Author: Gael Boardman
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Idle Time is Memories Motivation
The other day, looking for “busy work” so as to avoid jobs like cleaning the cellar, etc., I chanced on my teens era RCA Victrola. It’s a trade model and […]
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1918 G-48 Locomobile Sportif
Judy and Gael Boardman’s dual ignition, 5200 pound, 48HP beauty Why a Locomobile? In the early 1950’s the Goodyear Tire Company would publish a 2-page centerfold advertisement in the Saturday […]
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V.A.E. – The Founders (The First in a Series)
Like many things, “home grown” is often best… and so it was with VAE. Springing from a husband‘s interest, (obsession, in her mind) Anne Gypson encouraged the formation of the […]
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The Value in Becoming a Member of VAE
Let’s see. Should I join an old car club: ____YES or ___NO? This may not have been a pressing question for you and you may or may not have done […]
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Thoughts on the Mini Cooper
Some time back my wife Judy saw and admired the new BMW resurrected Mini Cooper. She likes small cars and really liked this one. “It shouldn’t be that expensive”… she […]
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Food for Cars – Motoring Moment
This “moment” may be food for thought… but more exactly it’s food for the car. Food for most cars is gasoline and today we are going to give this wondrous […]
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1915 Cornelian – Motoring Moment
…in some people’s blood… witness stock car racing as the world’s largest spectator sport. How about “blood” being in racing? In 1915 Howard E. Blood got into American auto racing […]
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Stirling Engine – Motoring Moment
Do you think that modern technology can tease 200 horsepower out of 57 cubic inches of displacement? Wow, how fast would it have to turn and could you do it […]
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Takes a Licking, Keeps on Smoking
With apologies to the Timex people, here is another chapter in the 76-year-old life of this Willys Knight coupe, model 56. As pictured in the VAE 40th commemorative book as […]
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Tires – Motoring Moment
Today’s tenuous transportation topic is tires. You probably know quite a lot about tires… there are at least 4 to the average car and really necessary for a number of […]