About Author: Kevin Martin

Description: Industrial Designer for Passenger Rail Cars

Posts by Kevin Martin

Out With the Old, In With the New

Posted on January 11, 2014 | 61 Comments
Sue, my wife, got a call from the Subaru dealer this morning. Her new Forester had arrived at the dealership and was ready for pickup.
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Junkyard Outtake: Condemned Bubble Top

Posted on January 10, 2014 | 25 Comments
This sad tableau was shot in Kansas City, MO in 1973. Also notice the engine with the red valve cover, sitting behind the Olds. Is that a Ford six?
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Halcyon Horicon: John Deere Snowmobiles

Posted on January 5, 2014 | 27 Comments
Keith Thelen has broken the ice, so to speak, on snowmobiles. So now I feel compelled to come out of the closet and admit that I, at one time […]
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Andy Granatelli: Born Supercharged

Posted on December 31, 2013 | 10 Comments
Andy Granatelli died on Sunday, Dec. 29, 2013. He was 90. As a team owner he won the Indy 500 twice, first in 1969 with Mario Andretti, and lastly […]
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RIP Stuart Hilborn, the Father of Mechanical Fuel Injection

Posted on December 22, 2013 | 4 Comments
Stuart Hilborn was born in 1917 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He was the son of a migrant worker who moved to southern California when Stuart was young. He died […]
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CGI: Not What You Think It Is

Posted on December 20, 2013 | 36 Comments
When NASCAR allowed Toyota to design and fabricate a two-valve pushrod V8 specifically for Sprint Cup competition, it marked the first time that it had allowed a purpose-built racing […]
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CC Outtake: 1972 Ford Bronco

Posted on November 27, 2013 | 18 Comments
I show up at the local gym on a nice Saturday afternoon and what do I see? A Gen I Ford Bronco. Red and juicy.
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Scout II Sighting

Posted on November 20, 2013 | 10 Comments
So I’m driving south on State St, Rt 89, in Salt Lake when this Scout II pulls up along side of me. I’m not a big Scout fan, but this […]
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CC Outtake: 1972 Datsun 510 Wagon, Green Edition

Posted on November 13, 2013 | 24 Comments
I was looking for an antique shop in town. Although I missed it by a block, I discovered something far more interesting: a 1972 Datsun 510 station wagon, in all […]
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CC Obit: Kjell Qvale

Posted on November 6, 2013 | 10 Comments
It’s painful. The cars of my youth, and the people that created them that so affected me, are starting to leave this mortal plane. Today (Nov 5, 2013) we […]
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Terra What? The First Production Muscle Car

Posted on November 2, 2013 | 33 Comments
As Hudson’s Essex brand began to lose luster, Hudson decided to augment that line by introducing the 1932 Essex Terraplane. By 1934 the car was simply known as the Terraplane, […]
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The Mystery Independent Lead Sled?

Posted on November 1, 2013 | 16 Comments
This posting is sort of a CC Clue and answer all in one. Except I haven’t a clue as to what this thing is, and therefor can’t supply an answer […]
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1972 US Grand Prix: The Bus and the Bogladytes

Posted on October 24, 2013 | 28 Comments
Early in each October, the US GP was run at Watkins Glen, NY, which was home to the Formula 1 circus from 1961 until 1980. In addition to attracting genuine […]
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CC Streetscape: Paia, Maui, 1983

Posted on October 10, 2013 | 16 Comments
Maybe Maui Woowie makes people paint buildings purple and yellow, I don’t know. But the cars parked outside this small commercial strip are decidedly conventional. I’ll let the Commentariat […]
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The Birth Of An Automatic People Mover

Posted on October 4, 2013 | 20 Comments
From 2003 until late 2010 I worked on the construction management team that helped Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) implement a new Automatic People Mover (APM) system. APMs are […]
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