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SUPERLIGHT

Saturday, August 9, 2008

“Superleggera” is a term coined in the 1930s by the Italian coachbuilder Carrozzeria Touring. Simply put, it means “super light.” More importantly, it was and is Touring’s design philosophy of lightweight body panels like aluminum fitted over a tube-frame chassis. You’ll find the Superleggera script on everything from Alfa Romeo’s prewar 8C 2900 MM to [...]

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ASS ENDS

Friday, August 8, 2008

Monte Shelton is a racer of serious cars, even well into his white hair, and for a long time he’s had a Jag and Porsche dealership downtown. Today, drivers and their machinery gathered on the closed street behind it for staging and scrutineering before the 20th Northwest Classic Rallye, which begins tomorrow morning, early. The [...]

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THE AUTOMOBILE IN MY LIFE

Monday, August 4, 2008

Quite significant. I’ve loved cars since the days of my wee ladship. Indeed, the first “thing” I can recall reaching for and taking up was a big, soft car. This was age 3 perhaps, and already I’d formed a preference. I love cars. I love to see them, both potentially and kinetically. I love to [...]

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