike owned by an attorney who wanted it gone. So, for $1000 bucks, [...] September Steering column Another Jimmy’s Corner production I was reminiscing the other day, I do that a lot, about how I avoided mayhem and death as a young boy. All kids seem to push the envelope, bend the rules and our necks, take some unnecessary chances, but to little boys in the 50′s, we [...] October Steering Column Before leaving Illinois at 14, accompanied by my 13 year old brother Jack, we’d perfected more than a few stunts on the local railroad line. This was the Chicago to New Orleans route with multiple freights and quite a a number of highball expresses. Four of us would put pennies [...] The Steering Column August Weird Cars I’ve Owned and Why? I’ve owned around 60 cars in my life, 15 or 20 new, and the rest used. In a previous column I mentioned that I really am enamored by small cars. Why? To me they look kind of cute, but the real reason is: [...] Jimmy’s Corner Productions What’s your favorite sport? In the U.S., baseball, football, basketball and hockey win the first four spots of the most popular sporting events. The rest of the world loves soccer, cricket, but motor racing throughout the world is very popular. Auto racing comes in a very strong fifth here in the [...] Jimmy’s Corner Productions I think I alluded in a recent column to playing with cars at a very early age. I know I was around 2 when I’d push little toys around in the dirt or the sand, making indiscriminate motor noises to accompany the movement. Now, in my late 60′s, I’ve started collecting [...] This car got a harp and a stove? Did you ever hear someone say, “Yeah, this car comes equipped with a harp and a stove.” Really, in the 50′s, as a pre-pubescent, wide-eyed kid staring at all kinds of cars, I heard those words. What they signified was simple. Your Kaiser or Willys [...] |
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