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Meadow Brook Concours 2009: Let there be light!

1906 Pungs Finch Limited – click above for a high res image gallery
Clearly, if a car embodies human traits, its headlamps are the eyes. Over the past century every aspect of automotive design has changed and evolved, but in an odd way, lighting has…

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2011 Chevrolet Cruze: A Safety Story [w/video]

2011 Chevrolet Cruze Crash Testing – Click above for high-res image gallery
Over the course of Bob Lutz' tenure at General Motors, one of his major goals was globalizing the production process. As Lutz tells it, the Pontiac GTO was the first global…

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Student-built custom '67 Eldorado now for sale

Click on the photo for a high-res gallery of the 67 Eldorado
The Ypsilanti, MI public school district operates a vocational training program called the Regional Career Technical Center (RCTC). RCTC offers a variety of programs including construction…

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Make your own biodiesel at home

A British company called Etruk is building a range of small scale biodiesel reactors that range from a 40L unit suitable for people with a single car to fuel up to an 1,150L unit that's suitable for businesses or farms. The reactors can process…