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Random Shots
Can you guess what make and model of car this bumper sticker adorns?
Recently I noticed a car parking in my neighborhood that I hadn’t seen before. What really stood out about this particular vehicle was its selection of bumper stickers, such as the one shown above. As […]
Editor's Note
Why Collectible Automobile reflects a ‘systems problem’ in auto history field
Indie Auto reader Daniel Mix wrote a comment that brings up some important issues, so I thought I would elevate both his missive and my response. Here’s what he had to say about our story, […]
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Drive-By Musings
Would you believe that there was once a car in this picture?
A fairly popular type of auto history post includes photos of street scenes from the past. Readers tend to focus on naming the cars. It’s good, clean fun if you have nothing better to do. […]
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Current Events
Road rage is on the increase — and some states are worse that others
Today as I was merging onto Interstate 5, a Jeep Cherokee honked while roaring around me into the fast lane. I had been doing the speed limit through an interchange that is regularly tracked by […]
Editor's Note
Why Indie Auto isn’t a ‘gearhead’ auto-history website
I have spent most of the day fixing a refrigerator. The good news is that it seems to work properly now. The bad news is that my tinkering was marked by quite a bit of […]
Satire
If you had to pick one . . . ?
The year 1970 was a particularly good one if you fancied ‘rithmetic. Take this Ford Falcon Futura Club Coupe — it saves money in so many ways. Yet you don’t have to give up spaciousness […]
Editor's Note
Is it true that Indie Auto just doesn’t like Fords?
When Indie Auto gets a spike in readership for a specific story, we almost always receive a certain type of comment. As a case in point, BN responded to our story about the 1963 Mercury […]