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Retreaux
RETREAUX” IS A TERM that ought to get more traction. It’s a blend of “faux” meaning fake and “retro” meaning in the style of an earlier time. The actual meaning is closer “fake vintage,” though. There are certain things that weren’t available in earl
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Plymouth Perfected
The earliest post-World War II designs from the Big Three were futuristic looking from a 1940s perspective, but quickly came to look outdated as 1950s industrial design left Streamline Moderne behind for the jet age. Similarly, reliable prewar mechan
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Brake Time
ONE OF THE BEST THINGS I did fresh out of high school was join a local circle track stock car team. Always into cars, I fancied myself as either a race car driver or a crew chief—I “grew up NASCAR,” after all–but my opportunities to actually work on

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