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The Crittenden Automotive Library
@crittenden
Online at CarsAndRacingStuff.com
Woodstock, Illinois
Building a large free resource for information on automobiles, trucking, motorcycles, wheeled motorsports, and related topics. Currently there are over 868K pages of documentation, 54K articles, 18 days of video, 24 hours of audio, 36K images, and more at CarsAndRacingStuff.com, and an offline collection with 1,000+ books and over 1,600 periodical issues.
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For the first time in a very long time... Article Odometer 5️⃣ 6️⃣ 0️⃣ 0️⃣ 0️⃣ Woman Held for Adorning Car With Lemons To Picket Agency Which Sold '$2,000 Lemon' 📰 The New York Times #️⃣ #AutomotiveHistory 🔴 🔴 Tail Lights: The Customer is Always Right 📝 Bill Crittenden 📸 J.Z. on Unsplash ℹ️ What the phrase really means and how it's come to shape the crossover-heavy market of today. #️⃣ #AutomotiveHistory #Buick #automotive #crossover #SUV #MemeMonday Finally starting to make real progress in the new office. Additional trading card shelving has been installed in what should be its permanent spot, and the books I've accumulated since moving (and haven't inventoried) are being collected on the top shelf. This first random bunch s Catching up with Congressional hearing transcripts helped add over 6,600 pages to the Publications collection. The total is now over 877,000! Another small step in returning to normal: new press releases from the Offices of the United States Attorneys. Did that guy really think transporting 48 jars of lard by bus across an international border wasn't suspicious? $400,000,000 Insurance on 200,000 Workers, A Record Policy, Taken by General Motors
📰 The New York Times 📆 25 July 1928 #️⃣ #AutomotiveHistory #GM #labor ➡️ This article is about the largest insurance policy on employees up until that point, where GM workers could get $2000 in life insurance and $15/week in sickness & accident benefits for $1.50 per month. It also has Running errands yesterday in the new 2024 Ford Maverick XLT: IKEA, the WeatherTech factory store, a different Half Price Books since I was out of my regular area, and Walmart for the lights since our old Ford C-Max got me hooked on colored ambient lighting. A two-door, extended ca Would anyone notice that I slipped a Matchbox car into the basket if it blends in? 🥕 Today the Detroit Red Wings announced that their jersey sponsor would be a local waste removal company. The chirps will be vicious. In a sad little “what might have been,” here is how good the #Chevrolet bow tie looks on red jerseys courtesy of Manchester United. Chevy is already #OnThisDay in #AutomotiveHistory : February 13 In 1987 the film Over The Top was released nationwide in the United States. Sylvester Stallone plays a full-time trucker trying to win back his son's respect while also driving his truck to arm wrestling tournaments, all crammed into 9 It's not Oxford White, but the Terrain color still makes it look at home on a job site. Our #FordMaverick didn't haul those shingles, we hired professionals for the paint, flooring, and roof. Moving into the new house this month, creating a new office for The Crittenden Automotiv 🔴🔴 Tail Lights: Insurance
📝 Bill Crittenden 👀 “If you want to know who really runs this country, it's the insurance industry.” 🔗 #️⃣ #AutomotiveHistory #insurance #KiaBoyz #FordMaverick #GYG 🚗 Hot Wheels Edition Chevrolet #Camaro 📆 2013 Geneva Motor Show #️⃣ #AutomotiveHistory #HotWheels ❓ Has anyone else ever thought about painting their garage floor orange? If I had a car worth showing off, I probably would. Blue walls and a glass garage door if I'm going really ove 📰 Late Race Developments Give Wilkes to Richmond 📆 11 April 1984 📝 Benny Phillips #️⃣ #NASCARhistory #AutomotiveHistory 🔗 One of the first out-of-copyright items found in John Walczak's stash, this is the headline article detailing Tim Richmond's fourth career win and issues with Part of documenting #AutomotiveHistory is archiving what's current for future historians, so the #ElectricVehicles page has a bundle of new documents available for downloading and about 4 hours of podcasts have been saved offline tonight. In This Day in #AutomotiveHistory : January 1 1931: Bridgestone was founded. 1945: Jacky Ickx was born. 1971: Scott Riggs was born. More: The Wild Ride
The full 59 minutes of 1960's The Wild Ride has been added to The Crittenden Automotive Library's Online Collection at CarsAndRacingStuff.com. IMDB: A rebellious punk of the beat generation spends his days as an amateur dirt track driver in between partying and troublemaking. He e Little Saint Nick
1963-1964 seem to be the most productive years for popular automobile-themed music. The Beach Boys, The Rip Chords, Jan and Dean, and Ronnie & the Daytonas cranked out songs about their favorite hot rods for two solid years before music just moved on to other subjects. The Beach B Kia Ray EV
This tiny car is a symbol of very small progress after taking a month off due to a family issue... ℹ️ The Kia Ray is a city car manufactured by Kia exclusively for the South Korean domestic market. Based on the Kia Picanto/Morning, it was specifically developed in compliance with t
