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A New Car is Born
Today was a special and busy day, we celebrated the Battle of the Atlantic in church this morning. In the afternoon we headed to town to see the first venture onto the road of Peter’s hand built car. You can … Continue reading
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Tagged bicycles, bubble cars, electric, hydrogen, Mini., n, skateboard, skates, Smart car, steam, walking, yank tanks, Yaris
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The Transportation my Daughters drive
My daughter Caroline started out her travelling life aboard a bicycle with training wheels. Since then her taste in forms of transport have changed a great deal!! Probably my fault, I taught her how to drive and my own interest … Continue reading
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Tagged bicycles, bubble cars, electric, hydrogen, Mini., n, skateboard, skates, Smart car, steam, walking, yank tanks, Yaris
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Service Stations – A Thing of the Past
Gas stations like the one in the photo are surely a thing of the past. Sad but true, gone are the prices too. Gas at 23 cents a gallon, free glass with fill up, put a tiger in your tank … Continue reading
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Tagged automatics, chevrolets, crazy, Englishmen, free gifts, gas stations, prices, standards, tiger tails, Toyota, up or down, Yaris
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The Night Before Christmas – K Mart 1972
Way back on Christmas Eve in 1972 I worked as the manager of the Tecumseh Rd Kmart Auto Centre and Gas Bar in Windsor Ontario. In those days the store was open from 10am to 10pm six days a week. … Continue reading
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Tagged automatics, chevrolets, crazy, Englishmen, free gifts, gas stations, prices, standards, tiger tails, Toyota, up or down, Yaris
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The Car of the Year
The Tesla Electric Car Manufacturer all new Tesla S sedan has been awarded Motor Trends Car of the Year for 2013. The first time ever an electric car has won this award. The Tesla company have been producing electric vehicles … Continue reading
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Tagged bicycles, bubble cars, electric, hydrogen, Mini., n, skateboard, skates, Smart car, steam, walking, yank tanks, Yaris
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Small-Smaller-Tiny????
How small can we go? When I first set foot on Canadian soil in 1963 cars were large, I mean really large. Even the small imports from Austin and Morris were large by today’s standards. The question is ,how small … Continue reading
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Tagged bicycles, bubble cars, electric, hydrogen, Mini., n, skateboard, skates, Smart car, steam, walking, yank tanks, Yaris
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Rising Gas Prices????
Tomorrow is the last day of the month and the time here on PEI when the price of gas goes up, or if we are lucky, down. Trouble is, its a guessing game, do I fill up today or wait … Continue reading
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Tagged automatics, chevrolets, crazy, Englishmen, free gifts, gas stations, prices, standards, tiger tails, Toyota, up or down, Yaris
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